TWiV 1157: Superworm liquefaction and a pandemic prophylactic

October 12, 2024

TWiV reviews Marburg virus outbreak in Rwanda, cryo-EM based discovery of a parvovirus causing black wasting disease in farmed beetles, and a mosaic nanoparticle experimental vaccine that elicits cross-reactive sarbecovirus responses in pre-vaccinated animals.

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Alan Dove, and Brianne Barker

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Marburg virus disease, Rwanda (WHO) 3:30

Suspected German Marburg case tests negative (Politico) 4:31

Cryo-EM discovery of insect parvovirus (Cell) 8:53

Mosaic sarbecovirus nanoparticle experimental vaccine (Cell) 33:49

Letters read on TWiV 1157 1:03:40

Timestamps by Jolene. Thanks!

Weekly Picks 1:22:35

BrianneASM Lesson Plans
AlanA City on Mars, and this blog by a ham radio operator hit by Hurricane Helene
VincentHow to Win A Nobel Prize

Listener Pick

LauraScience of Public Communication (original article)

Intro music is by Ronald Jenkees

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Content in this podcast should not be construed as medical advice.

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  1. Glubbdrubb Jul 12, 2011

    Could you lower the bitrate of the mp3’s for us low bandwidth people please. This podcast is 112 MB and took 5 hours to download.

    Thanks