Immune Booster 38: Fascination with Flavivirus B cell responses with Tulika SinghTulika Singh joins Immune at AAI2026 to talk about the international partnerships that advance research on immunity to emerging flaviviruses and her research on the impact of prior Zika virus infection on susceptibility to Dengue virus disease. Host: Guest: Subscribe (free): , , Become a of Immune! Links for this episode Harris 2025 STAT Wunderkind developed in pregnancy (Cell, 2022) response (Nat Comm, 2024) Longitudinal infection (Nat Comm, 2026) Exposure to (Sci Transl Med, 2024) AAI Program Time stamps by . Thanks! Music by . Logo image by Send your immunology questions and comments to [email protected] Information on this podcast should not be construed as medical advice. /episode/index/show/immune/id/43250973
Immune Booster 36: Innate immune brakes with Carla RothlinCarla Rothlin joins Immune at AAI2026 to talk about her career studying inflammation regulation and how she co-founded the Global Immunotalks virtual seminar series. Host: Guest: Subscribe (free): , , Become a of Immune! Links for this episode in immune homeostasis (Annu Rev Immunol, 2015) epithelial cells (Sci Adv, 2023) Modifiers determine (Elife, 2022) Re-evaluating (Int J Mol Sci, 2024) in cancer therapy (Immunol Rev, 2017) on YouTube Time stamps by . Thanks! Music by . Logo image by Send your immunology questions and comments to [email protected] Information on this podcast should not be construed as medical advice. /episode/index/show/immune/id/43042908
Immune 108: B cells go broad and live longImmune tackles papers on the breadth of human B cell responses following mRNA vaccination and on the role of mitochondria and reactive oxygen species in plasma B cell maintenance. Hosts: , , and Subscribe (free): , , Become a of Immune! Links for this episode expands B cell breadth (Nat Immunol, 2026) Mitochondrial (Nat Commun, 2026) Time stamps by . Thanks! Music by Tatami. Immune logo image by Send your immunology questions and comments to [email protected] Information on this podcast should not be construed as medical advice. /episode/index/show/immune/id/43096933
Immune Booster 37: Secret lives of neutrophils with Tanya MayadasTanya Mayadas joins Immune to talk about her road to study neutrophils and her research findings on neutrophil antigen presentation and novel neutrophil targeting therapies. Host: Guest: Subscribe (free): , , Become a of Immune! Links for this episode Tanya recently appointed and director factor and P-selectin (Cell, 1991) mouse (Cell, 1993) in cancer (Nat Comm, 2021) (Cancer Res Comm, 2026) (Circulation, 2009) and heterogeneity (Immunity, 2025) (Curr Op Rheumatol, 2019) Time stamps by . Thanks! Music by . Logo image by Send your immunology questions and comments to [email protected] Information on this podcast should not be construed as medical advice. /episode/index/show/immune/id/42965688
Immune Booster 35: Human immunology and Dengue virus infection with Adam WaickmanAdam 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 your immunology questions and comments to [email protected] Information on this podcast should not be construed as medical advice. /episode/index/show/immune/id/42813295
Immune 107: Breakfast of championsImmune 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 [email protected] Information on this podcast should not be construed as medical advice. /episode/index/show/immune/id/42526285
Immune Booster 34: Decoding antiviral signaling networks with Stacy Horner 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 [email protected] Information on this podcast should not be construed as medical advice. /episode/index/show/immune/id/42478015
Immune Booster 33: Immunity to pesky parasites and peanuts with Scott Smith 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 Send your immunology questions and comments to [email protected] Information on this podcast should not be construed as medical advice. /episode/index/show/immune/id/42152560
Immune 106: Science and podcasting with Kathryn Knoop and Marion BrunckKathryn 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 comments to [email protected] Information on this podcast should not be construed as medical advice. /episode/index/show/immune/id/42151580
