TWiV 422: Watching the icosahedron drop

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, Alan Dove, Rich Condit, and Kathy Spindler

The TWiVestigators wrap up 2016 with a discussion of the year’s ten compelling virology stories.

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Should auld infections be forgot
And never T-cells primed?
Will cross-reacting antigens
Protect the host next time?

Links for this episode

• Register for ASV 2017 4:25
• ASM-ASV Conference on Interplay of Viral and Bacterial Pathogens
• Ten virology stories from 2016
  • Zika virus (first covered in 2015, TWiV 368) 33:10
  • Ebolavirus 44:45
  • Eukaryotic genes in Wolbachia phage (TWiV 412) 54:40
  • Harold “400” Varmus (TWiV 400) and many other guests 56:35
  • Vaccines 59:15
  • Mutualism 1:01:10
  • Mosquitoes and viruses 1:05:35
  • Vector victorious (TWiV 401) 1:07:55
  • Animal models of virus infections 1:10:10
  • Virus evolution 1:16:55
• Current Zika virus infections (ECDC) 36:25
• Early Zika virus infections in Hawaii (PLoS NTD) 39:00
• Zika virus vaccine for whom? (NYTimes) 41:10
• Final results for Ebola virus vaccine (Lancet) 48:25
• Photo from Mohammad
• Letters read on TWiV 422 6:00, 1:21:30

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Listener Pick

John – RadioLab: The Times They Are a-Changin’

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