The Nature & Nurture Podcast

Nature & Nurture #159: Dr. Jaap de Roode - How Parasites & Immune Systems Evolved

June 16, 2025·47 min
Episode Description from the Publisher

Dr. Jaap de Roode is the Samuel C. Dobbs Professor of Biology at Emory University, and the author of Doctors by Nature: How Ants, Apes, & Other Animals Heal Themselves. He is an expert in the population biology of parasites and virus transmission, and how animals defend themselves against these threats.

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