Show Notes
Leslie Berg talks about her career studying T cell receptor signaling, T cell development, and the importance of mentors in her career.
Host: Cindy Leifer Guest: Leslie Berg Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of Immune! Links for this episode MicrobeTV Discord Server Berg lab at University of Colorado Anschutz TCR thresholds and ITK (PNAS) Review on TCR signaling (Nat Immunol) Generation of TCR transgenic mice (Mol Cell Bio) T cell negative selection in TCR transgenic mice (Nature) Thymic exit of mature T cells in TCR transgenic mice (Cell) AAI past president Berg information Time stamps by Jolene Ramsey. Thanks! Music by Tatami. Logo image by Blausen Medical
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