Inflammatory Content
Episodes
#28: Hidradenitis Suppurativa
04 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Inflammatory Content, Dr. Kellen Cavagnero explores the debilitating skin disease hidradenitis suppurativa (HS) and takes a deep di...
#27: A Surprising New Role for Neutrophils in Wound Healing
20 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Inflammatory Content, Dr. Kellen Cavagnero breaks down a new Nature paper showing that a subset of skin neutrophils doesn’t just ...
#26: Spatial Proteomics Uncovers a Lifesaving Treatment for Severe Skin Drug Reactions
05 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Inflammatory Content, Dr. Kellen Cavagnero dives into a landmark 2024 Nature study by Thierry Nordman and colleagues, titled “Spa...
#25: Immuno-endocrinology with Dr. Dequina Nicholas, Ph.D.
08 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Dr. Kellen Cavagnero is joined by Dr. Dequina Nicholas. Dr. Nicholas is an Assistant Professor at the University of California Irvine...
#24: AI Generated Podcast on Immune-Acting Fibroblasts
16 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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 ...
#23: The PhD Fellowship Application Survival Guide
30 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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 ...
#22: Mpox (formerly monkeypox) with Dr. Aaron Oom, Ph.D.
26 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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 i...
#21: Functional genomics identifies a novel therapeutic target for inflammatory bowel disease
26 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have identified thousands of disease-associated genetic variants. Many of these variants lie in non-coding regi...
#20: Cancer, Metabolism, T cells, and Spatial Transcriptomics with Dr. Miguel Reina-Campos, Ph.D.
24 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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 ...
#19: Lymphatics, stem cells, and postdocs with Dr. Shiri Gur-Cohen, Ph.D.
15 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
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...
#18: Unconventional T cells with Dr. Mitchell Kronenberg, Ph.D.
24 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Kellen speaks with Dr. Mitchell Kronenberg. Mitch is the chief scientific officer of the La Jolla Institute for Immunology, an adjunc...
#17: Gut microbiome therapeutics with Dr. Amir Zarrinpar, M.D. Ph.D.
27 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
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...
#16: Inflammatory bowel disease and proteomics with Dr. David Gonzalez, Ph.D.
10 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
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 o...
#15: Antimicrobial resistance with Dr. Victor Nizet, M.D.
19 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Kellen interviews Dr. Victor Nizet, a distinguished professor of pediatrics and pharmaceutical sciences at UCSD and the vice chair of...
#14: Fibrosis in CNS autoimmunity with Dr. Richard Daneman, Ph.D.
09 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Kellen sits down for a conversation with Richard Daneman, an associate professor of neurosciences and pharmacology at UCSD. Kellen an...
#13: Immune fibroblastic cells with Dr. Richard Gallo, M.D. Ph.D.
19 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Kellen is joined by his thesis advisor Dr. Richard Gallo, a Distinguished Professor and the Founding Chairman of the Department of De...
#12: Omental fat, the “policeman of the abdomen”
29 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Omental adipose tissue has been considered an important component of host defense since at least 1906 when it was deemed “the policeman of the abdom...
#11: Microbiome therapeutics with Dr. Alan O’Neill, Ph.D.
26 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This is a special episode of Inflammatory Content as it is our first episode with a guest! Dr. Alan O’Neill, Ph.D. joins Kellen to discuss his work ...
#10: Cuts, commensals, and chemokines
28 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Getting physically injured is no fun—it can often take long periods of time to recover. What if we could accelerate the wound healing process? Here,...
#9: ILC2s and cancer
18 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Cutting-edge approaches to combat tumor development involve transplantation of anti-tumor T cells and natural killer cells. Natural killer (NK) cells ...
#8: Epigenome editing
25 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Fragile X syndrome is a genetic disorder and the leading cause of intellectual disability and autism. There is no treatment. In this episode, Kellen d...
#7: COVID19 PSA and unconventional T cells
26 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Medical systems around the world need our help with COVID19. After sharing an important PSA, Kellen dives into the topic of unconventional T cells. Th...
#6: Biofilm architecture
21 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Antibiotic resistance is an enormous public health problem. The prevalence of superbugs is increasing over time, whereas the number of drugs available...
#5: Bacteria and immunotherapy
29 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Engineering bacteria to kill cancer cells… Sounds like science fiction, right? Well, it’s actually all science, no fiction! Sreyan Chowdhury and c...
#4: ILC2s and neutrophils
02 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Kellen covers a topic near and dear to his heart – group two innate lymphoid cells, or ILC2s. Specifically, Kellen discusses the or...
#3: Commensal viruses
02 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
When most people think of viruses, they usually think of the negative aspect of viruses –- agents of infectious disease. We, however, are not most p...
#2: Plant medicine
01 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Plants are a great source of fiber and micronutrients, which makes them an important component of a heathy diet. However, it was recently shown that t...
#1: Introduction
27 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Brief introduction of what this podcast will entail and the reason behind its creation. To help us spread science, please consider writing a review, s...