Immune Booster 35: Human immunology and Dengue virus infection with Adam Waickman
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Adam Waickman discusses the unusual reason he got into studying immunology just in humans, his important studies on Dengue virus vaccine antibodies, and the problematic phenomenon of antibody dependent enhancement. Host: Guest: Subscribe (free): , , Become a of Immune! Links for this episode Website Dengue virus (Sci Trans Med, 2022) against Dengue (Antiviral Res, 2025) of Dengue (PLoS Path, 2024) transcriptional profiles (J Virol, 2025) Time stamps by . Thanks! Music by . Logo image by Send...
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Immune 107: Breakfast of champions
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Immune reviews new research that shows a boost in T cell function after eating and the potential for the cGAS-STING pathway to be a new lupus therapeutic target. Hosts: , , and Subscribe (free): , , Become a of Immune! Links for this episode T cell (Nature, 2026) Inhibiting autoimmunity (Nat Comm, 2026) Time stamps by . Thanks! Music by Tatami. Immune logo image by Send your immunology questions and comments to immune@microbe.tv Information on this podcast should not be construed as medical...
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Immune Booster 34: Decoding antiviral signaling networks with Stacy Horner
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Stacy Horner discusses her work on innate detection of viruses, viral countermeasures, and the role of m(6)A RNA modifications in regulating antiviral immunity. Host: Guest: Subscribe (free): , , Become a of Immune! Links for this episode Hepatitis response (J Virol, 2012) Host (Science, 2024) response to viruses (Cell Chem Biol, 2024) for antiviral responses (bioRxiv, 2025) Time stamps by . Thanks! Music by . Logo image by Send your immunology questions and comments to immune@microbe.tv...
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Immune Booster 33: Immunity to pesky parasites and peanuts with Scott Smith
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Scott Smith talks about his research on cloned individual antibodies and how those studies have shifted his thoughts on the role of IgE in parasite defense and food allergy. Host: Guest: Subscribe (free): , , Become a of Immune! Links for this episode in poxvirus evasion (J Virol, 2000) Complement (Transpl Proc, 2002) antibodies (J Allergy Clin Immunol, 2023) Antigens in (J Allergy Clin Immunol, 2025) Using antigens (J Allergy Clin Immunol, 2022) Time stamps by . Thanks! Music by . Logo image by ...
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Immune 106: Science and podcasting with Kathryn Knoop and Marion Brunck
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Kathryn Knoop and Marion Brunck join the Immune team to talk about their research and their podcast “Mucosal Immunology”. Hosts: , , and Guests: and Subscribe (free): , , Become a of Immune! Links for this episode Knoop: in early life review Knoop: in neonatal sepsis Knoop: in breastmilk Brunck: n PMNS Brunck: CRISPR KO to study Brunck: review Time stamps by . Thanks! Music by Tatami. Immune logo image by Send your immunology questions and...
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Immune Booster 32: Natural infection versus vaccine protection with Jenna Guthmiller
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Jenna Guthmiller talks about how she became interested in immunology and her exciting research on how different responses to vaccines and infection shape future responses to infection. Host: Guest: Subscribe (free): , , Become a of Immune! Links for this episode flu antibodies (Nature, 2022) to H1N1 flu (Sci Transl Med, 2021) Long lasting B cells to (Immunity, 2025) Vaccine strategies to (Nat Comm, 2025) Pre-existing response (Sci Trans Med, 2020) From linked to anti-spike (mBio, 2021) Time stamps...
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Immune 105: Tumor bacteria undermine immunotherapy
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Immune discusses a snippet on how EBV infection alters the immunopeptidome and promotes multiple sclerosis, and a paper on head and neck cancers harboring bacteria that create an immunosuppressive environment and promote immunotherapy resistance. Hosts: , , and Subscribe (free): , , Become a of Immune! Links for this episode EBV, (Cell, 2026) to cancer immunotherapy (Nat Cancer, 2026) Time stamps by . Thanks! Music by Tatami. Immune logo image by Send your immunology questions and comments...
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Immune Booster 31: NOD-like receptor discovery with Gabriel Nunez
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Gabriel Nunez discusses the discovery of NOD-like receptors, NOD1 and NOD2, in inflammatory bowel disease and how travel and taking a moment to enjoy local culture and art influences his creativity. Host: Guest: Subscribe (free): , , Become a of Immune! Links for this episode antigen presentation (Hum Immunol, 1987) Bcl2, cell death, and B cells (Nature, 1991) (J Biol Chem, 1999) (J Biol Chem, 2001) and connection to Crohn’s disease (Nature, 2001) Time stamps by . Thanks! Music by . Logo image by Send...
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Immune Booster 30: Infant Immunology with Martha Alexander-Miller
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Martha Alexander-Miller discusses why newborn and infant immune responses to vaccines are generally less effective and how we can make vaccines safer and more effective. Host: Guest: Subscribe (free): , , Become a of Immune! Links for this episode Flu HA (Nat Comm, 2025) Sex-dependent (Vaccines, 2024) Flu vaccine with (Vaccines, 2023) Time stamps by . Thanks! Music by . Logo image by Send your immunology questions and comments to immune@microbe.tv Information on this podcast should not be...
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Immune 104: All about allergies
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The Immune team talks about two papers on the effect of sleep and environment on seasonal allergies. Hosts: , , and Subscribe (free): , , Become a of Immune! Links for this episode Sleep is needed for (PNAS, 2020) Original paper on allergy to artificialrose (Am. J. Med. Sci. 181, 45–56 (1886)) One of (Am J Clin Hypn, 1983) Environmentally driven (Nature, 2026) immune imprinting paper (Nature, 2026) discussion of “dirty mice” Time stamps by . Thanks! Music by Tatami. Immune logo image...
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