Immune

The Immune team discusses immunization of pregnant mice to protect offspring from neonatal herpes simplex virus disease.   Subscribe (free): iTunes, Google Podcasts. RSS, email Become a patron of Immune! Links for this episode Maternal immunization protects offspring (Sci Trans Med) Diversity of herpesvirus in neonates (TWiV 540) Mariana Mazzucato on Freakonomics Letters read on Immune 19 Time stamps by Jolene. Thanks! Weekly Science Picks Steph- iNaturalist Cindy- Taking a break is also hard work Vincent- Immunology Wall Posters Music by Steve Neal. Immune logo image by Blausen Medical. Send your immunology questions and comments to immune@microbe.tv

The immunophiles discuss T cell antigen discovery by trogocytosis - the transfer of membrane patches among cells in close contact. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Stephanie Langel, and Cynthia Leifer Subscribe (free): iTunes, Google Podcasts. RSS, email Become a patron of Immune! Links for this episode Trogocytosis for T cell antigen discovery (Nat Methods) Trogocytosis (J Immunol) Orphan T cell receptors (Cell) Letters read on Immune 18 Time stamps by Jolene. Thanks! Weekly Science Picks Steph- Scientists rise up against statistical significance Cindy- Why I quit my PhD and returned Vincent- The Law and Vaccine Resistance Music by Steve Neal. Immune logo image by Blausen Medical. Send your immunology questions and comments to immune@microbe.tv

The immunophiles explain how metabolic rewiring of macrophages by CpG promotes clearance of cancer cells. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Stephanie Langel, and Cynthia Leifer Become a patron of Immune! Links for this episode Darwin Day Metabolic rewiring of macrophages by CpG (Nat Immunol) Letters read on Immune 17 Time stamps by Jolene. Thanks! Weekly Science Picks Steph- Pregnant Scholar Cindy- Anti-vaxxers vaccinating against measles Vincent- Center for Science in the Public Interest Music by Steve Neal. Immune logo image by Blausen Medical. Send your immunology questions and comments to immune@microbe.tv

The Immune team turns to chickens, which have been important in understanding the immune system, to show that infection of mature B cells is not required for the pathogenesis of Marek's disease herpesvirus. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Stephanie Langel, and Cynthia Leifer Subscribe (free): iTunes, Google Podcasts. RSS, email Become a patron of Immune! Links for this episode Role of B cells in Marek's disease pathogenesis (PNAS) In ovo vaccination (YouTube) First chickens lacking B cells (PNAS) Letters read on Immune 16 Time stamps by Jolene. Thanks! Weekly Science Picks Steph - 7 Days Out Cindy - Watson PBS documentary and Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory response Vincent - Dads can donate mitochondrial DNA and Chicken puns

Stephanie takes the Immune team on a tour of neutrophils, the most abundant leukocytes in mammals, including tethers and slings, neutrophil rolling, and neutrophil nets. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Stephanie Langel, and Cynthia Leifer Subscribe (free): iTunes, Google Podcasts. RSS, email Become a patron of Immune! Links for this episode Slings enable neutrophil rolling (Nature) Sling video (La Jolla Inst Allergy Immunol) Neutrophil extracellular traps kill bacteria (Science) Neutrophil review (Sci Immunol) Image credit Time stamps by Jolene. Thanks! Weekly Science Picks Steph- Should reviewers remain anonymous? Cindy- Breast Cancer Research Foundation Vincent- Initiative to End Paywalls (The Scientist) Music by Steve Neal. Immune logo image by Blausen Medical. Send your immunology questions and comments to immune@microbe.tv

The Immune team explains the science behind the 2018 Nobel Prizes awarded to Allison and Honjo: checkpoint immunotherapy. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Stephanie Langel, and Cynthia Leifer Subscribe (free): iTunes, Google Podcasts. RSS, email Become a patron of Immune! Links for this episode 2018 Nobel Prize in Medicine 2018 Nobel Prize in Medicine (pdf) What's in a name?(Can Res Inst) Checkpoint inhibitor failures(Nature) Image credit Time stamps by Jolene. Thanks! Weekly Science Picks Steph- Immunobites Cindy- List of immunology Nobels Vincent- Prof. Barker's Immunology lectures Music by Steve Neal. Immune logo image by Blausen Medical. Send your immunology questions and comments to immune@microbe.tv

The ImmuNerds discuss how a cellular long non-coding RNA binds to an innate RNA sensor and regulates virus-induced interferon production to prevent damage to the host. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Stephanie Langel, and Cynthia Leifer Subscribe (free): iTunes, Google Podcasts. RSS, email Become a patron of Immune! Links for this episode Host lncRNA binds RIG-I (Cell) Microbe Art at virology blog Letters read on Immune 13 Time stamps by Jolene. Thanks! Weekly Science Picks Steph- That's Pediatrics Podcast Cindy- Trilobite Glassworks Vincent- Research!America Music by Steve Neal. Immune logo image by Blausen Medical. Send your immunology questions and comments to immune@microbe.tv

The Immune trifecta explores systems immunology, and its use in a study of immune system development in newborn children. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Stephanie Langel, and Cynthia Leifer Become a patron of Immune! Links for this episode Immune system development in newborns (Cell) Dead parrots and live wildcats (TWiV 185) Pathogenesis card game (JAMA) Letters read on Immune 12 Weekly Science Picks Steph- Kaleidoscopean Cindy- 500 women scientists Vincent- NIH budget increase 2019 Music by Steve Neal. Immune logo image by Blausen Medical. Send your immunology questions and comments to immune@microbe.tv

Cindy and Vincent describe the construction of a gene network that programs mammalian cells to detect and eliminate bacterial infections. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello and Cynthia Leifer Become a patron of Immune! Links for this episode Immunomimetic designer cells (Cell) Antimicrobial drug resistance (NIH) Image credit Letters read on Immune 11 Science Picks Cindy - No Tdap link to autism Vincent- Unpaywall Music by Steve Neal. Immune logo image by Blausen Medical. Send your immunology questions and comments to immune@microbe.tv

The Immune team travels to the University of Maryland for ASV 2018, where they meet up with Rebecca Lynch to explore her work on broadly neutralizing antibodies against HIV-1. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Stephanie Langel, and Cynthia Leifer Guest: Rebecca Lynch Become a patron of Immune! Links for this episode Lynch Laboratory Immune merchandise Image credit Music by Steve Neal. Immune logo image by Blausen Medical. Send your immunology questions and comments to immune@microbe.tv