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Ep. 36: “Engineered Immune Cell Therapies” Featuring Dr. Leonardo Ferreira Blog Post

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Dr. Leonardo Ferreira is an Assistant Professor of Microbiology and Immunology at the Medical University of South Carolina. The Ferreira lab uses CARs and other engineered immune receptors to dissect how specificity, affinity, and signaling modulate the function of different T cells subsets in tolerance and immunity. He talks about how CAR Tregs could prevent transplant rejection and treat Type 1 diabetes. He also discusses mixing and matching immune cells, the freedom to pursue multiple ideas in academia, and science outreach in Bolivia

Ep. 35: “Inflammatory Bowel Disease” Featuring Dr. Karen Edelblum Blog Post

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Dr. Karen Edelblum is an Assistant Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at Rutgers New Jersey Medical School. She discusses γδ T cells and immune-epithelial cross-talk in inflammatory bowel disease. She also talks about intravital microscopy and decorating immunology-themed cakes!

Drs. Robert Watson and Kristin Patrick

Drs. Robert Watson and Kristin Patrick’s labs at Texas A&M University College of Medicine study how the macrophage innate immune response is regulated during bacterial infection.  The Watson lab studies…

Dr. Henrique Borges da Silva

Dr. Henrique Borges da Silva is an Assistant Professor at the Mayo Clinic in Arizona. His main research focus is determining how the extracellular nucleotide, extracellular ATP (eATP), affects transcriptional,…

Dr. Indira Mysorekar

Dr. Indira Mysorekar is a Professor of Medicine and Chief of Basic and Translational Research at Baylor College of Medicine. She is a cell and developmental biologist with extensive training…