{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Immune Booster 27: Interferons, JAKs, and STATs with George Stark","description":"George Stark from the Cleveland Clinic reflects on his early training in biochemistry and how several sabbatical leaves sparked pivotal changes in his research trajectory, eventually drawing him to interferon signaling where he helped establish the core principles of the JAK\u2013STAT pathway and uncovered interesting roles for interferon signaling in cancer. Host:&amp;nbsp;Cindy Leifer Guest:&amp;nbsp;George Stark Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts,&amp;nbsp;RSS,&amp;nbsp;email Become a&amp;nbsp;patron&amp;nbsp;of&amp;nbsp;Immune! Links for this episode  MicrobeTV Discord Server Stark lab Development of the&amp;nbsp;Northern blotting&amp;nbsp;technique (PNAS, 1977) Development of&amp;nbsp;Western blotting&amp;nbsp;for proteins (PNAS, 1979) Discovery of&amp;nbsp;Tyk2 as a critical kinase in interferon response&amp;nbsp;(Cell, 1992) Topical PALA treatment for non-melanoma skin cancer (Exp Dermatol, 2023) Time stamps by&amp;nbsp;Jolene&amp;nbsp;Ramsey. Thanks!  Music by&amp;nbsp;Tatami. Logo image by&amp;nbsp;Blausen Medical  Send your immunology questions and comments to&amp;nbsp;immune@microbe.tv Information on this podcast should not be construed as medical advice. ","author_name":"Immune","author_url":"http:\/\/microbe.tv\/immune","html":"<iframe title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/41032755\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/88AA3C\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"600\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/item\/41032755"}