Guest: Dr. Johnathan Canton is an Assistant Professor at the University of Calgary, where his lab uses advanced microscopy techniques to study dendritic cells, macrophages, and innate immunity. He talks about his career journey from studying tropical parasites to investigating phagocytes. He also discusses using advanced microscopy techniques, studying the mechanisms of dendritic cell cross-presentation , and running a farm in Belize. (35:55) Featured Products and Resources: Check out the progra...
Jul 15, 2025•1 hr 4 min
Guest: Dr. Mahima Swamy is a Program Leader at the University of Dundee, where her lab studies immune homeostasis in the intestinal epithelium. She talks about intestinal intraepithelial lymphocytes and the role of LRRK2 in Parkinson’s and Crohn’s disease . Featured Products and Resources: Register now for IUIS 2025! Enter to win a personalized lab coat! The Immunology Science Round Up Fungal Meningitis in Mammals – Researchers examined Cryptococcus neoformans phenotypes and identified factors t...
Jul 01, 2025•1 hr 6 min
Guest: Dr. Rizwan Romee is a Oncologist at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Associate Professor at Harvard Medical School, where his research focuses on genetically manipulating NK cells to enhance their anti-tumor function. He talks about advances and challenges in engineering NK cells for cancer therapy. He also discusses using E. coli to deliver immune-activating cytokines to tumors . (37:31) Featured Products and Resources: Register now for IUIS 2025! Enter to win a personalized lab coat...
Jun 17, 2025•1 hr 12 min
Guest: Dr. Arthur Mortha is an Associate Professor at the University of Toronto. His research focuses on innate lymphoid cells and their interactions with microbes. He talks about ILCs and how the gut microbiome can affect respiratory disease . (37:44) Featured Products and Resources: Register now for IUIS 2025! Enter to win a personalized lab coat! The Immunology Round Up Serotonin and Antitumor Immunity – Serotonin transporter acts as an immune checkpoint restricting CD8 T cell antitumor immun...
Jun 03, 2025•1 hr 6 min
In May 2025, we attended IMMUNOLOGY2025, the annual meeting of the American Association of Immunologists, in Honolulu. We chat with delegates about their research and impressions of the meeting. They discuss their reasons for attending, the most memorable research, and their experiences in Hawaiʻi. Featured Products and Resources: IUIS 2025 is taking place August 17-22 in Vienna! Prepare for your next conference. Subscribe to our newsletter! Never miss updates about new episodes. Subscribe...
May 20, 2025•33 min
This special episode was recorded in front of a live audience at IMMUNOLOGY2025 in Honolulu. In this conversation, hosted by Dr. Nicole Quinn, Brenda and Jason share what they’ve learned from recording over 100 episodes of the Immunology Podcast. They talk about how the field has evolved during the past four years, the importance of making science and scientists accessible, and predictions for emerging areas of research. Featured Products and Resources: Register now for IUIS 2025! Enter to win a...
May 13, 2025•1 hr 9 min
In May 2025, we attended IMMUNOLOGY2025, the annual meeting of the American Association of Immunologists in Honolulu, and recorded daily episodes discussing highlights of the previous 24 hours. Here is the final of five special episodes from the meeting, in which Brenda and Jason discuss sessions on lymphatic immunophysiology and how opioids drive immunosuppression in cancer. Featured Products and Resources: Download a free conference toolkit! Subscribe to our newsletter! Never miss updates abou...
May 08, 2025•21 min
In May 2025, we attended IMMUNOLOGY2025, the annual meeting of the American Association of Immunologists in Honolulu, where we recorded daily episodes highlighting key developments from the previous 24 hours. This is the fourth of five special episodes from the meeting. In this episode, Brenda and Jason discuss how macrophages contribute to lung tissue repair and influence hormone activity, as well as the mechanisms linking MHC-II abnormalities to autoimmune disease pathogenesis. Featured Produc...
May 07, 2025•23 min
In May 2025, we attended IMMUNOLOGY2025, the annual meeting of the American Association of Immunologists in Honolulu, and recorded daily episodes discussing highlights of the previous 24 hours. Here is the third of five special episodes from the meeting. Brenda and Jason discuss highlights from sessions on mucosal immunology and the role of T cells in lactogenesis. They also talk about γδ CAR T cells and veterinary immunology — from sharks to elephants. Featured Products and Resources: Free mous...
May 06, 2025•27 min
In May 2025, we attended IMMUNOLOGY2025, the annual meeting of the American Association of Immunologists in Honolulu, and recorded daily episodes discussing highlights of the previous 24 hours. Here is the second of five special episodes from the meeting. Brenda and Jason discuss highlights from sessions on tumor-infiltrating lymphocyte and T-cell receptor therapies, unconventional functions of Tregs, and advances in single-cell RNA sequencing. Featured Products and Resources: Register: On-Deman...
