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.
Drs. Emily Eshleman, and Theresa Alenghat are in the Author’s Corner with Kathryn Knoop to discuss their work: Tuft cells protect against intestinal inflammation through histone deacetylase 3 (https://www.mucosalimmunology.org/article/S1933-0219(26)00058-9/fulltext). Dr. Moshe Biton discusses the inflammasome (https://www.nature.com/articles/s41590-026-02514-6) with Agnes Garcias Lopez and Marion Brunck. Finally, join Ashu Mangalam as he chats with Dr. Bojan Polic in “Behind the Science”.
Articles to mentioned in this episode:
Authors' Corner, Eshleman and Alenghat, Tuft cells protect against intestinal inflammation through histone deacetylase 3 - Mucosal Immunology (https://www.mucosalimmunology.org/article/S1933-0219(26)00058-9/fulltext)
Moshe Biton, An inflammasome-driven differentiation program in intestinal stem cells protects against Salmonella infection | Nature Immunology (https://www.nature.com/articles/s41590-026-02514-6)
Affiliations:
Emily Eshleman, PhD - Medical College of Wisconsin (https://www.mcw.edu/departments/pediatrics/divisions/gastroenterology/people/emily-eshleman-phd), USA
Theresa Alenghat, PhD - Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center (https://www.cincinnatichildrens.org/research/divisions/i/immunobiology/labs/alenghat), USA
Moshe Biton, PhD - Weizman Institute of Science (https://www.weizmann.ac.il/dept/irb/biton/), Israel
Bojan Polic, MD PhD - University of Rijeka (https://transmedri.hr/the-polic-lab), Croatia
Podcast team:Marion Brunck, PhD (https://www.biomedicas.unam.mx/personal-academico/marion-brunck/)
Agnes Garcias Lopez, PhD (https://www.linkedin.com/in/agnesgarciaslop/)
Ashu Mangalam, PhD (https://mangalam.lab.uiowa.edu/)
Kathryn Knoop, PhD (https://www.mayo.edu/research/labs/early-life-immune-responses/overview)
28 Sept 2026
“Find your audience”
Dr. Vincent van Unen is in the Author’s Corner with Kathryn Knoop to discuss his work Tissue-embedded CD4+ plasticity defines mucosal immunity in inflammatory bowel disease in Mucosal Immunology. (https://www.mucosalimmunology.org/article/S1933-0219(26)00071-1/fulltext) Then join Ashu Mangalam as he chats with Dr. Ben Marsland in “Behind the Science”. Finally, SMI president Dr. Clare Lloyd sits down with Kathryn Knoop to discuss how to get involved in SMI and publishing with Mucosal Immunology.
31 Aug 2026
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 (https://www.mucosalimmunology.org/article/S1933-0219(26)00037-1/fulltext). 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 (https://www.mucosalimmunology.org/article/S1933-0219(26)00078-4/fulltext)
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