Immune
Vincent Racaniello
A podcast about the body's defenders against disease.
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Dec 16, 2017 • 1h 19min
Immune 3: Two epitopes, four serotypes, and a partridge in a pear tree
Cindy, Steph, and Vincent discuss recent problems with dengue virus vaccine, and a bi-specific monoclonal antibody against Zika virus. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Stephanie Langel, and Cynthia Leifer Become a patron of Immune! Links for this episode Model for dengue ADE (Scitable) Dengue ADE in humans (Science) Dengvaxia discussion (TWiV 471) Bi-specific antibody to Zika virus (Cell) Building Zika Virus Letters read on Immune #3 Weekly Science Picks Cindy - Questions answered about starving polar bear video Steph - Deep Work by Cal Newport and Grad Student Tax Vincent - Making art with Excel Music by Steve Neal. Immune logo image by Blausen Medical. Send your immunology questions and comments to immune@microbe.tv
Nov 25, 2017 • 1h 27min
Immune 2: Lymphocytes after dark
Cindy, Steph, and Vincent reveal that lymphocyte trafficking through lymph nodes and lymph are circadian - it is dependent on the time of day. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Stephanie Langel, and Cynthia Leifer Become a patron of Immune! Links for this episode Circadian clocks control lymphocyte trafficking (Immunity) Lymph node image credit Letters read on Immune #2 Weekly Science Picks Cindy - Men ask more questions than women at a scientific conference (PLoS One) Steph - House just voted to bankrupt graduate students Vincent - Trump's Legacy: Damaged Brains Music by Steve Neal. Immune logo image by Blausen Medical. Send your immunology questions and comments to immune@microbe.tv
Oct 31, 2017 • 1h 6min
Immune 1: Some like it hot
Cindy, Steph, and Vincent launch a new podcast, Immune, and reveal how warm temperature protects against atherosclerosis by regulating monocyte migration into the blood. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Stephanie Langel, and Cynthia Leifer Become a patron of Immune! Links for this episode Leifer Lab at Cornell Stephanie Langel Thermoneutrality suppresses monocyte egress from bone marrow (Circ Res) Fever regulates immunity (Nat Rev Immunol) Macrophage image by Blausen Medical Weekly Science Picks Cindy - FDA approves second CAR T cell therapy Steph - Gammaherpesvirus protects against asthma Vincent - Truth Wins by Jonathan Yewdell Intro music is by Steve Neal. Immune logo image by Blausen Medical. Send your immunology questions and comments to immune@microbe.tv
