Ep.10 – Macrophages, pathogens, and T-Cells with Dr Bryan Heit (Immunologist)

In this episode, I speak with Dr Bryan Heit, an Immunologist with over twenty years of experience in the field. We talk about macrophages, T-cells, Tuberculosis and COVID-19! Dr Heit is also an experienced beer brewer! Wanna support the show? Go to https://www.patreon.com/juliesworld

• What is an Immunologist? (0:01:04)
• “Boost your immune system” (0:02:07)
• Immune responses (0:03:07)
• Taking additional vitamins (0:03:33)
• What is a macrophage? (0:04:45)
• Are we all born with macrophages? (0:06:11)
• How does a macrophage work? (0:06:35)
• What is a pathogen? (0:07:24)
• Why did Dr. Heit study immunology? (0:08:20)
• How pathogens work (0:10:26)
• Tuberculosis (0:11:41)
• How do we get rid of Tuberculosis? (0:12:38)
• Can you genetically modify macrophages? (0:13:31)
• Immune system treatments (0:15:07)
• Dr Heit’s courses (0:16:48)
• Misinformation about vaccines (0:17:39)
• Lack of funding in science communication (0:19:43)
• Vaccines are a different area of immunology (0:20:37)
• What is inflammation? (0:21:17)
• Does the immune system have a puppet master? (0:26:06)
• T-Cells in Cancer (0:29:50)
• Books about immune system (0:32:34)
• Writing about immunology (0:33:49)
• Recruiting post-docs (0:34:50)
• How COVID-19 impacts the immune system (0:37:15)
• Does Dr. Heit constantly think about work? (0:38:22)
• Raising goats (0:40:00)
• Male goats (0:40:35)
• Why goats?! (0:41:50)
• Brewing beer (0:42:59)
• Microbiology of beer (0:45:30)
• Capturing yeast from the environment (0:46:22)
• Experimenting for beer brewing (0:48:23)
• Beekeeping (0:49:45)
• Is it hard to take up beekeeping? (0:50:05)
• Dr. Heit and his wife enjoy nature (0:53:05)
• Relaxation and the immune system (0:53:48)
• Eating your veggies (0:55:01)

Dr. Bryan Heit on Twitter: https://twitter.com/BryanHeit Dr. Bryan Heit’s Lab: http://phagocytes.ca/

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