Immune Booster 32: Natural infection versus vaccine protection with Jenna GuthmillerJenna 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 by . Thanks! Music by . Logo image by Send your immunology questions and comments to [email protected] Information on this podcast should not be construed as medical advice. /episode/index/show/immune/id/42151240
Immune 105: Tumor bacteria undermine immunotherapyImmune 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 to [email protected] Information on this podcast should not be construed as medical advice. /episode/index/show/immune/id/41895690
Immune Booster 31: NOD-like receptor discovery with Gabriel Nunez 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 your immunology questions and comments to [email protected] Information on this podcast should not be construed as medical advice. /episode/index/show/immune/id/41735860
Immune Booster 30: Infant Immunology with Martha Alexander-Miller 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 [email protected] Information on this podcast should not be construed as medical advice. /episode/index/show/immune/id/41571980
Immune 104: All about allergiesThe 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 by Send your immunology questions and comments to [email protected] Information on this podcast should not be construed as medical advice. /episode/index/show/immune/id/41396485
Matters Microbial #130: The Holobiont — Animals, Microbes, and Ecology Matters Microbial #130: The Holobiont — Animals, Microbes, and Ecology May 19, 2026 Today Dr. Kevin Kohl, Associate Professor of Biological Sciences at the University of Pittsburgh, joins the #QualityQuorum to discuss how he and his colleagues study the interplay between animals, their resident gut microbes, and the overarching concept of the holobiont. Host: Guest Subscribe: , Become a of Matters Microbial! Links for this episode The at Pennsylvania State University. A very fine on the holobiont concept for non-microbiologists. A general introductory of the holobiont concept. The holobiont concept and the . A partial of the development of the holobiont concept. Dr. Casadevall suggests that and thus outcomes describes the term “pathogen,” and a similar analysis applies to the holobiont. A very short of the holobiont concept. Another of the holobiont concept in general, coauthored by Dr. Kohl. Some for thinking about the holobiont concept. A to the holobiont concept, by Dr. Seth Bordenstein. I highly recommend this essay by the science writer Carl Zimmer, “,” to think of the connections between lake ecology and microbial interactions with humans. Another wonderful recommended by Dr. Kohl, by Dr. Margaret McFall-Ngai and coauthors, detailing the impact microbes have on animals over evolution and development. The connection to the holobiont concept, discussed on this podcast (coauthored by Dr. Kohl). The fascinating work by Dr. Kohl and colleagues showing the relationship between discussed in this podcast. A by Dr. Kohl and colleagues, “Through the microbial looking glass: our shifting understanding of the holobiont and microbes as mediators of organismal biology,” illustrates the development and influence of the holobiont concept. Dr. Richard Prum’s book, “,” was discussed during this podcast. There is also a where Dr. Prum discusses the ideas in this book, describing gene regulation as a performance. Dr. Kohl’s . Dr. Kohl’s (very interesting) . Intro music is by Reber Clark Send your questions and comments to [email protected]/episode/index/show/immune/id/41355220
Immune Booster 29: Immune regulation and science communication with Nicholas JacksonNicholas Jackson, AKA Nick the Immunologist, talks about being a graduate student, social media creator, and his research on cytokine tools to investigate regulatory T cells. Host: Guest: Nicholas Jackson () Subscribe (free): , , Become a of Immune! Links for this episode Richard lab IL-2, TGFb and Nick the Immunologist Nick the Immunologist on Instagram Time stamps by . Thanks! Music by . Logo image by Send your immunology questions and comments to [email protected] Information on this podcast should not be construed as medical advice. /episode/index/show/immune/id/41299095
