

Immune
Vincent Racaniello
A podcast about the body's defenders against disease.
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Feb 13, 2021 • 1h 11min
Immune 42: Evolution of SARS-CoV-2 antibody immunity with Christian Gaebler
Christian joins Immune to discuss the humoral memory response in a cohort of 87 individuals 1.3 and 6.2 months after infection with SARS-CoV-2. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Stephanie Langel, Cynthia Leifer, and Brianne Barker Guest: Christian Gaebler Subscribe (free): iTunes, Google Podcasts. RSS, email Become a patron of Immune! Links for this episode Evolution of antibody immunity to SARS-CoV-2 (Nature) Time stamps by Jolene. Thanks! Music by Steve Neal. Immune logo image by Blausen Medical Send your immunology questions and comments to immune@microbe.tv

Jan 25, 2021 • 1h 23min
Immune 41: Zebrafish immunology with Madina Wane
Madina joins Immune to explain how the immune system of zebrafish gills compares to its functional counterpart in mammals, the lungs, and to discuss a zebrafish model for understanding olfactory loss during COVID-19. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Stephanie Langel, Cynthia Leifer, and Brianne Barker Guest: Madina Wane Subscribe (free): iTunes, Google Podcasts. RSS, email Become a patron of Immune! Links for this episode Black in Immuno (YouTube) Cytokines and gill homeostasis (J Immune) Zebrafish model of COVID-19 olfactory loss (bioRxiv) Overview of fish vaccination (pdf) Time stamps by Jolene. Thanks! Music by Steve Neal. Immune logo image by Blausen Medical Send your immunology questions and comments to immune@microbe.tv

Dec 30, 2020 • 1h 35min
Immune 40: COVID-19 nuances
Immune reminisces about a year in COVID-19 immunology, Steph’s receiving the Pfizer vaccine, and answers to listener questions about a challenge study with common cold CoVs, T cell exhaustion, how CD4 T cells control infections, and more. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Stephanie Langel, Cynthia Leifer, and Brianne Barker Subscribe (free): iTunes, Google Podcasts. RSS, email Become a patron of Immune! Links for this episode Immune response during common cold CoV infection (Epidem Infect) Summary of diagnostic tests (NAS) Letters read on Immune 40 Time stamps by Jolene. Thanks! Music by Steve Neal. Immune logo image by Blausen Medical Send your immunology questions and comments to immune@microbe.tv

Dec 1, 2020 • 1h 24min
Immune 39: A Tonka Truck full of salt
Immune catches up on COVID listener email, including discussions about long-term COVID, cross-reactive memory to SARS-CoV-2, common mucosal surfaces, the risky business of peptide mega-pools, immunodominant epitopes and much more. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Stephanie Langel, Cynthia Leifer, and Brianne Barker Subscribe (free): iTunes, Google Podcasts. RSS, email Become a patron of Immune! Links for this episode Reflections of a COVID-19 long hauler (JAMA) Not a cytokine storm in COVID-19 (JCIO) Letters read on Immune 39 Time stamps by Jolene. Thanks! Music by Steve Neal. Immune logo image by Blausen Medical Send your immunology questions and comments to immune@microbe.tv

Nov 28, 2020 • 1h 11min
Immune 38: COVID-19 and kids with Sallie Permar
Sallie joins Immune to discuss her career, emphasizing the importance of a good mentor and the ability to pivot, and her research, which has focused on mother to child transmission of infectious diseases including HIV/AIDS, CMV, and more recently, COVID-19/SARS-CoV-2. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Stephanie Langel, Cynthia Leifer, and Brianne Barker Guest: Sallie Permar Subscribe (free): iTunes, Google Podcasts. RSS, email Become a patron of Immune! Links for this episode Immune correlates of protection against CMV (J Inf Dis) Placental IgG transfer in HIV-1-infected women (Cell) Immunization leads to HIV-1 antibody in breast milk (J Virology) Lessons from COVID-19 in children (Clin Inf Dis) Time stamps by Jolene. Thanks! Music by Steve Neal. Immune logo image by Blausen Medical Send your immunology questions and comments to immune@microbe.tv

