ferretHosts: Vincent Racaniello, Alan Dove, and Kathy Spindler

Vincent, Alan, and Kathy review selection of influenza H5N1 viruses that can transmit among ferrets by aerosol.

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Kathy – Wind map
Vincent
The A-Z of Epidemiology (YouTube)

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Kristoffer – How to read a paper
NevaElectricity from viruses

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hbv architectureHosts: Vincent Racaniello, Vanessa Cowton, Mary Holton, Mark Robinson, Swetha Vijayakrishnan, and Gavin Wilkie

Vincent returns to the Centre for Virus Research at the University of Glasgow and meets with postdocs to discuss their science and their careers.

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Centre for Virus Research GlasgowHosts: Vincent Racaniello, Massimo Palmarini, John MacLauchlan, Emma Thomson, and Hande Harmanci.

Vincent travels to Scotland to meet with members of the Centre for Virus Research at the University of Glasgow to discuss their work on hepatitis C virus and jaagsiekte sheep retrovirus.

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VincentMicrobe art

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Judi – Cell Imaging (Mac App Store)

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Beautiful But Deadly 4 by Michele BanksHosts: Vincent Racaniello and Rich Condit

Vincent and Rich discuss recovery of a hepatitis B viral genome from a 16th century Korean mummy, and personal omics profiling of an individual over a 14 month period.

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Rich – The Checklist by Atul Gawande
VincentArtologica

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David – Cracking your genetic code (Nova)
JoshThe nuclearization of biology is a threat to health and security (pdf)

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stump grinder

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Alan Dove, and Rich Condit

The TWiV chiefs tackle reader email about how to pronounce Buda, Texas, grinding tree stumps, and much more.

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Alan – World Wide Lightning Location Network
Rich – Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson
VincentThe Ocelloid

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lafrenchfille – whatshouldwecallgradschool
NevaAntiviral drugs by Carl Zimmer
SergioAPSnet

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plaque fortHosts: Vincent Racaniello, Sarah Connolly, Andrew Karaba, Robert Lamb, and Greg Smith

Vincent visits with members of the Department of Microbiology and Immunology at Northwestern University School of Medicine to discuss their work on herpesviruses and parainfluenzaviruses.

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Sarah – Breasts: A Natural and Unnatural History by Florence Williams
Andrew – The Strangest Man by Graham Farmelo
VincentGates Grand Challenges in Global Health awards

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Ed – Pursuit of Light (YouTube); MRC Biomedical Picture of the Day; It’s okay to be smart

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adenoCD virusHosts: Vincent Racaniello, Rich Condit, and Alan Dove

Vincent, Rich, and Alan consider how to reform the scientific enterprise to make it more effective and robust.

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Alan – PubMed PubReMiner
Rich – Intentional Blindness (YouTube)
VincentVaccine infographic

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Ken – Wattpad

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paramyxoviridaeHosts: Vincent Racaniello, Rich Condit, Alan Dove, Dickson Despommier, and Connor Bamford

Connor joins the TWiV team to discuss bats as hosts for major mammalian paramyxoviruses.

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Connor – Microbiology Twitter journal club
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Where the Wild Types Are (YouTube)
Rich – May 14th: Smallpox vaccination day
Dickson – Searching for pore-fection (Science)
VincentRRResearch

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Stephen – Every Major’s Terrible (xkcd)

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influenza h5 HAHosts: Vincent Racaniello, Rich Condit, Alan Dove, and Michael J. Imperiale

Michael joins the TWiV crew to discuss the recently published influenza H5N1 transmission paper and how it was viewed by the NSABB.

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Alan – 18th century shipping mapped
Rich – Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
VincentAir France 447 (Telegraph)

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Josh – Vaccines course by Dr. Paul Offit

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Cotia virus by Maria Luiza MedagliaHosts: Vincent Racaniello, Rich Condit, and Kathy Spindler

Vincent, Rich, and Kathy discuss Cotia virus, a new poxvirus, Orf virus infections associated with handling goats and lamb, and the innate immune response to prions.

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Kathy – Astronomy Picture of the Day (especially this and this)
Rich – Tom Lehrer Element Song (YouTube)
VincentAlbert B. Sabin Archives

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SpencerNetter’s Infectious Diseases by Elaine C. Jong and Dennis L. Stevens
Richard – Germs, Genes & Civilization by David P. Clark

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