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    • TWiN 22: It's never lupus

      TWiN 22: It's never lupus

      This Week in Neuroscience - September 29, 2021
      • TWiN explains how anti-DNA antibodies present in lupus patients bind to GluN2A-containing NMDA receptors, act as positive allosteric modulators, and impair spatial memory. post
    • TWiEVO 71: Faster than a speeding coronavirus

      TWiEVO 71: Faster than a speeding coronavirus

      This Week in Evolution - September 26, 2021
      • Nels and Vincent explain a method to calculate the mutation rate of SARS-CoV-2, and the role of a single amino acid change in spike in enhancing fitness of the delta variant and enabling it to out-compete the alpha variant. post
    • TWiV 809: Vampire vax

      TWiV 809: Vampire vax

      This Week in Virology - September 26, 2021
      • TWiV reveals isolation from bats in Laos of a SARS-CoV-2 like virus with a spike protein that allows entry into human cells, and exploration of a herpesvirus vector for immunization of vampire bats against rabies virus. post
    • TWiV 808: COVID-19 clinical update #81 with Dr. Daniel Griffin

      TWiV 808: COVID-19 clinical update #81 with Dr. Daniel Griffin

      This Week in Virology - September 25, 2021
      • In COVID-19 clinical update #81, Daniel Griffin discusses vaccine boosters, vaccination during pregnancy, mRNA vaccine comparison, J&J vaccine booster, EUA expansion for Lilly monoclonals, remdesivir reduces risk of hospitalization, and anticoagulation regimens. post
    • TWiV 807: The shot yearned 'round the world with Chadi Saad-Roy and Caroline Wagner

      TWiV 807: The shot yearned 'round the world with Chadi Saad-Roy and Caroline Wagner

      This Week in Virology - September 19, 2021
      • Chadi and Caroline join TWiV to describe the potential epidemiological and evolutionary impacts of vaccine nationalism, and their modeling which emphasizes the importance of rapid equitable vaccine distribution for global control of the pandemic. post
    • TWiV 806: COVID-19 clinical update #80 with Dr. Daniel Griffin

      TWiV 806: COVID-19 clinical update #80 with Dr. Daniel Griffin

      This Week in Virology - September 18, 2021
      • In COVID-19 clinical update #80, Daniel Griffin reviews infections in children, masking, testing to limit transmission, high barrier for monoclonal antibody escape, are boosters needed, use of steroids, grants for long COVID, and how the pandemic unfolds in Africa. post
    • TWiP 198: Cyclospora in the dining room with the salad bar

      TWiP 198: Cyclospora in the dining room with the salad bar

      This Week in Parasitism - September 14, 2021
      • The TWiP quadfecta solves the case of the Traveler With Watery Diarrhea, and reveals that a heat-shock response regulated by a transcription factor protects human malaria parasites from the high temperatures of fever. post
    • Immune 48: Environmental enteric dysfunction with Timothy Hand

      Immune 48: Environmental enteric dysfunction with Timothy Hand

      Immune - September 13, 2021
      • Tim Hand joins Immune to discuss the work from his laboratory showing that environmental enteric dysfunction, a disease caused by chronic malnutrition and infection, and which is associated with reduced growth and oral vaccine failure, is controlled by an increase in intestinal regulatory T cells. post
    • TWiM 250: E-Scaffolds and paper stickers

      TWiM 250: E-Scaffolds and paper stickers

      This Week in Microbiology - September 10, 2021
      • On this episode, an electrochemical scaffold that delivers safe doses of hypochlorous acid to treat wound infections in humans, and a method for sampling and monitoring bacteria and viruses on surfaces using plain paper stickers. post
    • TWiM 249: Phage-pathogen and toxin-antitoxin conflicts

      TWiM 249: Phage-pathogen and toxin-antitoxin conflicts

      This Week in Microbiology - September 1, 2021
      • TWiM reveals how temporal shifts in antibiotic resistance elements govern phage-pathogen conflicts, and the intracellular localization of toxin-antitoxin proteins in E. coli. post
    • TWiN 21: How do we know if a mouse is hallucinating?

      TWiN 21: How do we know if a mouse is hallucinating?

      This Week in Neuroscience - August 24, 2021
      • TWiN explores a study of hallucination-like perception in mice which supports the idea that hallucinations arise as faulty perceptual inferences due to elevated dopamine in the striatum. post
    • Immune 47: Trapping viruses in NETs

      Immune 47: Trapping viruses in NETs

      Immune - August 23, 2021
      • The immune professors discuss neutrophil extracellular traps, and how IgA-virus immune complexes potentiate this process through Fc receptors on neutrophils. post
    • TWiP 197: An adventurous eater

      TWiP 197: An adventurous eater

      This Week in Parasitism - August 16, 2021
      • TWiP solves the case of the Adventurous Eater with Areas of Swelling, and discusses an experimental Trypanosoma vivax vaccine comprising an invariant flagellum antigen. post
    • TWiM 248: Borgs are real

      TWiM 248: Borgs are real

      This Week in Microbiology - August 13, 2021
      • Mark Martin returns to TWiM to discuss ways to increase diversity in our field, and the discovery of Borgs, giant extrachromosomal elements with the potential to augment methane oxidation. post
    • TWiEVO 70: On Life's Edge with Carl Zimmer

