• Episode 6: Using phylogenetic inference to design vaccine antigens
    Dec 21 2024

    We talk with Dr. Brett Case, Instructor of Infectious Diseases at Washington University School of Medicine, MO, who studies how to generate cross-protective and sterilizing mucosal immunity following vaccination.

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    28 mins
  • Episode 5: New therapeutic strategies for treating mycobacterium tuberculosis
    Nov 11 2024

    We talk with Dr. Christina Stallings, Professor of Molecular Microbiology at Washington University School of Medicine, MO, who studies host molecules important for mycobacterium tuberculosis pathogenesis to develop new therapies to treat mycobacterium infection and disease.

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    22 mins
  • Episode 4: From AIDS to Zika
    Oct 14 2024

    We talk with Dr. Robert Seder, Chief of the Cellular Immunology Section of the Vaccine Research Center in Bethesda, MD, who studies how changing the route of vaccination can improve immunity and protection against pathogens.

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    34 mins
  • Episode 3: Immunobiology of pregnancy and birth
    Sep 30 2024

    We talk with Dr. Nardhy Gomez-Lopez, a professor at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, MO, who studies the immunology of pregnancy and birth to identify biomarkers that may predict adverse outcomes.

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    20 mins
  • Episode 2: Evolution of antibodies in the germinal center
    Sep 20 2024

    We talk with Dr. Gabriel Victora, an associate professor and HHMI investigator at The Rockefeller University in NY, NY, who studies how antibodies are generated in response to infection and immunization through the evolutionary process of affinity maturation in germinal centers.

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    18 mins
  • Episode 1: Respiratory viruses and maternal vaccines
    Sep 15 2024

    We talk with Dr. Helen Chu, a physician and professor at the University of Washington in Seattle, WA, who studies the transmission of respiratory viruses in the community and correlates of immune protection induced by maternal vaccines against these viruses.

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    20 mins