# Immune Booster 19: Virus-immune Tug-of-war with Kristian Andersen Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/immune-453696/immune-booster-19-virus-immune-tug-of-war-with-kristian-andersen Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/immune-453696/immune-booster-19-virus-immune-tug-of-war-with-kristian-andersen.md Podcast: [Immune](https://stenobird.com/podcast/immune-453696) Published: 2025-11-11T05:00:00+00:00 Episode link: https://www.microbe.tv/immune/immune-booster-019/ Audio file: https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/immune/ImmuneBooster019.mp3?dest-id=595701 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/immune-453696/episodes/immune-booster-19-virus-immune-tug-of-war-with-kristian-andersen Duration seconds: 3622 ## Resource Kristian Andersen from Scripps Research Institute joins Cindy to talk about how he got interested in virus evolution, how the immune system drives viral adaptation, and what we can learn from this research to better prepare us for the next pandemic. Host: Cindy Leifer Guest: Kristian Andersen Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts , RSS , email Become a patron of Immune! Links for this episode MicrobeTV Discord Server Andersen Lab website Perspective on Immunological drivers of virus emergence Kristian's appearance on TWiV 774 Time stamps by Jolene Ramsey . Thanks! Music by Tatami . Logo image by Blausen Medical Send your immunology questions and comments to immune@microbe.tv Information on this podcast should not be construed as medical advice. ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/immune-453696/episodes/immune-booster-19-virus-immune-tug-of-war-with-kristian-andersen/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/immune-453696/immune-booster-19-virus-immune-tug-of-war-with-kristian-andersen.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.