      TWiEVO 70: On Life's Edge with Carl Zimmer

      This Week in Evolution - August 3, 2021
      • Carl Zimmer joins Nels to talk about science writing, science communication, viruses, and his new book, On Life's Edge. post
    • TWiM 247: Therapy with paleofeces and phages

      TWiM 247: Therapy with paleofeces and phages

      This Week in Microbiology - August 2, 2021
      • TWiM explores whether ‘rewilding’ is a way to get back our missing gut microbes, and failure of bacteriophage therapy due to the production of neutralizing antibodies. post
    • Immune 46: Bats don't STING like a bee

      Immune 46: Bats don't STING like a bee

      Immune - July 27, 2021
      • Immune explore the observation that bat cells display dampened STING-dependent interferon activation, suggesting why bats might have a unique capacity to harbor many viruses. post
    • TWiN 20: Drifting aromas in the brain

      TWiN 20: Drifting aromas in the brain

      This Week in Neuroscience - July 14, 2021
      • While perceptual constancy requires the brain to maintain a stable representation of sensory input, TWiN explores a study showing that odor-evoked responses in the olfactory cortex drift over periods of days to weeks. post
    • TWiP 196: Naked eye entomologist

      TWiP 196: Naked eye entomologist

      This Week in Parasitism - July 12, 2021
      • TWiP solves the case of the Homeless Man With Skin Issues, and discusses an experimental mRNA based malaria vaccine. post
    • TWiEVO 69: Swimming in SARS-CoV-2 sequences

      TWiEVO 69: Swimming in SARS-CoV-2 sequences

      This Week in Evolution - June 30, 2021
      • Nels and Vincent discuss the identification of novel bat coronaviruses that shed light on the evolution of SARS-CoV-2, dating the first cases of COVID-19 to mid-November 2019, and recovery of deleted genome sequences from early in the Wuhan outbreak. post
    • TWiN 19: Glia 101

      TWiN 19: Glia 101

      This Week in Neuroscience - June 21, 2021
      • On this episode, Vivianne gives a primer on glial cells, with the goal of thinking about the central nervous system holistically and appreciating the different cell types that contribute to its function. post
    • Immune 45: Immune messages

      Immune 45: Immune messages

      Immune - June 16, 2021
      • On this episode of Immune, we answer listener questions about CAR-Macs, complement and COVID-19, sleep and the immune system, caving and the immune system, germinal centers, COVID-19 vaccines and much more. post
    • TWiP 195: Shocking diseases in attractive NY accents

      TWiP 195: Shocking diseases in attractive NY accents

      This Week in Parasitism - May 31, 2021
      • Christina returns to the TWiP trifecta to solve the case of the Beachgoer with Red Lines on Her foot, and an experimental malaria vaccine based on the junctional region of the circumsporozoite protein displayed on a virus-like particle. post
    • TWiEVO 68: Stepping through time with SARS-CoV-2

      TWiEVO 68: Stepping through time with SARS-CoV-2

      This Week in Evolution - May 29, 2021
      • Nels and Vincent explain a new method for calculating the most recent common ancestor of SARS-CoV-2, which concludes that the ancestral virus was circulating in October/November 2019, before its first detection in China. post
    • Urban Agriculture 29: Gotham Greens

      Urban Agriculture 29: Gotham Greens

      Urban Agriculture - March 13, 2018
      • Dickson travels to indoor farm Gotham Greens in Brooklyn, New York to speak with Co-founder and CEO Viraj Puri. post
    • Buckyball viruses

      Buckyball viruses

      Virus Watch - March 12, 2018
      • How to build several types of virus particles using the small, powerful magnets called Buckyballs. post
    • Urban Agriculture 28: The Vertical Farm Institute

      Urban Agriculture 28: The Vertical Farm Institute

      Urban Agriculture - December 23, 2017
      • Daniel joins Dickson and Vincent to talk about the Vertical Farm Institute, which provides advice and planning on the design and construction of indoor farms.  post
    • Urban Agriculture 27: The Next Big Things

      Urban Agriculture 27: The Next Big Things

      Urban Agriculture - November 10, 2017
      • Dickson provides an updates on progress towards establishing long-term, sustainable, local, safe food systems based on indoor farming. post
    • Zika in the guys

      Zika in the guys

      Virus Watch - November 7, 2016
      • In this episode of Virus Watch, we explore the finding that Zika virus infects the testis of mice, causing damage to the organ, reduced sperm production, and less fertility. The important question: does the same happen in humans? post
    • Urban Agriculture 26: Green Sense Farms

      Urban Agriculture 26: Green Sense Farms

      Urban Agriculture - October 18, 2016
      • Dickson and Vincent speak with Robert Colangelo, founding farmer and CEO of Green Sense Farms, the world's largest commercial indoor vertical farm. post
    • Cancer Killing Viruses

      Cancer Killing Viruses

      Virus Watch - October 14, 2016
      • Guest host Lynda Coughlan reviews how oncolytic viruses, which specifically kill tumor cells, are designed and how they work. post
    • Polio in Nigeria

      Polio in Nigeria

      Virus Watch - August 16, 2016
      • Polio returns to Nigeria after two years - but it turns out it had never gone away. post

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