ImmunoChat

Send us Fan Mail Keywords Oncolytic viruses, Influenza A viruses, Cancer therapy, Lung cancer, Immune activation    Summary In this episode, Pia Madeleine Leipe talks with Dr. Ramona Meissner about an exciting frontier in cancer research: oncolytic viruses. Together, they explore how Influenza A viruses can be used to selectively target and destroy tumor cells, why these viruses are particularly p...

Send us Fan Mail Keywords: Gut Microbiome, Autoimmunity, Lupus, Microbiome Research, Enterococcus gallinarum, Immunological Tolerance, Microbiome Therapies Summary:  In this episode of the Young Immunologist Podcast ImmunoChat, Pia Madeleine Leipe talks with Carina Brune about the role of the gut microbiome in the immune system and its connection to autoimmune diseases. They discuss the importance...

Send us Fan Mail Keywords HIV, immunology, virology, immunological niches, Cytotoxic CD4 T cells, , CD137, HIV reservoirs   Summary In this episode of the Young Immunologist Podcast ImmunoChat, Pia Leipe engages with Dr. Anna Malyshkina to explore the complexities of HIV, its interaction with the immune system, and the innovative research being conducted to combat this virus. They discuss the role...

Send us Fan Mail Keywords Lung research, Respiratory tract, Human lung explants, Organoids, Air-liquid interface cultures, Infections, Drug testing, Disease mechanisms, Virology Summary In this episode of the Young Immunologist Podcast ImmunoChat, host Pia Leipe interviews Dr. Saskia Hinse, a postdoc at the University clinic Münster at the Institute of molecular Virology, to discuss models of the...

Send us Fan Mail Keywords Multiple Sclerosis, Pregnancy, Autoimmune Diseases, Immune Tolerance, GDF15, Neuroimmune Crosstalk, Reproductive Immunology, Maternal Health, Research Challenges, MS Treatment Summary In this episode of the Young Immunologist podcast, Nóra Balzer interviews Jana Sonner, a postdoc at the University Medical Center in Hamburg, discussing the intersection of multiple sclerosi...

Send us Fan Mail keywords academic integrity, plagiarism, intellectual property, research ethics, PhD students, collaborations, scientific publications, open access, patents, copyrights summary In this podcast episode, Nora Balzer (Dr rer Nat) discusses the complexities of intellectual property in academia, particularly in the context of a case involving a PhD student accused of plagiarism. The co...

Send us Fan Mail keywords cardiac research, organoids, 3D cell models, IPS cells, personalized medicine, ethical concerns, organ transplantation, cardiac therapy, cell differentiation Summary In this episode of the Young Immunologist podcast - ImmunoChat, Nóra Balzer interviews Fabienne Becker, a PhD candidate at the University Clinic of Düsseldorf, about her work on the HEAL project (101056712 –...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to a festive and inspiring episode of the ImmunoChat podcast! In this special holiday edition, the Young Immunologist Board of the German Association of Immunology has shared their top advice to help YOU level up your scientific career in 2025. Whether you're just starting out in your PhD or gearing up for your next big career move, this episode is packed with tips yo...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode we chat with Dr. rer. Nat. Angeliki Stamtsis-Datsi the origins of the "publish or perish" culture, how it became so ingrained, and its impact on academic life today. We compare impact factors and citation metrics, exploring how they shape career trajectories and research priorities. Delving into ethical challenges, inflated co-authorship and explore new w...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, we discuss the founding of BioThrust and the development of their stress-free bioreactor technology. Patrick Bongrartz (CEO of BioThrust ) explains the importance of biotechnology in everyday life and how their bionic bioreactor system differs from other bioreactors. He shares the challenges and frustrations they faced in the lab and the support they received from...

Send us Fan Mail Summary In this episode, Nóra interviews Hanna Sänger, an entrepreneur and former scientist, about her startup that aims to improve the well-being of PhD students. They discuss the challenges and struggles faced by PhD students, including toxic work environments, mental health issues, and the pressure to perform. Hanna shares her own experience of leaving her PhD due to a toxic en...

Send us Fan Mail Summary This episode of the Young Immunologist podcast discusses mental health during a PhD journey. The guest, Julian, shares his personal experience with mental health issues during his PhD and the challenges he faced. He emphasizes the importance of having empathetic people around and finding support from others who have similar experiences. The episode also highlights the impa...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, Nora interviews Robert and Dimitra from TwentyOne Skills ( https://lms.twentyoneskills.de/ ), a company that focuses on teaching scientists soft skills. https://www.linkedin.com/company/twentyoneskills/ Great article about soft sklls out from World economic forum: https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2024/01/ai-value-soft-skills-workplace-jobs/ Takeaways Soft skills are...

Send us Fan Mail Listen to our episode with the fabulous Dr. Natalie Grams , who talks about all aspects of homeopathy . We discuss the basic idea behind traditional German medicine, it's role in our model society, and it's potential harms as well. Natalie used to practice homeopathy as well, but due to an accident recognised the harm of it. She shares all her knowledge and experience in...

Send us Fan Mail Listen to our special episode with our European partner society, the yEFIS. https://www.yefis.org/ Here, we discuss the power of a community on the national and European level to support young immunologists on their path. My guests are Rami Bechara ( @ramibechara ), Santiago Costas, and Anne Hahn ( @kuriosera) the power-engine behind yEFIS and the collaboration with EJI, the Europ...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, 3 immunologists discuss about the beauty and the challenges of parenting in science. Katarzyna Placek became mother as a junior group leader at the LIMES Institute https://www.limes-institut-bonn.de/forschung/arbeitsgruppen/unit-2/abteilung-netea/mitarbeiter/   Listen her podcast about Women in Science: https://www.limes-institut-bonn.de/ueber-uns/gleichstellung/w...

Send us Fan Mail Listen our special episode on animal research on the word week of lab animals and day of immunology. We compare the general ethic and regulations in animal research between two European countries. We will compare the German and the Swiss system. It is a pleasure to exchange with Dr. Roman Stilling from the initiative “Tierversuce verstehen” - understand animal research who will gi...

Send us Fan Mail Aimed Analytics ( https://www.aimed-analytics.com/ ) was founded by Dr. Patrick Günther - https://www.linkedin.com/in/patrick-guenther/   https://twitter.com/patguenther1 Dr. Kevin Baßler - https://www.linkedin.com/in/kevin-ba%C3%9Fler-3a230592/ https://twitter.com/kevin_bassler Jan Rudolph - https://www.linkedin.com/in/jan-rudolph/ https://twitter.com/janews They have been suppor...

Send us Fan Mail In Episode 0 we talk about the DGfI (German Association of Immunology) - Young Immunologist board members. Become a member today!   https://dgfi.org/young-immunologists/     https://www.linkedin.com/company/dgfi-yi/ .   https://twitter.com/YI_dgfi     THE YI BOARD (2021-2023).   Spokesperson - Sabrina B. Bennstein,  Vice-Spokesperson - Tal Pecht,  Katharina Glosse (geb. Bomans), ...