Inflammatory Content

Jan 15 2025 24 ep. 39 mins 3
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Inflammatory Content is a podcast about immunology and biomedical sciences more broadly. Immunologist Dr. Kellen Cavagnero PhD reviews the latest high-impact original articles and discusses all things science with leading researchers in the field.

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#24: AI Generated Podcast on Immune-Acting Fibroblasts

Jan 15 2025 32 mins  
Today we’re going to do a journal club, but it will not be your run of the mill journal club. Everyone who knows me knows I am always searching for the latest technology that can increase my efficiency. Lately, I have been especially attuned to the newest developments in artificial intelligence. Well, I recently discovered a new AI tool by Google called NotebookLM that creates a

#23: The PhD Fellowship Application Survival Guide

Nov 29 2024 28 mins  
One of the most common questions I get from undergraduate and graduate students is: How do I get a Ph.D. fellowship? During my Ph.D., I was fortunate to be awarded two fellowships, and I’ve received two more as a postdoc. In this solo episode, I provide an overview of the who, what, where, when, why, and how of Ph.D. fellowship applications, with the goal of helping you secure a

#22: Mpox (formerly monkeypox) with Dr. Aaron Oom, Ph.D.

Oct 26 2024 71 mins  
In this episode, Kellen is joined by Dr. Aaron Oom, a Postdoctoral Scholar in the lab of Dr. Mark Mulligan at NYU Langone Health. Aaron is an expert in virology and immunology. He completed his Ph.D. in the lab of Dr. John Guatelli’s at UC San Diego. Aaron has made significant contributions to our understanding of viruses including HIV, Zika, and Dengue. Now, as a Postdoctoral Sc

#21: Functional genomics identifies a novel therapeutic target for inflammatory bowel disease

Aug 26 2024 33 mins  
Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have identified thousands of disease-associated genetic variants. Many of these variants lie in non-coding regions of the genome, making interpretation of GWAS difficult and leading to poor translation into therapeutics. In this episode, Kellen reviews an exciting original article published in Nature in June 2024 titled, “A disease-associate

#20: Cancer, Metabolism, T cells, and Spatial Transcriptomics with Dr. Miguel Reina-Campos, Ph.D.

May 24 2024 79 mins  
Dr. Miguel Reina-Campos is an Assistant Professor at the La Jolla Institute for Immunology in La Jolla, California. The Reina lab seeks to understand the underlying principles governing tissue immune networks that enable robust and long-term protection against infection and tumors. In this conversation, Miguel and Kellen talk about cancer, metabolism, tissue resident memory T cell

#19: Lymphatics, stem cells, and postdocs with Dr. Shiri Gur-Cohen, Ph.D.

May 15 2023 84 mins  
Dr. Gur-Cohen is an Assistant Professor of Medicine in the Division of Regenerative Medicine at the University of California, San Diego. Dr. Gur-Cohen’s work has unearthed the lymphatic capillary network as a novel stem cell niche component, and her multidisciplinary strategy has advanced our knowledge of how stem cells synchronize and coordinate tissue regeneration. In this co

#18: Unconventional T cells with Dr. Mitchell Kronenberg, Ph.D.

Mar 24 2023 58 mins  
In this episode, Kellen speaks with Dr. Mitchell Kronenberg. Mitch is the chief scientific officer of the La Jolla Institute for Immunology, an adjunct professor at UC San Diego, and the co-director of a collaborative effort between the La Jolla Institute and UC San Diego called the Program in Immunology. Mitch and Kellen talk about unconventional T cells, autoimmunity, barrier imm

#17: Gut microbiome therapeutics with Dr. Amir Zarrinpar, M.D. Ph.D.

Jan 26 2023 90 mins  
In this episode, Kellen speaks with Dr. Amir Zarrinpar. Amir is a board-certified gastroenterologist and an assistant professor at UC San Diego in the department of medicine. He completed his undergrad at Harvard, M.D. and Ph.D. at UCSD, and postdoc at the Salk Institute in Satchin Panda’s lab. In this conversation, Amir and Kellen talk about diabetes and obesity, time-restricted

#16: Inflammatory bowel disease and proteomics with Dr. David Gonzalez, Ph.D.

Nov 10 2022 87 mins  
In this episode, Kellen speaks with Dr. David Gonzalez. David is an associate professor at UC San Diego in the pharmacology department of the school of medicine and the Skaggs school of pharmacy. He’s also the founder and director of the UCSD collaborative center for multiplexed proteomics. The Gonzalez lab researches host-microbe interactions and specializes in proteomics approa

#15: Antimicrobial resistance with Dr. Victor Nizet, M.D.

Jun 19 2022 68 mins  
In this episode, Kellen interviews Dr. Victor Nizet, a distinguished professor of pediatrics and pharmaceutical sciences at UCSD and the vice chair of basic research in the department of pediatrics at UCSD. Kellen and Victor discuss one of the Nizet lab’s recent publications (led by Josh Sun, Pharm.D. Ph.D.) identifying novel treatment strategies for Staph aureus-induced sepsis.