ImmunoChat
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: nbalzer@uni-bonn.de // https://www.linkedin.com/in/n%C3%B3ra-balzer-253a767b/
https://twitter.com/norabalzer1
Episodes
13 episodes
🫀 The Future of Heart Repair: 3D Cell Models and Organoids 🫀
keywordscardiac research, organoids, 3D cell models, IPS cells, personalized medicine, ethical concerns, organ transplantation, cardiac therapy, cell differentiationSummaryIn this episode of the Young Immunologis...
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43:27
🎄 Holiday Special: Top 10 Advice from the Young Immunologist Board - How to Rock 2025 🎄
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 scientifi...
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11:05
Publish or Perish; Impact factor and its impact on you
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 h...
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Season 1
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Episode 9
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49:43
The Artificial Lung for Your Cell Culture - BioThrust Success Story with Patrick Bongartz
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 bio...
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Episode 8
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33:02
Navigating Toxic Work Environments in the PhD Journey
SummaryIn 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 stud...
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Season 1
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Episode 7
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42:55
Mental Health in Academic Research - Who takes care of the immunologist´s soul?
SummaryThis 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...
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Season 2
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Episode 6
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55:21
Episode 6.: Do scientists need soft-skills?
In this episode, Nora interviews Robert and Dimitra from TwentyOne Skills (https://lms.twentyoneskills.de/), a company that focuses on teaching scientists soft skills.
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Season 2
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Episode 1
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47:42
Episode 5.: Homeopathy & Immunology; frenemies of a young immunologist
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.<...
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Episode 5
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30:36
Episode 4.: The power of a community - Young European Federation of Immunological Societies (yEFIS)
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 immunologis...
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Episode 3
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29:47
Episode 3.: Parenting in science; work-life romance master course
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
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33:58
Episode 2.: Research animals in immunology
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...
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Episode 2
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