Ep 29. Science unpicked: Newborn immune systems: find out more about how little bubba navigates this world. Expert Guest: Professor Tobias Kollmann

This accessible scientific episode clarifies what happens in the newborn's immune system when faced with infection or in the absence of it. Ever wondered how newborns and adult immune system's differ? We discuss the newborn strategy "disease tolerance" and why this is important...why they are more resilient and more able to deal with microbes. 

Dr Eliz Kilich, with co‑host Dr Lydia Yarlott, are joined today by Professor Tobias Kollmann to explore newborn immunity.  Prof. Kollmann completed his MD and PhD at the Albert of Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx NY, followed by a residency in pediatrics and fellowship in infectious diseases at the University of Washington, Seattle, WA with Prof. Chris Wilson. He then served as Division Head for Pediatric Infectious Diseases at the University of British Columbia, BC Children’s Hospital before taking on the Director’s position of Systems Vaccinology at Telethon Kids Institute in Perth, Australia. He currently is Prof. of Microbiology & Immunology as well as Pediatric Infectious Diseases at Dalhousie University in Halifax, NS, Canada. Tobi is the CEO of the Born Strong Initiative (https://www.born-strong.org/), a global network of experts working to reduce adverse pregnancy outcomes. His expertise centers around immune ontogeny as well as maternal and early life vaccine responses employing cutting edge technology and analytics to extract the most information out of the small biological samples obtainable.

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