May 05, 2025•27 min
In May 2025, we attended IMMUNOLOGY2025, the annual meeting of the American Association of Immunologists in Honolulu, and recorded daily episodes discussing highlights of the previous 24 hours. Here is the first of five special episodes from the meeting. Brenda and Jason discuss highlights from talks including immune responses to bacterial infections, p53 reactivation for cancer therapy, and the mechanisms that lead to celiac disease. Featured Products and Resources: Stay up-to-date with the lat...
May 04, 2025•29 min
Guest: Dr. Henrique Veiga-Fernandes is a Full Investigator and Group Leader at the Champalimaud Foundation. He talks about interactions between the nervous and immune systems and how ILC2s regulate blood glucose levels. (43:00) Featured Products and Resources: Register now for IMMUNOLOGY2025, taking place May 3-7 in Honolulu, Hawaii. IUIS 2025 is taking place August 17-22 in Vienna, Austria. The Immunology Science Round Up Acetylcholine Receptor in Autoimmunity – Researchers used cryoelectron mi...
Apr 22, 2025•1 hr 24 min
Guest: Dr. Monika Wolkers is a Group Leader at the Sanquin Blood Supply Foundation and an Associate Professor at the University of Amsterdam. Her research focuses on RNA-binding proteins and how they affect T cell function. She talks about γδ T cells in immunotherapy, targeting pediatric tumors, and how a sabbatical led her to study RNA-binding proteins. (46:50) Featured Products and Resources: Register now for IMMUNOLOGY2025, taking place May 3-7 in Honolulu, Hawaii. IUIS 2025 is taking place A...
Apr 08, 2025•1 hr 22 min
Guests: Dr. Stephen Jameson is the President of the American Association of Immunologists, and LMP Professor and Harry Kay Chairman’s Fund Professor in Experimental Pathology at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities. Dr. Bonnie Dittel is the Dr. Gilbert C. White II Endowed Faculty Chair at Versiti Blood Research Institute and Editor-in-Chief of ImmunoHorizons. In this episode, they talk about the upcoming IMMUNOLOGY2025 meeting in Honolulu, Hawaii from May 3-7, 2025. They discuss the highlight...
Mar 25, 2025•1 hr 13 min
Guest: Dr. Peter Doherty is Laureate Professor at the University of Melbourne. He and Dr. Rolf Zinkernagel, the co-recipient of the 1996 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, discovered how T cells recognize their target antigens in combination with major histocompatibility complex proteins. Beyond this, Dr. Doherty has made significant contributions to studying viral immunity, with a strong focus on how the immune system responds to influenza and other respiratory viruses. In this episode, he ...
Mar 11, 2025•1 hr 41 min
Guest: Dr. Luke O’Neill is a Professor and Chair of Biochemistry at Trinity College Dublin, where his research group is focused on exploring the molecular basis of inflammation. His lab endeavors to provide a better understanding of the metabolic regulation of immune cell function and the innate immune system, with the aim of developing novel therapies to treat inflammatory diseases. Featured Products and Resources: Register now for IMMUNOLOGY2025, taking place May 3-7 in Honolulu, Hawaii. IUIS ...
Feb 25, 2025•1 hr 21 min
Guests: Dr. Wilfried Ellmeier is a Co-Chair of the Scientific Planning Committee at the International Union of Immunological Societies (IUIS) and Professor of Immunobiology and Head of the Institute of Immunology at the Medical University of Vienna. Dr. Laurence Zitvogel is a Keynote Speaker at IUIS 2025 and a Professor and Group Leader at Gustave Roussy. Dr. Dan Littman is also a Keynote Speaker at IUIS 2025 and Professor of Cell Biology and Helen L. and Martin S. Kimmel Professor of Molecular ...
Feb 11, 2025•1 hr 15 min
Guest: Dr. Erica Saphire is President and CEO of La Jolla Institute. Her research explains, at the molecular level, how and viruses are pathogenic and provides the roadmap for medical defense. She talks about the capabilities of cryo-electron microscopy and how it can help illuminate the mechanisms of measles viral fusion . She also discusses her role leading La Jolla Institute. (36:45) Featured Products and Resources: IMMUNOLOGY2025 is happening May 3-7 in Honolulu, Hawaii! Submit your abstract...
Jan 28, 2025•1 hr 19 min
Guest: Dr. Nicole Quinn is the Director of Brand and Scientific Communications at STEMCELL Technologies , where as part of her role, she develops and oversees programs that help scientists keep current with the latest scientific advances and innovations in their field. In this episode, she discusses the upcoming second season of the Lab Coats & Life Podcast , which aims to help scientists thrive by keeping listeners informed about useful soft skills and relevant trends in the scientific comm...
Jan 14, 2025•1 hr 9 min
Guest: Dr. Gail Bishop is a Professor of Microbiology and Immunology at the University of Iowa, where her lab studies the molecular mechanisms underlying lymphocyte activation and tolerance. She talks about TRAF signaling, the NFκB pathway, and effects on B and T lymphocytes. She also discusses her role as Editor-in-Chief of The Journal of Immunology . Featured Products and Resources: Registration is open for IMMUNOLOGY2025! The 19th International Congress of Immunology to be held in Vienna from...
