To Immunity and Beyond
Episodes
Unravelling T-Cell Recognition – Insights from Immunology and AI
04 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
A conversation with Professor Hashem Koohy about possibilities for use of AI in driving forward T cell research. In the first To Immunity and Beyond ...
HIV in 2025 - the latest science, global burden and future outlook
04 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
A conversation with Professor Andrew McMichael, Professor Tomáš Hanke, and Dr Fon Acho about current priorities in HIV treatment and prevention. In ...
Sustained aviremia despite anti-retroviral therapy non-adherence in male children after in utero HIV transmission
27 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A conversation with Philip Goulder about the recent article ‘Sustained aviremia despite anti-retroviral therapy non-adherence in male children after...
Regulatory T cell therapy is associated with distinct immune regulatory lymphocytic infiltrates in kidney transplants
20 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A conversation with Fadi Issa about his recent article on regulatory T cell therapy in kidney transplants. In this episode of To Immunity and Beyond,...
Ebola virus persistence: implications for human-to-human transmission and new outbreaks
11 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A conversation with Miles Carroll and Oliver Meek about their recent Ebola virus persistence review article. In this episode, Oliver Meek and Miles Ca...
‘Dangerous Matter’: A New Opera on Vaccine Science, Memory, and Innovation
23 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A conversation with Zakiya Leeming and Rachel Hindmarsh about the Thanks for the Memories project and a new opera. The Thanks for the Memories public ...
CMV serostatus is associated with improved survival and delayed toxicity onset following anti-PD-1 checkpoint blockade
13 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A conversation with Ben Fairfax about the recent article: CMV serostatus is associated with improved survival and delayed toxicity onset following ant...
Self-interactive learning: Fusion and evolution of multi-scale histomorphology features for molecular traits prediction in computational pathology
22 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A conversation with Yang Hu about his recent article: Self-interactive learning: Fusion and evolution of multi-scale histomorphology features for mole...
Research with Human Tissue Samples on the International Space Station, with Dr Ghada Alsaleh
29 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Research on human cells in space may uncover the hidden mechanisms behind ageing. Exciting developments are underway at the Space Innovation Lab at th...
Analysis of the diverse antigenic landscape of the malaria protein RH5 identifies a potent vaccine-induced human public antibody clonotype
24 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Dr Kirsty McHugh and Dr Carolyn Nielsen discuss a recent Cell article: ‘Analysis of the diverse antigenic landscape of the malaria protein RH5 ident...
Starvation and infection: The role of sickness-associated anorexia in metabolic adaptation during acute infection
27 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Barbara Kronsteiner-Dobramysl discusses a recent Metabolism article: ‘Starvation and infection: The role of sickness-associated anorexia in meta...
Optimising CAR-T cell sensitivity by engineering matched extracellular sizes between CAR/antigen and CD2/CD58 adhesion complexes
09 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Professor Omer Dusk discusses a bioRxiv pre-print: ‘Optimising CAR-T cell sensitivity by engineering matched extracellular sizes between CAR/antigen...
Apoptosis-mediated ADAM10 activation removes a mucin barrier promoting T cell efferocytosis
06 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Professor Quentin Sattentau discusses research published in 'Nature Communications' on the role of enzyme ADAM10 in mediating clearance of apoptotic T...
Elevated genetic risk for multiple sclerosis emerged in steppe pastoralist populations
06 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Professor Astrid Iversen discusses research published in Nature, using historic genome data to investigate the emergence of genetic risk for multiple ...