Summary

Dr. Christopher D. Lynn of the University of Alabama joins the show to talk about tattoos and what they can tell us about immune function, health signaling, and cultural meanings. Plus, we talk about sci comm!

Recommendations

• What to read to learn more:
  • Inking of Immunity Podcast (opens in Apple Podcasts)
  • Inking of Immunity Facebook
  • Inking of Immunity Instagram
  • Inking of Immunity Twitter
  • Sausage of Science Podcast (opens in Apple Podcasts)
• What he’s reading for work:
  • Master’s thesis: From Stigmatized to Empowered by Emmy Smith
• What he’s consuming for fun:
  • Octavia Butler’s Xenogenesis Series
  • World Without End by Ken Follett (Penguin Random House, 2010)
  • The Wire (HBO)
  • Treme (HBO)
  • The Deuce (HBO)
  • Gardening