Brenda Raud
@brendaraud.bsky.social
Human being. Scientist. E(Im)migrant. T cell enthusiast. I pipette lymphocytes for a living and talk immunology for the @immunologypodcast.com on my free time
So long, Vienna! I'm back home in Amsterdam after a great week of #immunology at #IUIS2025! I had an amazing time! Check out @immunologypodcast.com for daily episodes covering our favorite talks & recording of the live episode! Thanks @iuis-online.bsky.social! See you all in Toronto #IUIS2028
August 23, 2025 at 4:56 PM
So long, Vienna! I'm back home in Amsterdam after a great week of #immunology at #IUIS2025! I had an amazing time! Check out @immunologypodcast.com for daily episodes covering our favorite talks & recording of the live episode! Thanks @iuis-online.bsky.social! See you all in Toronto #IUIS2028
The band was awesome! Looking forward to their next tour date #IUIS2028 🎶
@iuis-online.bsky.social make sure to book them well in advance, I am sure these musicians are in high demand 🤣
@iuis-online.bsky.social make sure to book them well in advance, I am sure these musicians are in high demand 🤣
Awesome performance of the band composed of great immunologists, including our Editor-in-Chief Matteo Iannacone behind the keyboard, at the #IUIS2025 Congress Party! 🎹🎸🎶
August 22, 2025 at 9:24 AM
The band was awesome! Looking forward to their next tour date #IUIS2028 🎶
@iuis-online.bsky.social make sure to book them well in advance, I am sure these musicians are in high demand 🤣
@iuis-online.bsky.social make sure to book them well in advance, I am sure these musicians are in high demand 🤣
Another daily episode is out! Our highlights from yesterday's sessions
@immunologypodcast.com @iuis-online.bsky.social #IUIS2025
@immunologypodcast.com @iuis-online.bsky.social #IUIS2025
We have a new episode out!
Brenda and Jason summarize the research presented yesterday at #IUIS2025, including sessions on cancer immunotherapy and #neuroimmunology.
Listen now: https://bit.ly/41Sb1sQ
Brenda and Jason summarize the research presented yesterday at #IUIS2025, including sessions on cancer immunotherapy and #neuroimmunology.
Listen now: https://bit.ly/41Sb1sQ
August 22, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Another daily episode is out! Our highlights from yesterday's sessions
@immunologypodcast.com @iuis-online.bsky.social #IUIS2025
@immunologypodcast.com @iuis-online.bsky.social #IUIS2025
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🔬 Struggling to design multiparametric #flow #cytometry experiments?
Learn how to cut through the complexity and build experiments that work in our training course with @ddcytometry.bsky.social, taking place on 17 & 24 September.
⏳ Just weeks away! Secure your spot today: bit.ly/43N86mG
Learn how to cut through the complexity and build experiments that work in our training course with @ddcytometry.bsky.social, taking place on 17 & 24 September.
⏳ Just weeks away! Secure your spot today: bit.ly/43N86mG
August 22, 2025 at 8:28 AM
🔬 Struggling to design multiparametric #flow #cytometry experiments?
Learn how to cut through the complexity and build experiments that work in our training course with @ddcytometry.bsky.social, taking place on 17 & 24 September.
⏳ Just weeks away! Secure your spot today: bit.ly/43N86mG
Learn how to cut through the complexity and build experiments that work in our training course with @ddcytometry.bsky.social, taking place on 17 & 24 September.
⏳ Just weeks away! Secure your spot today: bit.ly/43N86mG
#IUIS2025 Day 5! Time flies when having fun! Started the day w/ excellent talk from Michael Sadelain @columbiacancer.bsky.social about the current state of CAR T cell therapy and exciting approaches 1️⃣ HLA-independent TCRs interact with CD3 molecules for increased sensitivity and work in low Ag...
August 22, 2025 at 8:05 AM
#IUIS2025 Day 5! Time flies when having fun! Started the day w/ excellent talk from Michael Sadelain @columbiacancer.bsky.social about the current state of CAR T cell therapy and exciting approaches 1️⃣ HLA-independent TCRs interact with CD3 molecules for increased sensitivity and work in low Ag...
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A huge thank-you to Dr. Zwi Berneman for joining us for this special show at #IUIS2025, and thanks to everyone who came to listen!
If you missed it, the episode will be published on podcast platforms next week!
If you missed it, the episode will be published on podcast platforms next week!
August 21, 2025 at 6:37 PM
A huge thank-you to Dr. Zwi Berneman for joining us for this special show at #IUIS2025, and thanks to everyone who came to listen!
If you missed it, the episode will be published on podcast platforms next week!
