Episodes

  • IMMUNOLOGY2024™: Day 1

    IMMUNOLOGY2024™: Day 1
    May 4 2024
    21 mins
  • Ep. 77: “Computational and Translational Immunology” Featuring Dr. Caleb Lareau

    Ep. 77: “Computational and Translational Immunology” Featuring Dr. Caleb Lareau
    Apr 23 2024
    Dr. Caleb Lareau is an Assistant Professor at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. His lab aims to understand how cells in our bodies adapt, expand, and evolve during the course of our lives, particularly in the immune system. He talks about cross-training in bioinformatics and immunology, and herpesvirus reactivation in CAR T cells.
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    1 hr and 18 mins
  • Ep. 76: “Innate-Like T Lymphocytes” Featuring Dr. Mitchell Kronenberg

    Ep. 76: “Innate-Like T Lymphocytes” Featuring Dr. Mitchell Kronenberg
    Apr 9 2024
    Dr. Mitchell Kronenberg is a Professor and President Emeritus at La Jolla Institute for Immunology. His lab studies how innate-like T cells adapt to different tissue environments. He talks about his work on MAIT cells and mucosal immunology, as well as his time leading the Institute.
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    1 hr and 8 mins
  • Ep. 75: “Autoinflammatory Diseases” Featuring Dr. Scott Canna

    Ep. 75: “Autoinflammatory Diseases” Featuring Dr. Scott Canna
    Mar 26 2024
    Dr. Scott Canna is an Associate Professor of Pediatrics (Rheumatology), and Attending Physician, Pediatric Rheumatology and Immune Dysregulation at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. His group studies the mechanisms of immune dysregulation. He talks about auto- and hyperinflammatory diseases and the role of IL-18. He also discusses hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis and adapting therapies for children.
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    1 hr and 10 mins
  • Ep. 74: “Dengue Pathogenesis” Featuring Dr. Neelika Malavige

    Ep. 74: “Dengue Pathogenesis” Featuring Dr. Neelika Malavige
    Mar 12 2024
    Dr. Neelika Malavige is the Head of Dengue Global Program and Scientific Affairs at the Drugs for Neglected Diseases Initiative and a Professor in the Department of Immunology and Molecular Medicine at the University of Sri Jayewardenepura. Her research focuses on dengue: its pathogenesis, vascular leak, immune correlates of protection, and biomarkers. She talks about the disease burden of dengue and her investigations into risk factors for severe disease. She also discusses her research on COVID-19 vaccines and the role of the microbiome in colon cancer, as well as how she's working to grow research capabilities in Sri Lanka.
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    1 hr and 12 mins
  • Ep. 73: “T Cell Receptors” Featuring Dr. James Allison

    Ep. 73: “T Cell Receptors” Featuring Dr. James Allison
    Feb 27 2024
    Dr. James Allison is the Regental Professor and Chair of the Department of Immunology, Olga Keith Wiess Distinguished University Chair for Cancer Research, Director of the Parker Institute for Cancer Research, Executive Director of the Immunotherapy Platform, and Director of the James P. Allison Institute at MD Anderson Cancer Center. Dr. Allison has spent a distinguished career studying the regulation of T cell responses and developing strategies for cancer immunotherapy. He earned the 2018 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, which he shared with Dr. Tasuku Honjo, "for their discovery of cancer therapy by inhibition of negative immune regulation." His current work seeks to improve immune checkpoint blockade therapies currently used by clinicians and identify new targets to unleash the immune system in order to eradicate cancer. He talks about the hunt for the T cell receptor and working to bring CTLA-4 blockade into the clinic. He also discusses what's next for immunotherapy, including future investigations into myeloid cells, and playing the harmonica in a band.
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    1 hr and 22 mins
  • Ep. 72: “IMMUNOLOGY2024™: Innovations in Immunology” Featuring Dr. Akiko Iwasaki, Francisco Gomez-Rivera, and Dr. Jason Augustine

    Ep. 72: “IMMUNOLOGY2024™: Innovations in Immunology” Featuring Dr. Akiko Iwasaki, Francisco Gomez-Rivera, and Dr. Jason Augustine
    Feb 13 2024
    Dr. Akiko Iwasaki is the Sterling Professor of Immunobiology and Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology at Yale University and President of the American Association of Immunologists. Francisco Gomez-Rivera is an Immunology Program Graduate Student Candidate at the University of Michigan, and Dr. Jason (Swinburne) Augustine is a retired Research Microbiologist/Immunologist at the US Environmental Protection Agency. They talk about the upcoming IMMUNOLOGY2024™ meeting in Chicago, Illinois from May 3-7, 2024. They discuss key sessions to attend, what they're looking forward to at the meeting, and advice for attendees.
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    1 hr and 5 mins
  • Ep. 71: “The Neuroscience of HIV” Featuring Dr. Dionna Williams

    Ep. 71: “The Neuroscience of HIV” Featuring Dr. Dionna Williams
    Jan 30 2024
    Dr. Dionna Williams is an Acting Associate Professor in the Department of Pharmacology & Chemical Biology at Emory University. Their research focuses on the effects of HIV infection on the brain. She talks about how HIV affects immune cells in the brain and how this can lead to neuropsychiatric symptoms. They also discuss therapeutic approaches, factors that affect how drugs can reach the brain, and moving their lab to Atlanta.
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    1 hr and 3 mins