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Immune Booster 20: Lipid GPS for T cells with Susan Schwab

Release Date: 12/16/2025

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The Immune team discusses the groundbreaking discoveries of regulatory T cells, which was the topic of the 2025 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. Hosts: , , and Subscribe (free): , , Become a of Immune! Links for this episode Sakaguchi lab (Science 2003) Brunkow and Ramsdell mutation (Nature 2001) on Treg discoveries 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...

Immune Booster 20: Lipid GPS for T cells with Susan Schwab

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Susan Schwab talks about how she got the research bug, bugs she ate, and her research on how the lipid S1P helps T cells decide- should I stay or should I go. Host: Guest: Subscribe (free): , , Become a of Immune! Links for this episode Schwab lab Monocytes to regulate T cell movement and immune cell migration 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 construed as medical advice.

Immune 98: T cells on the brain

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Immune discusses cross-reactive antibodies to avian influenza neuraminidases and a role for gut-derived T cells in the brain to regulate eating behavior. Hosts: , , , and Subscribe (free): , , Become a of Immune! Links for this episode Antibody H5N1 (Cell Host Microbe, 2025) Gut-derived (Nature, 2025) 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...

Immune Booster 19: Virus-immune Tug-of-war with Kristian Andersen

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Kristian Andersen from Scripps Research Institute joins Cindy to talk about how he got interested in virus evolution, how the immune system drives viral adaptation, and what we can learn from this research to better prepare us for the next pandemic. Host: Guest: Subscribe (free): , , Become a of Immune! Links for this episode Andersen Perspective on of virus emergence Kristian’s appearance Time stamps by . Thanks! Music by . Logo image by Send your immunology questions and comments...

Immune 97: Bystander B cells go bananas

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Cindy and Steph discuss a paper that challenges the textbook dogma that B cells must first bind to an antigen for antibody affinity maturation to occur, and a snippet on dysfunctional T cells during bacterial vaginosis. Hosts: and Subscribe (free): , , Become a of Immune! Links for this episode Somatic B cells (Immunity 2025) Dysfunctional vaginosis (J Clin Invest 2025) Time stamps by . Thanks! Music by Tatami. Immune logo image by Send your immunology questions and comments to immune@microbe.tv Information...

Immune Booster 18: From Stars to cells with Bali Pulendran

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Cindy sits down with Bali Pulendran at the AAI 2025 meeting where he told the story of how a childhood fascination with the cosmos grew into a career addressing fundamental questions about the human immune response, and how when an antigen enters the body it is like the big bang in how it initiates immune responses. Host: Guest: Subscribe (free): , , Become a of Immune! Links for this episode Systems and durability (Nature 2025) World’s (Sem Immunol 2024) Review (Immunity 2010) Time stamps by . Thanks! Music by ....

Immune Booster #17: From unvaccinated to vaccine advocacy with Liz Marnik

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Elizabeth Marnik, also known as Science Whiz Liz, grew up unvaccinated, yet she is now an immunologist, science communicator, and advocate for vaccines–this is her story. Host: Guest: Subscribe (free): , , Become a of Immune! Links for this episode More about Liz on her on Instagram From the Science Classroom with Science Whiz Liz 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...

Immune 96: How to floss a mouse

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Immune discusses the potential future of delivering vaccines by flossing your teeth and how antibodies in human milk shape the normal immune responses in newborns. Hosts: , , , and Subscribe (free): , , Become a of Immune! Links for this episode vaccination (Nat Biomed Engineering 2025) vaccine paper (Sci News) Human development (PNAS 2025) Time stamps by . Thanks! Music by Tatami. Immune logo image by Send your immunology questions and comments to immune@microbe.tv Information on this...

Immune Booster #16: Teaching and communicating immunology with Aimee Pugh Bernard

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Cindy speaks with Aimee Pugh Bernard from University of Colorado about her career and her passion for teaching and communicating immunology to the public. Host: Guest: Subscribe (free): , , Become a of Immune! Links for this episode More about Aimee on her on Instagram Fun Size Science with Fun 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 construed as medical advice....

Immune 95: Mitochondria for everyone

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Immune discusses how cancer cells swap mitochondria with T cells and then digs in for a discussion of an unusual checkpoint blockade that failed for cancer but could be repurposed for autoimmune inflammation. Hosts: , , , and Subscribe (free): , , Become a of Immune! Links for this episode Cancer cells for metastasis (Nature 2025) Cancer cells to impair them (Nature 2025) PD-L1 binding to CD80 on the same dendritic cell needed for migration (Sci Adv 2025) Time stamps by . Thanks! Music by Tatami. Immune logo...

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Susan Schwab talks about how she got the research bug, bugs she ate, and her research on how the lipid S1P helps T cells decide- should I stay or should I go.

Host: Cindy Leifer

Guest: Susan Schwab

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