If you missed it, the episode will be published on podcast platforms next week!
Reposted by Brenda Raud
You can see how happy we were to see Dr. James Allison in person at #IUIS2025! 😁
We had the pleasure of speaking with Dr. Allison in 2024. Listen to the conversation here: https://bit.ly/47EUFYm
We had the pleasure of speaking with Dr. Allison in 2024. Listen to the conversation here: https://bit.ly/47EUFYm
August 20, 2025 at 6:53 PM
You can see how happy we were to see Dr. James Allison in person at #IUIS2025! 😁
We had the pleasure of speaking with Dr. Allison in 2024. Listen to the conversation here: https://bit.ly/47EUFYm
We had the pleasure of speaking with Dr. Allison in 2024. Listen to the conversation here: https://bit.ly/47EUFYm
@iuis-online.bsky.social #IUIS2025 Day 4! reporting for the @immunologypodcast.com Started the day w/ neuro immunology session - cool story from Ulrich von Andrian @harvardmed.bsky.social -> close interaction of dermal DCs and nociceptive neurons in dermatitis & myeloid suppressor cells in cancer
August 21, 2025 at 8:14 AM
@iuis-online.bsky.social #IUIS2025 Day 4! reporting for the @immunologypodcast.com Started the day w/ neuro immunology session - cool story from Ulrich von Andrian @harvardmed.bsky.social -> close interaction of dermal DCs and nociceptive neurons in dermatitis & myeloid suppressor cells in cancer
Day 3 #IUIS2025 @immunologypodcast.com
Lost a pair of pants and was late to the 1st session of today 🥲 - but enjoyed a masterclass on immune suppression after severe illness from Laura Cook @Peter Doherty Institute - finished strong w/cute organoid-derived pineapple shaped cilliated cells
Lost a pair of pants and was late to the 1st session of today 🥲 - but enjoyed a masterclass on immune suppression after severe illness from Laura Cook @Peter Doherty Institute - finished strong w/cute organoid-derived pineapple shaped cilliated cells
August 20, 2025 at 7:27 AM
Day 3 #IUIS2025 @immunologypodcast.com
Lost a pair of pants and was late to the 1st session of today 🥲 - but enjoyed a masterclass on immune suppression after severe illness from Laura Cook @Peter Doherty Institute - finished strong w/cute organoid-derived pineapple shaped cilliated cells
Lost a pair of pants and was late to the 1st session of today 🥲 - but enjoyed a masterclass on immune suppression after severe illness from Laura Cook @Peter Doherty Institute - finished strong w/cute organoid-derived pineapple shaped cilliated cells
#IUIS2025 Day 2!
Jochen Hühn(@helmholtzhzi.bsky.social): Tissue-resident Tregs show unique methylation vs. splenic Tregs. Residency depends on stromal cell conditioning
👉 Microbiome-derived tryptophan metabolites tune adipose stromal cells → IL-33 → support of ST2⁺ Tregs in fat tissue.
Jochen Hühn(@helmholtzhzi.bsky.social): Tissue-resident Tregs show unique methylation vs. splenic Tregs. Residency depends on stromal cell conditioning
👉 Microbiome-derived tryptophan metabolites tune adipose stromal cells → IL-33 → support of ST2⁺ Tregs in fat tissue.
August 19, 2025 at 8:08 AM
#IUIS2025 Day 2!
Jochen Hühn(@helmholtzhzi.bsky.social): Tissue-resident Tregs show unique methylation vs. splenic Tregs. Residency depends on stromal cell conditioning
👉 Microbiome-derived tryptophan metabolites tune adipose stromal cells → IL-33 → support of ST2⁺ Tregs in fat tissue.
Jochen Hühn(@helmholtzhzi.bsky.social): Tissue-resident Tregs show unique methylation vs. splenic Tregs. Residency depends on stromal cell conditioning
👉 Microbiome-derived tryptophan metabolites tune adipose stromal cells → IL-33 → support of ST2⁺ Tregs in fat tissue.
I'm at #IUIS2025 in #Vienna! On the ground reporting for the @immunologypodcast.com🎤 with by buddy Jason (@drsifujg.bsky.social)
Looking forward to a few days awesome talks, and to our LIVE PODCAST EPISODE on Thursday! #immunosky
Looking forward to a few days awesome talks, and to our LIVE PODCAST EPISODE on Thursday! #immunosky
August 19, 2025 at 7:54 AM
I'm at #IUIS2025 in #Vienna! On the ground reporting for the @immunologypodcast.com🎤 with by buddy Jason (@drsifujg.bsky.social)
Looking forward to a few days awesome talks, and to our LIVE PODCAST EPISODE on Thursday! #immunosky
Looking forward to a few days awesome talks, and to our LIVE PODCAST EPISODE on Thursday! #immunosky
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Check out this episode of the Lab Coats & Life Podcast!
