immunology

In this final episode I meet with Prof Ole Petersen, CBE FRS, and we discuss in detail both scientific philosophy and what it takes to make a good scientist. Does art give you the capabilities to think outside the box? .

In this episode I meet with Jo Le Gleud, one half of the award-winning interior design company Maddox Creative. We describe the skills Jo has felt have made her business successful, but also how science and scientific thinking has helped that.

What can you do with the skills you learn from your science degree? How do you make the leap from being a successful business woman into an award winning photographer? Join me as I meet the extraordinary photographer Yasmin Crawford who has identified the magical interstices between art and science disciplines as 'The Grey Space'.

In this episode we discuss the importance of art in education, what it takes to win the 'Astronomy Photographer of the Year' award, and the importance of other non-scientific subjects when learning science.

Do sciences need art? I think so. A conversation with the director of the world famous Hunterian Museum in London to discuss the importance of the museum to scientific discovery and her opinions on the importance of art in education, especially science. Sponsored by the physiological Society. 'Theres no question you can’t understand medicine without ....... art.'

A brief view into these marvellous proteins that enable the efficient fighting off of infection

Continuing on from Part 1, this podcast examines the ways the tumours can evade our immune system and the cunning ways scientists and medics are fighting back.

Here the basics of cancer immunology are covered- what evidence is there that we even have an immunological response to cancer?

A brief tour of the immunology system continuing with B cells- what are they and what do they do?

How do we get activated T cells? What starts the ball rolling? This short lecture follows the molecular activation of cytotoxic T cells and Helper T cells.

A brief introduction to cytotoxic T cells

Do you want to find out why you get allergy? Join me as I explore current theories of what is going on with your immune system in the first part of this franscienceart lecture.

The is the second part of the lectures about vaccination, discussing what makes a good vaccine.

Behind the principles of vaccination lie your secondary immune responses- so whats a primary response? This podcast addresses both of these points as the first in a two part introduction to vaccination.

An introduction into what makes our immune system adapt and fight whatever this world can throw at us

As part of the innate immune response mechanisms, complement is quite a formidable protein.

Introducing the Major Histocompatibility complex. What is it? Why is it important? Why would we die without it?

An introduction into the mediators that cause you to itch and burn. Cytokines

This podcast looks at a general overview into how foreign molecules can impact your immunological health

An introduction to the innate immune system and the non-specfic mechanisms we utilise to get rid of bacteria

Getting to grips with the basics of immunology, this first lecture in the series introduces the subject