TWiV 139: Honey, I shrunk the virus

mimivirusHosts: Vincent Racaniello, Alan Dove, and Dickson Despommier

Vincent, Alan, and Dickson discuss the reduction in genome size of Mimivirus upon passage in amoeba, and analysis of the microbiome of honeybees.

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Alan – Life Before the Dinosaurs by ABC
Dickson – Inside Jokes by Matthew M. Hurley
 Vincent – The Tree of Life by Jonathan Eisen

Listener Pick of the Week

Lance – A History of the World since 9/11 by Dominic Streatfeild

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TWiV 138: RISCy business with Raul Andino

Drosophila melanogasterHosts: Vincent Racaniello and Raul Andino

Vincent meets up with Raul Andino in San Francisco to discuss the RNAi-based antiviral defense system of Drosophila, the fruit fly, and how it is antagonized by viruses.

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TWiV 137: Look what the dog dragged in

dog_humanHosts: Vincent Racaniello, Alan Dove, Rich Condit, Dickson Despommier, Amit Kapoor, and Ian Lipkin

The TWiV team speaks with Amit Kapoor and Ian Lipkin about how they discovered canine hepacivirus, and its implications for the origin and evolution of hepatitis C virus.

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Alan – What do marine mammals eat? (YouTube)
Rich – NIH rocket boys
Dickson – Cytomegalovirus needs an antiviral protein (Science)
 Vincent – All pdfs free at National Academy of Science Press

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Adriana and Ye Jung  – The man who was cured of AIDS (article one and two)

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TWiV 136: Exit XMRV

nude mouseHosts: Vincent Racaniello, Alan Dove, Rich Condit, and Stephen Goff

Retrovirologist Stephen Goff joins Vincent, Rich, and Alan for a discussion of recent papers on the retrovirus XMRV and its association with chronic fatigue syndrome and prostate cancer.

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Alan – The Demon-Haunted World by Carl Sagan
Rich – Trends in annual rates of death (pdf)
Stephen – Unexpected inheritance (PLoS Pathogens)
 Vincent – Beyond the human eye

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Raihan  – Bruce Aylward: How we’ll stop polio for good (YouTube)

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TWiV 135: Live in the Big Easy

ASM GM New OrleansHosts: Vincent Racaniello, Roger Hendrix, Rachel Katzenellenbogen, and Harmit Malik

Vincent and guests Rachel Katzenellenbogen, Roger Hendrix, and Harmit Malik recorded TWiV #135 live at the 2011 ASM General Meeting in New Orleans, where they discussed transformation and oncogenesis by human papillomaviruses, the amazing collection of bacteriophages on the planet, and the evolution of genetic conflict between virus and host.

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Roger – Atomic structure of adenovirus by cry0-EM (Science)
Harmit – Syncytin knockout mice show role for endogenous retroviral gene (PNAS)
 Vincent – Free science, one paper at a time by David Dobbs

Listener Pick of the Week

Mark  – Shot by Shot

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TWiV 134: Meet Ralph, your cruise director

norovirusHosts: Vincent Racaniello, Rich Condit, Dickson Despommier, Alan Dove, and Stephanie Karst

Vincent, Rich, Alan, and Dickson review noroviruses with Stephanie Karst, PhD.

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Stephanie – Effectors of the type I interferon response (Nature)
Dickson – Receptor for Ebola virus (PNAS)
Rich – A History of Vaccines
Alan – The Worst Journey in the World by Apsley Cherry-Garrard
Vincent – ASM Live 2011 webcast

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Sophie  – TED talk app for iPad and iPhone

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TWiV 133: The HIV hideout

Dr. Kathleen CollinsHosts: Vincent Racaniello, Rich Condit, Dickson Despommier, Alan Dove, and Kathleen Collins

Vincent, Rich, Alan, and Dickson discuss the cellular reservoir of HIV-1 with Kathleen Collins, MD, PhD.

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Kathleen – TRIM5 is an innate immune sensor (Nature)
Rich – A Biologist’s Mothers Day Song (YouTube)
Alan – World of Viruses
Vincent – Magnet Balls (Amazon)

Listener Pick of the Week

Chris  – Periodic Tales by Hugh Aldersey-Williams

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TWiV 132: Virology 911

alfred sacchettiHosts: Vincent Racaniello, Rich Condit, Dickson Despommier, Alan Dove, and Alfred Sacchetti

Vincent, Rich, Alan, and Dickson speak with Alfred Sacchetti, MD, Chief of Emergency Services at Our Lady of Lourdes Medical Center, about viral infections encountered in the emergency room.

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Al – The Physics of Superheroes and NKT Watch
Dickson – Fibonacci Fun by Trudi Hammel Garland and Rachel Gage
Rich – Retraction Watch
Alan – Neil deGrasse’s comments on UFOs, argument from ignorance, and scientific method (YouTube)
Destanie – Microcosm by Carl Zimmer
Vincent – The intestinal microbiota and viral susceptibility

Listener Pick of the Week

Jim  – Extraordinary Measures

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TWiV 131: A REOstat for cancer

reovirus coreHosts: Vincent Racaniello, Alan Dove, Dickson Despommier, and Brad Thompson

Vincent, Alan, and Dickson chat with Brad Thompson, CEO of Oncolytics Biotech, about using reovirus to treat cancer.

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Dickson – Angels and Insects
Alan – Science Buddies
Vincent – Emerging Diseases: The Importance of Early Warning and Surveillance (YouTube)

Listener Pick of the Week

Josh  – Prof. Racaniello’s Virology course on iTunes

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TWiV 130: Rhino tracking, wrestling pox, and HCV in the crosshairs

organ culture hrv cHosts: Vincent Racaniello, Alan Dove, and Rich Condit

Vincent, Alan, and Rich discuss growth in culture of newly identified rhinovirus C, vaccinia transmission among wrestlers and martial artists, and results of phase III clinical trial of boceprevir, a new inhibitor of hepatitis C virus replication.

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Rich – Rock-paper-scissors vs computer (thanks, Megan!)
Alan – WebCite
Vincent – Edward Jenner Museum (EID)

Listener Pick of the Week

Derek Tolly  – A Paralyzing Fear: The Story of Polio in America (IMDb)

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The Hosts of TWiV

Vincent Racaniello, Ph.D.


Dickson D.
Despommier, Ph.D.


Alan Dove, Ph.D.


Daniel Griffin, M.D.,
Ph.D., CTropMed CTH


Jolene Ramsey, Ph.D.


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