Co-hosts Drs. Nicole Quinn & @brendaraud.bsky.social are joined by Dr. Judy Mielke & Kate Gardner from @scientifyresearch.org to discuss the global scientific funding landscape and strategies for grant applications.
🧪 bit.ly/4d3ZUBC
Co-hosts Drs. Nicole Quinn & @brendaraud.bsky.social are joined by Dr. Judy Mielke & Kate Gardner from @scientifyresearch.org to discuss the global scientific funding landscape and strategies for grant applications.
🧪 bit.ly/4d3ZUBC
S2E5: "Understanding the Global Scientific Funding Landscape" Featuring Dr. Judy Mielke and Kate Gardner - The Lab Coats & Life Podcast
In this episode, co-hosts Drs. Nicole Quinn and Brenda Raud chat with Dr. Judy Mielke and Kate Gardner, Co-Founders of scientifyRESEARCH, a database that helps connect researchers with funding opportu...
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May 12, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Check out this episode of the Lab Coats & Life Podcast!
Co-hosts Drs. Nicole Quinn & @brendaraud.bsky.social are joined by Dr. Judy Mielke & Kate Gardner from @scientifyresearch.org to discuss the global scientific funding landscape and strategies for grant applications.
🧪 bit.ly/4d3ZUBC
Co-hosts Drs. Nicole Quinn & @brendaraud.bsky.social are joined by Dr. Judy Mielke & Kate Gardner from @scientifyresearch.org to discuss the global scientific funding landscape and strategies for grant applications.
🧪 bit.ly/4d3ZUBC
Our latest #IMMUNOLOGY2025 episode is available to download! Tune in to hear our highlights from day 2 #immunosky #AAI2025
What a day! Hear about a few of our favorite sessions from Day 2 of #IMMUNOLOGY2025 in our latest episode.
Listen here: bit.ly/432qmH6
#AAI2025
Listen here: bit.ly/432qmH6
#AAI2025
May 6, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Our latest #IMMUNOLOGY2025 episode is available to download! Tune in to hear our highlights from day 2 #immunosky #AAI2025
Aloha! The first episode of our live coverage of #IMMUNOLOGY2025 is ready to download. Jason and I share the highlights of the sessions of Day 1 #immunosky #AAI2025
#IMMUNOLOGY2025 is off to a strong start!
Here are a few highlights from Day 1, including research on immune responses to bacterial infections, #p53 reactivation for cancer therapy, and the mechanisms that lead to celiac disease. 🥖
Listen now: bit.ly/42QAS44
#AAI2025 | @aai.org
Here are a few highlights from Day 1, including research on immune responses to bacterial infections, #p53 reactivation for cancer therapy, and the mechanisms that lead to celiac disease. 🥖
Listen now: bit.ly/42QAS44
#AAI2025 | @aai.org
May 5, 2025 at 1:58 AM
Aloha! The first episode of our live coverage of #IMMUNOLOGY2025 is ready to download. Jason and I share the highlights of the sessions of Day 1 #immunosky #AAI2025
I'm in Honolulu for #IMMUNOLOGY2025!
Stay tuned for live coverage of the conference, and if you are around, you can:
- JOIN OUR LIVE SHOW on Monday! 🤩
- Join our special podcast episode featuring attendees 🎙️
- Say hi to me if you'd like 🤗
More info? come over to the @immunologypodcast.com booth!
Stay tuned for live coverage of the conference, and if you are around, you can:
- JOIN OUR LIVE SHOW on Monday! 🤩
- Join our special podcast episode featuring attendees 🎙️
- Say hi to me if you'd like 🤗
More info? come over to the @immunologypodcast.com booth!
🌺 Aloha, #IMMUNOLOGY2025!
We're in Honolulu and can't wait to meet you! Join us for a live show:
📅 Monday, May 5
🕛 10:00 - 11:15 a.m.
📍 Room 319A & B
We hope to see you there!
#AAI2025 @aai.org
We're in Honolulu and can't wait to meet you! Join us for a live show:
📅 Monday, May 5
🕛 10:00 - 11:15 a.m.
📍 Room 319A & B
We hope to see you there!
#AAI2025 @aai.org
May 4, 2025 at 12:03 AM
I'm in Honolulu for #IMMUNOLOGY2025!
