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The German Association for Immunology (DGfI) appreciates its young members. The Young Immunologists (YI) group was founded to support early-career scientists within the DGfI with their scientific career development. This Podcast is for young immunologists from young immunologists. Check out our website and become a young immunologist: https://dgfi.org/young-immunologists/ Find the Young Immunologists on Twitter: https://twitter.com/YI_dgfi Contact the host, Nóra via: [email protected] // h ...
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🤰🔬Exploring pregnancy’s power to suppress autoimmune disease: Insights from multiple sclerosis research
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Send us a text Keywords Multiple Sclerosis, Pregnancy, Autoimmune Diseases, Immune Tolerance, GDF15, Neuroimmune Crosstalk, Reproductive Immunology, Maternal Health, Research Challenges, MS Treatment Summary In this episode of the Young Immunologist podcast, Nóra Balzer interviews Jana Sonner, a postdoc at the University Medical Center in Hamburg, …
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🧪⚖️Inventing Knowledge: Intellectual Property in Academic Research 🧠🔏
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Send us a text keywords academic integrity, plagiarism, intellectual property, research ethics, PhD students, collaborations, scientific publications, open access, patents, copyrights summary In this podcast episode, Nora Balzer (Dr rer Nat) discusses the complexities of intellectual property in academia, particularly in the context of a case invol…
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🫀 The Future of Heart Repair: 3D Cell Models and Organoids 🫀
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Send us a text keywords cardiac research, organoids, 3D cell models, IPS cells, personalized medicine, ethical concerns, organ transplantation, cardiac therapy, cell differentiation Summary In this episode of the Young Immunologist podcast - ImmunoChat, Nóra Balzer interviews Fabienne Becker, a PhD candidate at the University Clinic of Düsseldorf, …
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🎄 Holiday Special: Top 10 Advice from the Young Immunologist Board - How to Rock 2025 🎄
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Send us a text Welcome to a festive and inspiring episode of the ImmunoChat podcast! In this special holiday edition, the Young Immunologist Board of the German Association of Immunology has shared their top advice to help YOU level up your scientific career in 2025. Whether you're just starting out in your PhD or gearing up for your next big caree…
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Publish or Perish; Impact factor and its impact on you
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Send us a text In this episode we chat with Dr. rer. Nat. Angeliki Stamtsis-Datsi the origins of the "publish or perish" culture, how it became so ingrained, and its impact on academic life today. We compare impact factors and citation metrics, exploring how they shape career trajectories and research priorities. Delving into ethical challenges, in…
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The Artificial Lung for Your Cell Culture - BioThrust Success Story with Patrick Bongartz
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Send us a text In this episode, we discuss the founding of BioThrust and the development of their stress-free bioreactor technology. Patrick Bongrartz (CEO of BioThrust) explains the importance of biotechnology in everyday life and how their bionic bioreactor system differs from other bioreactors. He shares the challenges and frustrations they face…
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Navigating Toxic Work Environments in the PhD Journey
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Send us a text Summary In this episode, Nóra interviews Hanna Sänger, an entrepreneur and former scientist, about her startup that aims to improve the well-being of PhD students. They discuss the challenges and struggles faced by PhD students, including toxic work environments, mental health issues, and the pressure to perform. Hanna shares her own…
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Mental Health in Academic Research - Who takes care of the immunologist´s soul?
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Send us a text Summary This episode of the Young Immunologist podcast discusses mental health during a PhD journey. The guest, Julian, shares his personal experience with mental health issues during his PhD and the challenges he faced. He emphasizes the importance of having empathetic people around and finding support from others who have similar e…
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Episode 6.: Do scientists need soft-skills?
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Send us a text In this episode, Nora interviews Robert and Dimitra from TwentyOne Skills (https://lms.twentyoneskills.de/), a company that focuses on teaching scientists soft skills. https://www.linkedin.com/company/twentyoneskills/ Great article about soft sklls out from World economic forum: https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2024/01/ai-value-soft-sk…
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Episode 5.: Homeopathy & Immunology; frenemies of a young immunologist
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Send us a text Listen to our episode with the fabulous Dr. Natalie Grams, who talks about all aspects of homeopathy. We discuss the basic idea behind traditional German medicine, it's role in our model society, and it's potential harms as well. Natalie used to practice homeopathy as well, but due to an accident recognised the harm of it. She shares…
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Episode 4.: The power of a community - Young European Federation of Immunological Societies (yEFIS)
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Send us a text Listen to our special episode with our European partner society, the yEFIS. https://www.yefis.org/ Here, we discuss the power of a community on the national and European level to support young immunologists on their path. My guests are Rami Bechara (@ramibechara), Santiago Costas, and Anne Hahn (@kuriosera) the power-engine behind yE…
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Episode 3.: Parenting in science; work-life romance master course
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Send us a text In this episode, 3 immunologists discuss about the beauty and the challenges of parenting in science. Katarzyna Placek became mother as a junior group leader at the LIMES Institute https://www.limes-institut-bonn.de/forschung/arbeitsgruppen/unit-2/abteilung-netea/mitarbeiter/ Listen her podcast about Women in Science: https://www.lim…
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Episode 2.: Research animals in immunology
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Send us a text Listen our special episode on animal research on the word week of lab animals and day of immunology. We compare the general ethic and regulations in animal research between two European countries. We will compare the German and the Swiss system. It is a pleasure to exchange with Dr. Roman Stilling from the initiative “Tierversuce ver…
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Episode 1.: Aimed Analytics, a start up to shape future medicine
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Send us a text Aimed Analytics (https://www.aimed-analytics.com/) was founded by Dr. Patrick Günther - https://www.linkedin.com/in/patrick-guenther/ https://twitter.com/patguenther1 Dr. Kevin Baßler - https://www.linkedin.com/in/kevin-ba%C3%9Fler-3a230592/ https://twitter.com/kevin_bassler Jan Rudolph - https://www.linkedin.com/in/jan-rudolph/ http…
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Send us a text In Episode 0 we talk about the DGfI (German Association of Immunology) - Young Immunologist board members. Become a member today! https://dgfi.org/young-immunologists/ https://www.linkedin.com/company/dgfi-yi/. https://twitter.com/YI_dgfi THE YI BOARD (2021-2023). Spokesperson - Sabrina B. Bennstein, Vice-Spokesperson - Tal Pecht, Ka…
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