Immune

Tanya 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: Cindy Leifer Guest: Tanya Mayadas Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of Immune! Links for this episode MicrobeTV Discord Server Tanya recently appointed department chair and director Neutrophils, von Willebrand factor and P-selectin (Cell, 1991) P-selectin knockout mouse (Cell, 1993) Neutrophils as antigen presenting cells in cancer (Nat Comm, 2021) Neutrophils elicit broad anti-tumor immunity (Cancer Res Comm, 2026) FcR-mediated neutrophil recruitment (Circulation, 2009) Neutrophil classification and heterogeneity (Immunity, 2025) Neutrophils in Lupus (Curr Op Rheumatol, 2019) 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.

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.

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.

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.

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: Cindy Leifer Guest: Scott Smith Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of Immune! Links for this episode MicrobeTV Discord Server Complement control proteins in poxvirus evasion (J Virol, 2000) Complement control protein reduces xenotransplant rejection (Transpl Proc, 2002) Engineering therapeutic antibodies (J Allergy Clin Immunol, 2023) Antigens in peanut allergy anaphylaxis (J Allergy Clin Immunol, 2025) Using human antibodies to identify parasite antigens (J Allergy Clin Immunol, 2022) 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.