Stay tuned for live coverage of the conference, and if you are around, you can:
- JOIN OUR LIVE SHOW on Monday! 🤩
- Join our special podcast episode featuring attendees 🎙️
- Say hi to me if you'd like 🤗
More info? come over to the @immunologypodcast.com booth!
Stay tuned for live coverage of the conference, and if you are around, you can:
- JOIN OUR LIVE SHOW on Monday! 🤩
- Join our special podcast episode featuring attendees 🎙️
- Say hi to me if you'd like 🤗
More info? come over to the @immunologypodcast.com booth!
Reposted by Brenda Raud
We have a new episode out!
Dr. Henrique Veiga-Fernandes from the @champalimaudf.bsky.social joins us to talk about crosstalk between #neurons and the immune system.
Listen now: bit.ly/3Y9fPbF
Dr. Henrique Veiga-Fernandes from the @champalimaudf.bsky.social joins us to talk about crosstalk between #neurons and the immune system.
Listen now: bit.ly/3Y9fPbF
April 23, 2025 at 9:07 PM
We have a new episode out!
Dr. Henrique Veiga-Fernandes from the @champalimaudf.bsky.social joins us to talk about crosstalk between #neurons and the immune system.
Listen now: bit.ly/3Y9fPbF
Dr. Henrique Veiga-Fernandes from the @champalimaudf.bsky.social joins us to talk about crosstalk between #neurons and the immune system.
Listen now: bit.ly/3Y9fPbF
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Our next episode features Dr. Monika Wolkers (@monikawolkers.bsky.social) from @uva.nl!
Check out her lab's work on RNA-binding proteins and their effects on #Tcell effector function in this @cp-cellreports.bsky.social paper: bit.ly/3XOARMw
Check out her lab's work on RNA-binding proteins and their effects on #Tcell effector function in this @cp-cellreports.bsky.social paper: bit.ly/3XOARMw
April 8, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Our next episode features Dr. Monika Wolkers (@monikawolkers.bsky.social) from @uva.nl!
Check out her lab's work on RNA-binding proteins and their effects on #Tcell effector function in this @cp-cellreports.bsky.social paper: bit.ly/3XOARMw
Check out her lab's work on RNA-binding proteins and their effects on #Tcell effector function in this @cp-cellreports.bsky.social paper: bit.ly/3XOARMw
The 100th episode of the @immunologypodcast.com is out! Don't miss out on our conversation with Nobel prize laureate Peter Doherty about his research on T cell immunity, his 50+year career in immunology and the joy of doing science!
www.immunologypodcast.com/ep-100-viral...
www.immunologypodcast.com/ep-100-viral...
March 16, 2025 at 1:20 PM
The 100th episode of the @immunologypodcast.com is out! Don't miss out on our conversation with Nobel prize laureate Peter Doherty about his research on T cell immunity, his 50+year career in immunology and the joy of doing science!
www.immunologypodcast.com/ep-100-viral...
www.immunologypodcast.com/ep-100-viral...
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The summer call of our International PhD programme is open! 📢
Ready to advance your scientific career? If you're passionate about #RNAbiology, #Bioinformatics, or #Immunology, apply to our open calls and join our global community of over 200 #PhD students! 🌍
www.imb.de/phd
Ready to advance your scientific career? If you're passionate about #RNAbiology, #Bioinformatics, or #Immunology, apply to our open calls and join our global community of over 200 #PhD students! 🌍
www.imb.de/phd
February 17, 2025 at 10:46 AM
The summer call of our International PhD programme is open! 📢
Ready to advance your scientific career? If you're passionate about #RNAbiology, #Bioinformatics, or #Immunology, apply to our open calls and join our global community of over 200 #PhD students! 🌍
www.imb.de/phd
Ready to advance your scientific career? If you're passionate about #RNAbiology, #Bioinformatics, or #Immunology, apply to our open calls and join our global community of over 200 #PhD students! 🌍
www.imb.de/phd
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EFIS, together with its official journal, EJI, and its partner, the Fondation ACTERIA, will be awarding up to 100 travel grants for early career researchers to attend the 19th International Congress of Immunology - IUIS 2025.
Read more and apply 👉 www.efis.org/news/efis-tr...
#immunology #IUIS2025
Read more and apply 👉 www.efis.org/news/efis-tr...
#immunology #IUIS2025
March 10, 2025 at 9:00 AM
EFIS, together with its official journal, EJI, and its partner, the Fondation ACTERIA, will be awarding up to 100 travel grants for early career researchers to attend the 19th International Congress of Immunology - IUIS 2025.
Read more and apply 👉 www.efis.org/news/efis-tr...
#immunology #IUIS2025
Read more and apply 👉 www.efis.org/news/efis-tr...
