Episode 10
Dr. Bryan Heit
Immunologist
In this episode, I speak with Immunologist Dr Bryan Heit about macrophages, vaccines, pathogens, and more!
Interview 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!
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- 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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