From the 2024 Society for Leukocyte Biology meeting, Cindy and Brianne talk with Darren Lee to discuss his career, how he got interested in immunology of the eye, and how his team visualizes immune responses of the eye in real time with the hope of better understanding autoimmune uveitis. Hosts: <a title="" href="https://www.leiferlab.com/">Cindy Leifer</a> and <a title="" href= "https://bbarkerdrew.com/">Brianne Barker</a> Guest: <a title="" href= "https://immunobiology.arizona.edu/research/wilson-lab">Darren Lee</a> Subscribe (free): <a title="" href= "https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/immune/id1305309644" target= "_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Apple Podcasts</a>, <a href="http://immune.libsyn.com/rss" target= "_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">RSS</a>, <a href= "http://eepurl.com/Gcw59" target="_blank" rel= "noopener noreferrer">email</a> Become a <a href="https://www.microbe.tv/contribute" target= "_blank" rel= "noopener noreferrer">patron</a> of Immune! <h3 id="links-for-this-episode" class="wp-block-heading">Links for this episode</h3> <ul class="wp-block-list"> <li><a href="https://discord.gg/xA4JX7AeeU">MicrobeTV Discord Server</a></li> <li>The <a title="" href= "https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0169409X23001849?via%3Dihub">eye is an immunosuppressive </a>environment (Adv Drug Delivery Rev 2023)</li> <li>Tregs control<a title="" href= "https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-025-02816-z.epdf?sharing_token=aIL7RLR-40lWq_QGQdW4vtRgN0jAjWel9jnR3ZoTv0NK7zKw1KSUFjKLLE7m_lKNHuvzw2GXe1gBM-_u4B4vJRobDq2XoX28W_mQthME5fw8oNNP0dCo4S-_42a19xhZmtKHux_dGZtORkAFIcw0mrh752Spfk-wXhwMSRizxao%3D"> autoimmune uveitis</a> (Sci Rep 2025)</li> <li><a title="" href= "https://academic.oup.com/jleukbio/article-abstract/116/5/1054/7681601?redirectedFrom=fulltext&login=false"> TIGIT, Tregs, </a>and autoimmune uveitis (J Leuk Biol 2024)</li> <li><a title="" href="https://www.leukocytebiology.org/">Society for Leukocyte Biology</a></li> <li>Time stamps by <a title="" href= "https://ramseylab.vercel.app/" target="_blank" rel= "noopener noreferrer">Jolene</a> <a title="" href="https://ramseylab.vercel.app/">Ramsey</a>. Thanks!</li> </ul> Music by <a title="" href= "https://www.premiumbeat.com/artist/tatami">Tatami</a>. Logo image by <a href= "https://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/File:Blausen_0077_Basophil.png" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Blausen Medical</a> Send your immunology questions and comments to immune@microbe.tv Information on this podcast should not be construed as medical advice.

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