Dec 17, 2024•1 hr 12 min
Guest: Dr. Lili Yang is a Professor of Microbiology, Immunology, and Molecular Genetics at the University of California, Los Angeles. Her research centers on deciphering the molecular mechanisms regulating anti-cancer immune responses, exploiting knowledge to develop novel immunotherapies for treating cancer, and translating these new cancer immunotherapies from bench to bedside. She talks about engineering off-the-shelf immunotherapies to fight cancer and generating CAR-NKT cells from hematopoi...
Dec 03, 2024•1 hr 20 min
Guest: Dr. Rahul Roychoudhuri is a Professor of Cancer Immunology at the University of Cambridge (Department of Pathology) and Director (Non-Clinical) of the CRUK Cambridge Centre Training Programme. His lab studies immunoregulatory mechanisms in inflammation and cancer. He talks about enhancing cell therapy with new payloads and targeting cancer cells during metastasis. Featured Products and Resources: IMMUNOLOGY2025 is happening May 3-7 in Honolulu, Hawaii! The 19th International Congress of I...
Nov 19, 2024•1 hr 2 min
Guest: Dr. Pascal Meier is a Professor and Group Leader at the Institute of Cancer Research in London, England. His group investigates the complex relationship between cell death, immunity, and tumorigenesis. Particularly, they are focused on the role of cell death and inflammation in adaptation to tissue stress, treatment resistance, and tumour surveillance. Featured Products and Resources: IMMUNOLOGY2025 is taking place May 3-7 in Honolulu. Submit your abstract now! Switch to a more efficient ...
Nov 05, 2024•1 hr 16 min
Guest: Dr. Marcelo Hill is the Head of the Laboratory of Immunoregulation and Inflammation at the Institut Pasteur de Montevideo. He is also the Founder and Chief Scientific Officer of ARDAN ImmunoPharma . His research focuses on immune regulation in cancer, and how T cells respond to immunotherapy in melanoma. He talks about improving immunotherapy efficacy by activating the inflammasome, and how he is pushing this research towards the clinic by collaborating with industry and creating a spin-o...
Oct 29, 2024•1 hr 12 min
Guests: Dr. JoAnne Flynn is a Professor of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics at the University of Pittsburgh and Dr. Stephen Hedrick is Chancellor’s Associates Chair VII Distinguished Professor Emeritus at the University of California, San Diego. They talk about the American Association of Immunologists’ Immunology Explained campaign, which aims to explain the science of the immune system to the general public. They also discuss their efforts to educate legislators about the value of immunolog...
Oct 22, 2024•1 hr 26 min
Guest: Dr. Theresa Alenghat is a Professor in the Immunobiology Division and the Margaret K. Hostetter Chair at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, University of Cincinnati. Her lab investigates mechanisms underlying the host-microbiota relationship, and how this regulation affects intestinal immunity and inflammatory bowel disease. She discusses how butyrate affects tuft cells in the intestine . Featured Products and Resources: Submit your abstract for IMMUNOLOGY2025! Add Intestinal ...
Oct 08, 2024•1 hr 9 min
Guest: Dr. Roslyn Kemp is a Professor of Immunology at the University of Otago. Her research focuses on T cells as mediators of anti-tumor immunity and inflammation. She discusses using organoids to model inflammatory bowel disease and collecting immune cell signatures in cancer. She also talks about writing a book to demystify science research and careers. Featured Products and Resources: Abstract submission for IMMUNOLOGY2025 opens on October 1. Register now! Support the culture of human T cel...
Sep 24, 2024•59 min
Guest: Dr. Wayne Juang is a Field Application Scientist, Immunology at STEMCELL Technologies. In his current role, he works with researchers to help optimize and troubleshoot their experiments. He discusses his path to industry and his motivation to pursue an MBA. Featured Products and Resources: Register now for IMMUNOLOGY2025, the world’s leading annual all-immunology meeting! Explore scientific resources for your immunology research at the STEMCELL Technologies immunology learning center. The...
Sep 10, 2024•1 hr 2 min
Guest: Dr. Kipp Weiskopf is a Valhalla Fellow at the Whitehead Institute. His research focuses on unlocking the therapeutic potential of macrophages for the benefit of cancer patients. He talks about the role of macrophages in the tumor environment and how targeting the CD47/SIRPα axis can induce phagocytosis of cancer cells. He also discusses starting spin-off companies to advance cancer therapies. Featured Products and Resources: Request your free copy of the ‘Human Immune Cytokines’ Wallchart...
Aug 27, 2024•1 hr 10 min
Guest: Dr. Adrian Erlebacher is a Professor in the Department of Laboratory Medicine at the University of California, San Francisco. His lab studies how the developmental properties of a tissue influence its ability to mount a successful immune response. He talks about immune tolerance in pregnancy and how the maternal–fetal interface affects pregnancy outcomes. Featured Products and Resources: Free wallchart: human immune cytokines. Generate fallopian tube organoids with GyneCult. The Immunolog...
Aug 13, 2024•1 hr 17 min
