Dr Elizabeth Wayne, assistant professor at Carnegie Mellon University is my guest this week. She chats to me about her fascinating work on immunoengineering in the context of cancer, how 'everything we need to fight cancer is inside our body' and how her research works to harness this. Throughout this episode Liz uses some hilarious analogies to describe complex immune events - find out why macrophages are like that person in your friend group you think is kind of useless until they're not there and why you want the B-cells at your party!
Liz also chats to me about growing up in Mississippi, why its so important to have different people asking the scientific questions even if the 'pipette doesn't care what gender/race/sexual orientation' you are and why the inaugural #BlackInImmunoWeek this week is so important.
So delighted to bring out this special episode to mark #BlackInImmunoWeek and celebrate diversity in academia!
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This season is kindly sponsored by Bio-Sciences Ltd
Episode 28: Dr Clíona Ní Cheallaigh: Inclusion Health, Ageing and Collaboration
Episode 27: Prof Des Tobin: Dermatology, Hair Follicles and Accurate Modelling
Episode 26: Assoc Prof Tara McMorrow: Kidney Disease, Toxicology and Lockdown Learning
Episode 25: Prof Kingston Mills: T Cells, Vaccines and Athletics
Episode 24: Prof Cormac Taylor: Hypoxia, Chronic Inflammation and Music
Episode 23: Prof Paul Peter Tak: Rheumatology, Real Impact and Comfort Zones
Episode 21: Prof Alan Kelly: Dairy Science, Food and Science Communication
Episode 20: Prof Jacintha O'Sullivan: GI Cancer, Tumour Microenvironment and Translational Research
Episode 19: Prof John O'Connor - Memory, Electrophysiology and Lighthouses
Episode 18: Prof Emma Teeling - Bats, Ageing and Coronavirus
Episode 17: Brian Pennie - Neuropsychology, Addiction and Mindfulness
Episode 16: Prof Laoise McNamara - Mechanobiology, Osteoporosis and Effective Communication
Episode 15: Prof Marina Lynch - Alzheimer's Disease, Neuroinflammation and Memory
Episode 14: Dr Tom Flanagan - Tissue Engineering, Heart Valves and GAA
Episode 13: Prof Christine Loscher - Immune Health, Nutrition and Mentorship
Episode 12: Dr Dave Finlay - Nutrients, Metabolic Balance and Baking
Episode 11: Dr Evanna Mills - Thermogenesis, Immunometabolism and Moral Battles
Episode 10: Prof Ursula Fearon - Arthritis, Inflammation and Translational Research
Episode 9: Sean Mooney - Black Holes, Galaxies and Telescopes
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