#immunology #IUIS2025
Almost 5 years ago I responded to an unusual job posting: podcast host. Fast forward to today, and we have recorded 100 episodes of the @immunologypodcast.com! 🧵
Mark your calendars: Our 100th episode drops next week! 🥳
We're grateful to our listeners for joining us along this journey, and to special guest Dr. Peter Doherty (@pcdoherty.bsky.social) for joining us a lively conversation!
Learn more about Dr. Doherty: bit.ly/4iqImkt
We're grateful to our listeners for joining us along this journey, and to special guest Dr. Peter Doherty (@pcdoherty.bsky.social) for joining us a lively conversation!
Learn more about Dr. Doherty: bit.ly/4iqImkt
March 9, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Almost 5 years ago I responded to an unusual job posting: podcast host. Fast forward to today, and we have recorded 100 episodes of the @immunologypodcast.com! 🧵
Reposted by Brenda Raud
📢 A new episode of the podcast is out!
We chat with Dr. Luke O’Neill (@lukeanthonyoneill.bsky.social) at Trinity College Dublin (@tcddublin.bsky.social) about the metabolic regulation of immune cell function and the innate #ImmuneSystem.
🎧 Listen now: bit.ly/3QybMBq
We chat with Dr. Luke O’Neill (@lukeanthonyoneill.bsky.social) at Trinity College Dublin (@tcddublin.bsky.social) about the metabolic regulation of immune cell function and the innate #ImmuneSystem.
🎧 Listen now: bit.ly/3QybMBq
February 25, 2025 at 9:11 PM
📢 A new episode of the podcast is out!
We chat with Dr. Luke O’Neill (@lukeanthonyoneill.bsky.social) at Trinity College Dublin (@tcddublin.bsky.social) about the metabolic regulation of immune cell function and the innate #ImmuneSystem.
🎧 Listen now: bit.ly/3QybMBq
We chat with Dr. Luke O’Neill (@lukeanthonyoneill.bsky.social) at Trinity College Dublin (@tcddublin.bsky.social) about the metabolic regulation of immune cell function and the innate #ImmuneSystem.
🎧 Listen now: bit.ly/3QybMBq
Man, I just LOVE living in Amsterdam. I’m taking a plane today and leaving my (fairly central) apartment, walking to the train station, taking the train and going through airport security took me a grand total of 30 minutes. Now the problem is what to do with all that spare time at Schiphol😅
March 1, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Man, I just LOVE living in Amsterdam. I’m taking a plane today and leaving my (fairly central) apartment, walking to the train station, taking the train and going through airport security took me a grand total of 30 minutes. Now the problem is what to do with all that spare time at Schiphol😅
I don’t think I’ve ever had such an important question to ask to a forum like this. Please help me settle a controversy brewing in the lab!
Is the “V” in Annexin V pronounced “five” as in the Roman numeral, or “vee” as in the letter in the alphabet after U? Please let me know below.
Is the “V” in Annexin V pronounced “five” as in the Roman numeral, or “vee” as in the letter in the alphabet after U? Please let me know below.
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February 26, 2025 at 4:25 PM
I don’t think I’ve ever had such an important question to ask to a forum like this. Please help me settle a controversy brewing in the lab!
Is the “V” in Annexin V pronounced “five” as in the Roman numeral, or “vee” as in the letter in the alphabet after U? Please let me know below.
Is the “V” in Annexin V pronounced “five” as in the Roman numeral, or “vee” as in the letter in the alphabet after U? Please let me know below.
Episode 99 (!!!) of the @immunologypodcast.com is out! I had so much fun talking to @lukeanthonyoneill.bsky.social about his excellent work on the metabolism of macrophages, and about the joy of doing science. Don't miss out on our conversation and, as always, our highlights of recent research!
📢 A new episode of the podcast is out!
We chat with Dr. Luke O’Neill (@lukeanthonyoneill.bsky.social) at Trinity College Dublin (@tcddublin.bsky.social) about the metabolic regulation of immune cell function and the innate #ImmuneSystem.
🎧 Listen now: bit.ly/3QybMBq
We chat with Dr. Luke O’Neill (@lukeanthonyoneill.bsky.social) at Trinity College Dublin (@tcddublin.bsky.social) about the metabolic regulation of immune cell function and the innate #ImmuneSystem.
🎧 Listen now: bit.ly/3QybMBq
February 25, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Episode 99 (!!!) of the @immunologypodcast.com is out! I had so much fun talking to @lukeanthonyoneill.bsky.social about his excellent work on the metabolism of macrophages, and about the joy of doing science. Don't miss out on our conversation and, as always, our highlights of recent research!