Immune

By Vincent Racaniello

A podcast about the body's defenders against disease.... more

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Number 1: Immune 107: Breakfast of champions
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: Vincent Racaniello, Cindy Leifer, Stephanie Langel, and Brianne Barker Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of Immune! Links for this episode MicrobeTV Discord Server T cell immunity boosted after eating (Nature, 2026) Inhibiting autoimmunity through TLR7-cGAS (Nat Comm, 2026) Time stamps by Jolene Ramsey. Thanks! Music by Tatami. Immune logo image by Blausen Medical Send your immunology questions and comments to [email protected] Information on this podcast should not be construed as medical advice.
August 25, 20261h 24min
Number 2: 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: Cindy Leifer Guest: Stacy Horner Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of Immune! Links for this episode MicrobeTV Discord Server Hepatitis virus proteases block host response (J Virol, 2012) Host RNA binds to MAVS (Science, 2024) m6A modifications modify innate response to viruses (Cell Chem Biol, 2024) UFMylation coordinates MAVS assembly for antiviral responses (bioRxiv, 2025) Time stamps by Jolene Ramsey. Thanks! Music by Tatami. Logo image by Blausen Medical Send your immunology questions and comments to [email protected] Information on this podcast should not be construed as medical advice.
August 19, 202639min
Number 3: Immune Booster 35: Human immunology and Dengue virus infection with Adam Waickman
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: Cindy Leifer Guest: Adam Waickman Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of Immune! Links for this episode MicrobeTV Discord Server Waickman Lab Website Dengue virus human infection model (Sci Trans Med, 2022) mRNA vectored antibody against Dengue (Antiviral Res, 2025) B cell receptor enhancement of Dengue (PLoS Path, 2024) Dengue infection macrophage transcriptional profiles (J Virol, 2025) Time stamps by Jolene Ramsey. Thanks! Music by Tatami. Logo image by Blausen Medical Send your immunology questions and comments to [email protected] Information on this podcast should not be construed as medical advice.
September 08, 202642min
Number 4: Immune 91: People, parasites, plagues, and podcasts
Immune talks with David Peterson and Kim Klonowski from the University of Georgia about their careers, their People, parasites, and plagues podcast, placental malaria immunity, and and how interferons in the thymus affect T cell repertoire selection. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Cindy Leifer, Steph Langel, and Brianne Barker Guests: David Peterson and Kim Klonowski Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of Immune! Links for this episode MicrobeTV Discord Server People, parasites, and plagues podcast Placental malaria and circumsporozoite protein-specific immunity (Trends in Parasitology) Sterile production of interferons in the thymus affects T cell repertoire selection (Science Immunology) Dickson Despommier's book People Parasites and Plowshares Time stamps by Jolene Ramsey. Thanks! Music by Tatami. Immune logo image by Blausen Medical Send your immunology questions and comments to [email protected] Information on this podcast should not be construed as medical advice.
April 29, 20251h 1min
Number 5: Immune Booster #10 HIV in the brain with Amanda Brown
Immune Booster #10 HIV in the brain with Amanda Brown March 18, 2025 From the The Society for Leukocyte Biology 2024 conference at Michigan State University, Cindy and Brianne sit down with Amanda Brown from Johns Hopkins School of Medicine to talk about her career and the research of her laboratory on mechanisms of neuroinflammation in disease, especially during HIV infection. Hosts: Cindy Leifer and Brianne Barker Guest: Amanda Brown Society for Leukocyte Biology Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of Immune! Music by Tatami. Logo image by Blausen Medical Send your immunology questions and comments to [email protected] Content in this podcast should not be construed as medical advice.
March 17, 202531min