Mucosal Immunology Podcast

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Enjoy enlightening podcasts designed to keep the scientific community up to date with the latest breakthroughs in mucosal immunology. Each episode features cutting-edge research from the Mucosal Immunology Journal, offering valuable insights into this dynamic and ever-evolving field.

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Monday · 57 min
Fungal Influences at the Barrier
Dr. Rossana Azzoni is in the Author’s Corner with Kathryn Knoop to discuss her work Allergic lung inflammation can be modulated by niacin and drives the development of glycolytic eosinophils - Mucosal Immunology. Then join Ashu Mangalam as he chats with Dr. Katha Lahl in his new segment “Behind the Science”. Finally, Drs. June Round and Michail Lionakis sit down with Marion Brunck and Kathryn Knoop to discuss how fungal species impact mucosal immunity. Read more from Dr. Round: Beyond pathogen recognition: C-type lectin receptors in microbiota regulation - Mucosal Immunology
August 17 · 37 min
ICMI, The evolving mucosal immune system
Join Kathryn Knoop with ICMI speakers Irene Salinas, Arthur Mortha, and Marion Pepper as they discuss how environmental pressures drive the immune system to evolve. Also, Marion Brunck talks with trainees about their work and the next ICMI - Japan 2028! If you have questions or comments, please connect on our social media platforms or MucImmunol@gmail.com.
July 27 · 44 min
ICMI, "Nothing is Accidental"
Join Kathryn Knoop and Marion Brunck at ICMI as they talk with Sing Sing Way, PhD from Cincinatti Children's Hospital Medical Center and Petter Brodin from Karolinska Institutet on the mucosal immune system during infancy. Also hear from trainees at their posters about the latest techniques being used. Read more from Sing Sing Way: Learningimmunology from mothers and babies - Mucosal Immunology.
June 29 · 41 min
Celiac Disease
Dr. David Bernando Ordiz at Universidad de Valladolid, in Spain, discusses his human centric research on Celiac Disease with Agnes Garcias Lopez and Marion Brunck. Also join Kathryn Knoop in the Authors Corner with Drs. Susan Kovats and Sapana Kadel as they discuss their latest work in MI: Androgensprotect ILC2S from functional suppression during influenza virus infection -Mucosal Immunology
May 25 · 42 min
SMI Service
Join Kathryn Knoop as she chats with Dr. Rodney Newberry at Washington University in St Louis, Missouri on his service with SMI and a preview ICMI 2026. Plus, catch the latest Medical Mystery with Ashu Mangalam. Also, join Kathryn Knoop in the Authors Corner with Dr. Ben Marsland as they discuss his latest work in MI. If you have questions or comments, please connect on our social media platforms or MucImmunol@gmail.com.
April 27 · 41 min
Intestinal Immune Responses and an ICMI 2026 Preview
Get excited for ICMI 2026 in July! Join Agnes Garcias Lopez and Marion Brunck as they chat with Dr. Irah King at McGill University in Montreal, Canada, on his recent work on protective immune responses in the intestine and preview the ICMI meeting. Plus, catch the latest Medical Mystery with Ashu Mangalam. Also, join Kathryn Knoop in the Authors Corner with Dr. Ryan Thwaites as they discuss his latest work in MI. If you have questions or comments, please connect on our social media platforms or MucImmunol@gmail.com.
March 23 · 43 min
Organismal mucosal immunology
Join Agnes Garcias Lopez and Marion Brunck as they chat with Dr. Eduardo Villablanca at Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm, Sweden, and apply Game Theory to host-microbe interactions, https://www.mucosalimmunology.org/article/S1933-0219(24)00126-0/fulltext. Plus, catch the latest Medical Mystery with Ashu Mangalam. Also, join Kathryn Knoop in the Authors Corner with Drs. Diana Coman and Joana Neves, as theydiscuss their latest work in MI: https://www.mucosalimmunology.org/article/S1933-0219(25)00130-8/fulltext
February 23 · 41 min
MDSCs at the Vaginal Mucosa
Catch the latest Mucosal Immunology podcast, "MDSCs at the Vaginal Mucosa." Join Agnes Garcias Lopez and Marion Brunck as they discuss Polymorphonuclear leukocytes (PMNs) and Myeloid Derived Suppressor Cells (MDSCs) within the vaginal mucosa with Dr. Meritxell Genescà at Vall d'Hebron Institut de Recerca in Barcelona, Spain. Plus, catch the latest Medical Mystery with Ashu Mangalam. Also, join Kathryn Knoop in the Authors Corner with Drs. Megan Baldridge and Harshad Ingle, as they discuss their latest work in MI: https://www.mucosalimmunology.org/article/S1933-0219(25)00138-2/fulltext If you have questions or comments, please connect on our social media platforms or MucImmunol@gmail.com.
January 26 · 43 min
Allergy at AIC, part 2
This episode includes more discussions from the Autumn Immunology 2025 Conference 2025 conference. KathrynKnoop sits down with Drs. Caroline Sokol and Stephanie Eisenbarth to discuss food and skin sensitization. Also, hear from Drs. Calum Bain and Lizi Hegarty on their recent publication "Tissue resident colonic macrophages persist through acute inflammation and adapt to aid tissue repair" published in Mucosal Immunology.
Dec 22, 2025 · 34 min
Allergy from AIC, part 1
Episode 12 "Allergy from AIC, part 1". Coming to you from the Autumn Immunology Conference, this episode includes discussions from Dr. Ian Lewkowich, program director of the AIC 2025 conference, and a discussion about food allergy and oral tolerance with Drs. Cathryn Nagler and Chrysothemis Brown. Also, hear from Dr. Ashley Moseman on Viral destruction of the olfactory mucosa elicitsimmune residence, bone metaplasia, and long-term smell loss - MucosalImmunology published in Mucosal Immunology.