Immune Booster 28: Immunometabolism, Inflammation, and Building Biotechs with Luke O’NeillLuke O’Neill recounts his role in discovering key components of the TLR signaling pathway, explains how pursuing unexpected research questions keeps him motivated, and reflects on his experiences as an entrepreneur founding biotech companies. Host: Guest: Subscribe (free): , , Become a of Immune! Links for this episode Identification of pathway (Nature, 2001) and anti-inflammatories (An Rev Pharmacol Tox, 2026) of inflammation (Nat Metab, 2024) Time stamps by . Thanks! Music by . Logo image by Send your immunology questions and comments to [email protected] Information on this podcast should not be construed as medical advice. /episode/index/show/immune/id/41035165
Immune Booster 27: Interferons, JAKs, and STATs with George StarkGeorge Stark from the Cleveland Clinic reflects on his early training in biochemistry and how several sabbatical leaves sparked pivotal changes in his research trajectory, eventually drawing him to interferon signaling where he helped establish the core principles of the JAK–STAT pathway and uncovered interesting roles for interferon signaling in cancer. Host: Guest: Subscribe (free): , , Become a of Immune! Links for this episode Development of the technique (PNAS, 1977) Development of for proteins (PNAS, 1979) Discovery of (Cell, 1992) Topical skin cancer (Exp Dermatol, 2023) Time stamps by . Thanks! Music by . Logo image by Send your immunology questions and comments to [email protected] Information on this podcast should not be construed as medical advice. /episode/index/show/immune/id/41032755
Immune 103: Cytokines 101The Immune team talks all about cytokines, from what they are to immunotherapies against them to treat diseases. Hosts: , , and Subscribe (free): , , Become a of Immune! Links for this episode and complement (mBio 2026) against viruses (Virology blog, 2009) Biologics (Int J Cell Bio, 2016) Biologics (JACI, 2022) Time stamps by . Thanks! Music by Tatami. Immune logo image by Send your immunology questions and comments to [email protected] Information on this podcast should not be construed as medical advice. /episode/index/show/immune/id/40946585
Immune Booster 26: Immune defense against parasitic worms with Irah KingIrah King from McGill University talks about his passion to understand how our immune system detects and responds to helminthic worm infections, how the worms can reprogram those responses, and how these pathways might be exploited to develop new treatments for inflammatory diseases. Host: Guest: Subscribe (free): , , Become a of Immune! Links for this episode against intestinal infection (Cell, 2025) in Early Life (Cell, Host, & Microbe, 2024) and parasitic infection (Mucoslal Immunol, 2023) the intestinal epithelium (Trends Parasit, 2023) Time stamps by . Thanks! Music by . Logo image by Send your immunology questions and comments to [email protected] Information on this podcast should not be construed as medical advice. /episode/index/show/immune/id/40744380
Immune102: Living longer without B cells The Immune team discusses a paper describing the negative effects of old B cells on T cells and longevity and a snippet on an interesting vaccine approach to promote competition between gut commensals. Hosts: , , and Subscribe (free): , , Become a of Immune! Links for this episode of gut bacteria (Science 2025) B cells drive (Sci Immunol 2026) Time stamps by . Thanks! Music by Tatami. Immune logo image by Send your immunology questions and comments to [email protected] Information on this podcast should not be construed as medical advice. /episode/index/show/immune/id/40644095
Immune Booster 25: Out of the anti-vax woods with Ellen WoodsA former anti-vax mom talks about going down the rabbit hole, her mindset shift, the importance of doctors who are willing to talk with patients about vaccines, and why she is now a vaccine advocate. Host: Guest Subscribe (free): , , Become a of Immune! Links for this episode foundation information and advocacy us about vaccine hesitancy with vaccine hesitant people Time stamps by . Thanks! Music by . Logo image by Send your immunology questions and comments to [email protected] Information on this podcast should not be construed as medical advice. /episode/index/show/immune/id/40496635
