Audiommunity

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

  1. Episode 53 - Something catastrophic

    6 MARS

    Episode 53 - Something catastrophic

    In this episode, Matt and Kevin discuss a new paper from Matt’s old boss that shows that repeated “vaccination” against a completely harmless protein from chicken egg whites stimulates broad-based protection against a host of viral and bacterial pathogens, not to mention prevents mice from developing allergies. So should everyone rush to drip LPS and ovalbumin into their noses? Mmmm… not so fast. Plus, we kvetch about new NIH policies for the politburo-tization of grant review. A new era of American Lysenkoism is here! Links * The paper: Mucosal vaccination in mice provides protection from diverse respiratory threats * The new NIH policy on grant review - doesn’t sound so bad, but you need to read it in context. Get full access to Audiommunity Org at audiommunity.substack.com/subscribe

    1 h 11 min

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    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

    1 h 28 min
  3. Episode 51 - F is for Flume

    22/12/2025

    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
  4. Episode 50 – Kevin has learned a tautology

    10/12/2025

    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

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

    19/11/2025

    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

    1 h 11 min
  6. Episode 48 – The Tyranny of the FACS machine

    06/11/2025

    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

    1 h 17 min
  7. Episode 47 - When you're a hammer

    23/10/2025

    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 h
  8. Episode 46 – Walk farther and farther to the left

    19/09/2025

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

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  • Création
    Audiommunity Org
  • Années d’activité
    2025 - 2026
  • Épisodes
    53
  • Classification
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