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Immune

Immune

By: Vincent Racaniello
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A podcast about the body's defenders against disease.Immune is copyright 2020 by MicrobeTV, LLC Biological Sciences Science
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  • Immune Booster 24: Tolerating pregnancy with Gabrielle Rizzuto
    Mar 3 2026

    Gabrielle 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: Cindy Leifer

    Guest: Gabrielle Rizzuto

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    Links for this episode
    • MicrobeTV Discord Server
    • Rizzuto lab at MSKCC
    • Tolerance at the fetal-maternal interface (Nature, 2022)
    • The paradox of fetal-maternal tolerance (J Exp Med, 2022)
    • Spatially resolved timeline of fetal-maternal interface (Nature, 2023)
    • Time stamps by Jolene Ramsey. Thanks!

    Music by Tatami.
    Logo image by Blausen Medical

    Send your immunology questions and comments to immune@microbe.tv

    Information on this podcast should not be construed as medical advice.

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    34 mins
  • Immune 101: Ink and immunity
    Feb 24 2026

    Immune discusses how tattoo ink accumulates in lymph nodes, promotes inflammation and influences response to two different vaccines.

    Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Cindy Leifer, Stephanie Langel, and Brianne Barker

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    Links for this episode
    • MicrobeTV Discord Server
    • IL-9, CAR T cells and anti-tumor CD8 cells
    • Tattoo ink, inflammation and vaccines
    • Time stamps by Jolene Ramsey. Thanks!

    Music by Tatami.
    Immune logo image by Blausen Medical

    Send your immunology questions and comments to immune@microbe.tv

    Information on this podcast should not be construed as medical advice.

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    1 hr and 15 mins
  • Immune Booster 23: Critical windows during immune system development with Anna Beaudin
    Feb 17 2026

    Anna 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: Cindy Leifer

    Guest: Anna Beaudin

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    Links for this episode
    • MicrobeTV Discord Server
    • Beaudin lab at University of Utah
    • PhD work on metabolism and development
    • Postdoc work on hematopoietic stem cells
    • Maternal inflammation and hematopoietic stem cell development
    • Prenatal inflammation effect on postnatal immunity
    • Early life inflammation and hearing loss
    • Time stamps by Jolene Ramsey. Thanks!

    Music by Tatami.
    Logo image by Blausen Medical

    Send your immunology questions and comments to immune@microbe.tv

    Information on this podcast should not be construed as medical advice.

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    42 mins
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