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United States

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Everything about immunology

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English


Episodes
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Monolog 15 - The Liver is Bile-lingual

3/6/2024
In this Monolog, Akshat discusses how the liver "speaks" both immunity and metabolism via bile to control hepatic tumors. Liver X Receptors also make an appearance.

Duration:00:16:12

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Ep29 - Barrier immunity & the gut

2/4/2024
In the 29th episode of our Immunology 101 series, Ash and Tanu start the new year 2024 with a discussion on Barrier Immunity with a focus on the gut.

Duration:00:21:46

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Monolog 14 - Sterile inflammation

1/29/2024
In this monologue, Akshat talks about sterile inflammation, or leucocyte activation in the absence of inflammatory responses. These carefully regulated "internal affairs" of the immune system can be pathological or protective.

Duration:00:11:10

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Monolog 13 - Sleep tight, don't let the cytokine storm bite

1/20/2024
In this monolog, Casey talks about a 2023 article from the National Institute of Biological Sciences (Beijun, China) about the role of cytokines and immune cells in sleep deprivation-induced mortality. Source: Prolonged sleep deprivation induces a cytokine-storm-like syndrome in mammals - PubMed (nih.gov)

Duration:00:12:42

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Monolog 12 - Gut is the multiverse of neuroimmune activities

1/15/2024
In this monolog, Vijay talks about a 2016 article from Rockefeller University about the complex crosstalk in the gut between the neurons and macrophages.

Duration:00:09:35

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Ep28 - The Natural killers

12/23/2023
In the 28th episode of our Immunology 101 series, Ash and Jatin talk continue discussion on cytotoxic T cells and transition into their functional cousins - the natural killer cells.

Duration:00:36:09

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Ep27 - The kiss of death

11/12/2023
In the 27th episode of our Immunology 101 series, Ash and Jatin talk about how cytotoxic T cells deliver the kiss of death to their targets.

Duration:00:28:12

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Ep26 - Cytotoxic T cells

10/20/2023
In the 26th episode of our Immunology 101 series, Ash and Jatin shift gears from humoral immunity to cellular immunity and discuss cytotoxic T cell activation.

Duration:00:30:26

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Ep25 - Fc receptors & Antibody isotypes

9/10/2023
In the 25th episode of our Immunology 101 series, Koshika and Jatin discuss Fc receptors and Antibody isotypes and relate them to specific effector functions.

Duration:00:32:42

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Ep24 - Antibody effector functions

8/13/2023
In the 24th episode of our Immunology 101 series, Ash and Jatin discuss the various effector functions of Antibodies

Duration:00:22:18

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Ep23 - Somatic hypermutation and Class switching

7/15/2023
In the 23rd episode of our Immunology 101 series, Ash, Koshika, and Jatin discuss the events taking place inside the germinal center - class switching and somatic hypermutation.

Duration:00:22:42

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Ep22 - B cells in the germinal center

6/25/2023
In the 22nd episode of our Immunology 101 series, Ash, Koshika, and Jatin talk about the events of the germinal centers.

Duration:00:29:03

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Ep21 - Fate of a B cell

6/4/2023
In the 21st episode of our Immunology 101 series, Ash and Jatin talk about the fate of the B cell after it encounters the antigen and how it travels through the various compartments of a secondary lymphoid organ.

Duration:00:40:13

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Bep40 - Non-canonical T cell activation in TDLNs

5/15/2023
In this Buddisode, we sit down with Dr. Nataliya Prokhnevska to discuss her work on the fate and role of non-cytotoxic CD8+ T cells found in the tumor-draining lymph nodes of cancer patients.

Duration:01:11:43

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Monolog 11 - Neuro-Pancreas Chat

5/5/2023
In this monolog, Vijay talks about a recent article describing the communication between the vagus nerve and the pancreas.

Duration:00:11:59

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Ep20 - B cells are mean

4/23/2023
In the 20th episode of Immunology 101 series, Ash, Koshika, and Jatin shift gears to talk about B cell activation and draw parallels with T cell activation process.

Duration:00:26:00

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Ep19 - Memory T cells

4/2/2023
In the 19th episode of the Immunology 101 series, Ash, Koshika, and Jatin talk continue their conversation about T cell subsets with a focus on memory T cells.

Duration:00:28:09

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Ep18 - T helper classification and polarization

3/26/2023
In the 18th episode of Immunology 101 series, Ash, Koshika, and Jatin talk about classification of T helper cells and their functions.

Duration:00:31:06

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Bep39 - How SARS CoV2 aces cytotoxic T cells

3/14/2023
In this Buddisode, we sit down with Drs. Cosima T Baldari & Rino Rappuoli to discuss their work on a unique immune evasion strategy deployed by SARS CoV2 to paralyze cytotoxic T cells.

Duration:01:13:46

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Ep17 - T cell activation

2/5/2023
In the 17th episode of Immunology 101 series, Natalie and Jatin talk about the T cell activation process and make some very lame jokes.

Duration:00:40:11