Audiommunity

Audiommunity Org
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A podcast about our bodies' never-ending fight with the outside world. audiommunity.substack.com

  1. FEB 2

    Episode 52 - Close to the squeezey part

    Oh hey, look, we’re on substack now! In this paper, Matt and Kevin discuss a new paper identifying and describing a new kind of macrophage (or is it a dendritic cell?) they call “adenophages”. The cells live in salivary and other exocrine glands, and are really good at phagocytosis and antigen presentation. But they also help squeeze out spit? Links * The Paper: Adenophages are an atypical macrophage population in exocrine glands sustained by ILC2-derived GM-CSF * Wikipedia article on salivary glands Get full access to Audiommunity Org at audiommunity.substack.com/subscribe

    1h 28m
  2. Episode 51 - F is for Flume

    12/22/2025

    Episode 51 - F is for Flume

    A retrospective on audiommunity, and some solid rants about the importance of science, science communication, and government funding. Get full access to Audiommunity Org at audiommunity.substack.com/subscribe

    53 min
  3. Episode 50 – Kevin has learned a tautology

    12/10/2025

    Episode 50 – Kevin has learned a tautology

    In this episode, Matt and Kevin stick with the brain, this time looking at the immunological implications of a variant of a gene called Apolipoprotein E that has been linked to Alzheimer's and other neurodegenerative diseases. It's a long one, and we get snarky in this one folks! Buckle up! Get full access to Audiommunity Org at audiommunity.substack.com/subscribe

    2h 5m
  4. Episode 49 - Scatch that itchy worm in your head

    11/19/2025

    Episode 49 - Scatch that itchy worm in your head

    In this episode, Matt and Kevin are joined by [Nicole Ackermans](https://nicoleackermans.com) to discuss her recent review paper tracing human thoughts about headbutting from 10,000 BCE to the present day. How are animals like bighorn sheep and woodpeckers protected from brain injury? Actually, wait... **are** they protected from brain injury? Get full access to Audiommunity Org at audiommunity.substack.com/subscribe

    1h 11m
  5. Episode 48 – The Tyranny of the FACS machine

    11/06/2025

    Episode 48 – The Tyranny of the FACS machine

    In this episode Matt and Kevin welcome special guest Zach Hilt from the University of Toledo - we're talking neonatal Tregs! Get full access to Audiommunity Org at audiommunity.substack.com/subscribe

    1h 17m
  6. Episode 47 - When you're a hammer

    10/23/2025

    Episode 47 - When you're a hammer

    In this episode, Matt and Kevin talk about glycoRNAs and inflammation, but Matt insists that it's really about Lupus Get full access to Audiommunity Org at audiommunity.substack.com/subscribe

    1 hr
  7. Episode 46 – Walk farther and farther to the left

    09/19/2025

    Episode 46 – Walk farther and farther to the left

    Matt and Kevin take a humbling look back a classic 1989 immunology paper from the lab of David Baltimore (RIP) in which the gene encoding RAG-1, one of two genes that is responsible for the VDJ recombination - a mechanism for the generation of diversity in the adaptive immune system. Get full access to Audiommunity Org at audiommunity.substack.com/subscribe

    59 min
  8. Episode 45 - Big if true

    08/27/2025

    Episode 45 - Big if true

    Someone made an AI-based "virtual lab" to engineer nanobodies - is this a paradigm shift in how we do science, or a transpararent and cynical effort to slurp up all of the citations for being first? Por que no los dos? Get full access to Audiommunity Org at audiommunity.substack.com/subscribe

    1h 18m
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A podcast about our bodies' never-ending fight with the outside world. audiommunity.substack.com

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  • Creator
    Audiommunity Org
  • Years Active
    2025 - 2026
  • Episodes
    52
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Audiommunity Org
  • Show Website
    Audiommunity