Nov 24, 2025 · 40 min
Microbial Dysbiosis and Multiple Sclerosis
Catch the latest Mucosal Immunology podcast, "Microbial Dysbiosis and Multiple Sclerosis," featuring Dr. Ashu Mangalam, from University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine - brought to you by SMI and the Mucosal Immunology Journal. Find Microbiota promote enhanced CD39 expression in γδ intraepithelial lymphocytes through the activation of TCR and IL-15 signaling - Mucosal Immunology online now. You can also find Ashu Mangalam's work at Multiple sclerosis patients exhibit oral dysbiosis with decreased early colonizers and lower hypotaurine level | npj Biofilms and Microbiomes and Specific microbial ratio in the gut microbiome is associated with multiple sclerosis | PNAS. If you have questions or comments, please connect on our social media platforms or MucImmunol@gmail.com.
Oct 27, 2025 · 38 min
At the placenta
Catch the latest Mucosal Immunology podcast, "At the placenta," featuring Dr. Liza Konnikova, from Yale University - brought to you by SMI and the Mucosal Immunology Journal. Read the latest work from Liza Konnikova's group: Spatial single-cell analysis identifies placental villi structuraland immune remodeling across gestation - Mucosal Immunology Also mentioned in the episode: Innate immunity of the gut epithelium: Blowing in the WNT? - Mucosal Immunology and Memory T cell formation and phenotype varies across intestinal compartments - Mucosal Immunology Send in your medical mystery answers and allergy questions to: MucImmunol@gmail.com
Sep 29, 2025 · 37 min
Hemostatic factors and inflammation in the oral mucosa
Catch the latest Mucosal Immunology podcast, "Hemostatic factors and inflammation in the oral mucosa," featuring Dr. Lakmali Silva, from Harvard Medical School - brought to you by SMI and the Mucosal Immunology Journal. Check out the highlighted Mucosal Immunology research: RSV infection in neonatal mice and gastrointestinal microbiome alteration contribute to allergic predisposition - Mucosal Immunology. Send in your medical mystery answers and allergy questions to: MucImmunol@gmail.com You can find Lakmali Silva's recent work here: Fibrin is a critical regulator of neutrophil effector function at the oral mucosal barrier | Science
Aug 25, 2025 · 48 min
Timing Exposure to Microbes
Catch the latest Mucosal Immunology podcast, "Timing Exposure to Microbes," featuring Dr. Michael Silverman, from Children's Hospital of Philadelphia - brought to you by SMI and the Mucosal Immunology Journal. Read Dr. Silverman's latest work: Microbial succession at weaning is guided by microbial metabolism of host glycans | bioRxiv Check out the latest MI Review, "Living on the Edge": Living on the edge: Mucus-associated microbes in the colon - Mucosal Immunology Send comments to: MucImmunol@gmail.com.
Jul 28, 2025 · 46 min
Intestinal health from infancy to old age
Catch the latest Mucosal Immunology podcast, "Intestinal health from infancy to old age," featuring Dr. Melody Zeng, from Weill Cornell Medicine - brought to you by SMI and the Mucosal Immunology Journal. Read Dr. Melody Zeng's latest work: Lifelong partners: Gut microbiota-immune cell interactions from infancy to old age. Check the latest Mucosal Immunology Research: Current Issue Table of Contents: Mucosal Immunology. Send comments to: MucImmunol@gmail.com.
Jun 30, 2025 · 32 min
Inflammasomes and Tuft Cells
Catch the latest Mucosal Immunology podcast, "Inflammasomes and Tuft Cells," featuring Dr. Isabella Rauch, from Oregon Health and Science University School of Medicine - brought to you by SMI and the Mucosal Immunology Journal. Send answers and comments to: MucImmunol@gmail.com. Read Dr. Isabella Rauch's latest work: Enteric tuft cell inflammasome activation drives NKp46+ILC3 IL22 via PGD2 and inhibits Salmonella | Journal of Experimental Medicine | Rockefeller University Press. Check the latest Mucosal Immunology Research: Current Issue Table of Contents: Mucosal Immunology.
May 26, 2025 · 44 min
Immunity to respiratory viruses
Catch the latest Mucosal Immunology podcast, "Immunity to respiratory viruses," featuring Dr. Priyadharshini Devarajan, from Renaissance School of Medicine, Stony Brook University - brought to you by SMI and the Mucosal Immunology Journal. Send answers and comments to: MucImmunol@gmail.com, and check out Dr. Devarajan's research here.
Apr 28, 2025 · 38 min
ILCs in the intestine
Catch the latest Mucosal Immunology podcast, "ILCs in the intestine," featuring Dr. Ivaylo Ivanov from Columbia University Medical Center - brought to you by SMI and the Mucosal Immunology Journal.
Mar 24, 2025 · 36 min
Adding insult to injury during RSV infections
Catch the latest Mucosal Immunology podcast, "Adding insult to injury during RSV infections," with Dr. Cecilia Johansson from Imperial College London - brought to you by SMI and the Mucosal Immunology Journal.
Feb 24, 2025 · 39 min
Gut Inflammation and Food Allergy in Children
Catch the latest Mucosal Immunology podcast, "Gut Inflammation and Food Allergy in Children," with Cecila Muglia from National University of La Plata in Argentina - brought to you by SMI and the Mucosal Immunology Journal.

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