Immune 77: Squeezing the most killing out of neutrophils
Immune reviews research showing that the migration of neutrophils between endothelial cells activates bactericidal function via mechanosensing. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Steph Langel, Cynthia Leifer,...
27 Feb 202456min
Immune 76: Macrophages to the rescue with Juliet Morrison
Juliet Morrison joins Immune to discuss her career and the research of her laboratory showing that pleural macrophages translocate to the lung during infection to promote improved influenza outcomes. ...
30 Jan 20241h 7min
Immune 75: Ang Cui unveils the cytokine symphony
Ang Cui joins Immune to discuss her career and her work on establishing the Immune Dictionary, a compendium of single-cell transcriptomic profiles of more than 17 immune cell types in response to each...
28 Des 20231h 15min
Immune 74: Germinal center dynamics with Carla Nowosad
Carla Nowosad joins Immune to discuss her career and her work on germinal centers, the structure in secondary lymphoid tissues where B cells proliferate, differentiate, and diversify their immunoglobu...
11 Des 20231h 11min
Immune 73: Big macs
Immune reveals the total mass (1.2kg), number (1.8 trillion), and distribution of immune cells in the human body, with macrophages contributing nearly 50% of the total cellular mass. Hosts: Vincent Ra...
8 Nov 20231h 14min
Immune 72: After dark in the library with Ellen Rothenberg
From Cornell University in Ithaca New York, Vincent and Cindy meet with Ellen Rothenberg to review her career in science, starting with work on retroviruses to unraveling transcriptional networks unde...
23 Sep 202357min
Immune 71: Can parasitic worms prevent pandemics?
Immune explains how, in a mouse model of roundworm infection with Nippostrongylus brasiliensis, exposure to lung-migrating helminths protects mice against SARS-CoV-2 infection. Hosts: Cynthia Leifer, ...
8 Sep 20231h 13min
Immune 70: Immunology of picky eating
Immune explains how mast cells, IgE antibody, and the brain collaborate to promote avoidance of certain foods to evade allergic responses. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Cynthia Leifer, and Brianne Barker...
26 Jul 20231h 7min