Immune Booster 24: Tolerating pregnancy with Gabrielle RizzutoGabrielle Rizzuto from Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center discusses her work on the curious immunology of pregnancy and how a woman tolerates a genetically different baby but quickly rejects a mismatched organ donation. Host: Guest Subscribe (free): , , Become a of Immune! Links for this episode at MSKCC -maternal interface (Nature, 2022) The tolerance (J Exp Med, 2022) of fetal-maternal interface (Nature, 2023) Time stamps by . Thanks! Music by . Logo image by Send your immunology questions and comments to [email protected] Information on this podcast should not be construed as medical advice. /episode/index/show/immune/id/40284245
Immune 101: Ink and immunity Immune discusses how tattoo ink accumulates in lymph nodes, promotes inflammation and influences response to two different vaccines. Hosts: , , and Subscribe (free): , , Become a of Immune! Links for this episode IL-9, CD8 cells and vaccines Time stamps by . Thanks! Music by Tatami. Immune logo image by Send your immunology questions and comments to [email protected] Information on this podcast should not be construed as medical advice. /episode/index/show/immune/id/40109095
Immune Booster 23: Critical windows during immune system development with Anna BeaudinAnna Beaudin from University of Utah talks about the key thread of her career, development, and how that influences her research on the events happening during critical prenatal windows shapes everything from the developing immune system to hearing loss. Host: Guest Subscribe (free): , , Become a of Immune! Links for this episode at University of Utah PhD work on Postdoc work on and hematopoietic stem cell development on postnatal immunity Early life inflammation and Time stamps by . Thanks! Music by . Logo image by Send your immunology questions and comments to [email protected] Information on this podcast should not be construed as medical advice. /episode/index/show/immune/id/40108410
Immune Booster #22 T cell signaling and selection with Leslie Berg Leslie Berg talks about her career studying T cell receptor signaling, T cell development, and the importance of mentors in her career. Host: Guest: Subscribe (free): , , Become a of Immune! Links for this episode at University of Colorado Anschutz TCR thresholds and ITK (PNAS) Review on TCR signaling (Nat Immunol) Generation of (Mol Cell Bio) in TCR transgenic mice (Nature) Thymic n TCR transgenic mice (Cell) Berg information Time stamps by . Thanks! Music by . Logo image by Send your immunology questions and comments to [email protected] Information on this podcast should not be construed as medical advice. /episode/index/show/immune/id/39993805
Immune 100: Immune turns 100! The whole Immune gang gathers with special guests Gretchen Diehl and Shruti Naik at The Incubator with an audience to celebrate the 100th episode. Hosts: , , and Guests: and Subscribe (free): , , Become a of Immune! Links for this episode Diehl: Gut development (Nature 2021) Diehl: Bacteria-i (Gut Microbes 2022) Diehl: Microbiota, and colitis (Gut Microbes 2022) Diehl: E. coli-activated inflammation (Cell Rep 2025) Naik: skin inflammation (Science 2012) Naik: IL-17 and (Science 2022) Naik: Human transcriptomics (Sci Immunol 2023) Time stamps by . Thanks! Music by Tatami. Immune logo image by Send your immunology questions and comments to [email protected] Information on this podcast should not be construed as medical advice. /episode/index/show/immune/id/39675705
Immune Booster 21: Origins of antigen receptors with David Schatz David Schatz talks about his discovery of Rag genes that are critical for antigen receptor development and how that discovery depended on taking high risks and using approaches that everyone thought could never work. Host: Guest: Subscribe (free): , , Become a of Immune! Links for this episode Tin non-lymphoid cells (Cell 1988) Identification of (Cell 1989) (Semin Immunol 2004) Time stamps by . Thanks! Music by . Logo image by Send your immunology questions and comments to [email protected] Information on this podcast should not be construed as medical advice. /episode/index/show/immune/id/39675220
Immune 99: A Nobel for immune toleranceThe 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 [email protected] Information on this podcast should not be construed as medical advice. /episode/index/show/immune/id/39384135
Immune Booster 20: Lipid GPS for T cells with Susan Schwab 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 [email protected] Information on this podcast should not be construed as medical advice. /episode/index/show/immune/id/39383065