Nov 16, 2020 • 2h 1min
Immune 37: Black in Immuno
Alexis, Joel, Elaine, Justine, and Evonne join Immune to discuss their careers, their research, and a platform created by a collective of Black immunologists and allies aimed at amplifying, celebrating and supporting Black voices in immunology. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Stephanie Langel, Cynthia Leifer, and Brianne Barker Guests: Alexis Mobley, Joel Babdor, Elaine Kouame, Justine Noel, Evonne Jean Become a patron of Immune! Links for this episode Black in Immuno Black in Immuno week schedule Systemic racism in higher education (Science) Black in Microbiology (TWiM 228) Black in Virology (TWiV 672) Time stamps by Jolene. Thanks! Music by Steve Neal. Immune logo image by Blausen Medical Send your immunology questions and comments to immune@microbe.tv

Oct 21, 2020 • 1h 28min
Immune 36: Aberrant immunity in COVID-19
Immune describes the striking loss of germinal centers in lymph nodes and spleen in patients with severe COVID-19, providing an explanation for short-lived humoral immunity and limited somatic hypermutation of antibodies to SARS-CoV-2. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Stephanie Langel, Cynthia Leifer, and Brianne Barker Guest: Alexander Dent Subscribe (free): iTunes, Google Podcasts. RSS, email Become a patron of Immune! Links for this episode Loss of germinal centers in severe COVID-19 patients (Cell) Time stamps by Jolene. Thanks! Music by Steve Neal. Immune logo image by Blausen Medical Send your immunology questions and comments to immune@microbe.tv

Sep 23, 2020 • 1h 20min
Immune 35: SARS-CoV-2 antibodies
Immune examines antibodies to SARS-CoV-2, including the relationship between severe COVID-19 and anti-spike antibodies, kinetics of production, and correlates of protection among coronaviruses. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Stephanie Langel, Cynthia Leifer, and Brianne Barker Subscribe (free): iTunes, Google Podcasts. RSS, email Become a patron of Immune! Links for this episode COVID-19 severity linked to antibody levels (bioRxiv) Review of antibody mediated immunity to coronaviruses (Nat Comm) Time stamps by Jolene. Thanks! Music by Steve Neal. Immune logo image by Blausen Medical Send your immunology questions and comments to immune@microbe.tv

Aug 25, 2020 • 1h 27min
Immune 34: Coronavirus cross-reacting T cells
Immune explains a study demonstrating T cells that react with SARS-CoV-2 epitopes in individuals who have never been infected with the virus, implying cross-reactivity with common cold coronaviruses. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello and Cynthia Leifer Guest: Brianne Barker Subscribe (free): iTunes, Google Podcasts. RSS, email Become a patron of Immune! Links for this episode Cross-reactive coronavirus CD4+ T cells (Science) Immune misfiring in severe COVID-19 (Nature) A COVID-19 riddle for the immune system (Nature) Letters read on Immune 34 Time stamps by Jolene. Thanks! Music by Steve Neal. Immune logo image by Blausen Medical Send your immunology questions and comments to immune@microbe.tv

Jul 28, 2020 • 1h 24min
Immune 33: COVID-19 immunotypes
Immune explains a study of 125 COVID-19 patients by deep immune profiling, which revealed three immunotypes associated with poor clinical prognosis or recovery. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello and Cynthia Leifer Guest: Brianne Barker Subscribe (free): iTunes, Google Podcasts. RSS, email Become a patron of Immune! Links for this episode CD8 cells defend against SARS-CoV (J Virol) Deep immune profiling of COVID-19 patients (Science) Letters read on Immune 33 Image credit Time stamps by Jolene. Thanks! Music by Steve Neal. Immune logo image by Blausen Medical Send your immunology questions and comments to immune@microbe.tv