TWiV 90: Guano happens

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Alan Dove, Rich Condit, and Eric F. Donaldson

Vincent, Alan, Rich and Eric discuss identification of viruses in Northeastern American bats, vaccinia virus infection after sexual contact with a military vaccinee, and identification of a new flavivirus from an Old World bat in Bangladesh.

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Eric – Year of Darwin by Sean Carroll
Rich – March of the Penguins
Alan – Standing-height desks
Vincent – DengueWatch (thanks Richard!)

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TWiV 89: Where do viruses vacation?

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello and Alan Dove

Vincent and Alan review recent findings on the association of the retrovirus XMRV with ME/CFS, reassortment of 2009 pandemic H1N1 influenza virus in swine, and where influenza viruses travel in the off-season.

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Alan – Tree of Life graphic
Vincent – TEDx Oil Spill

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TWiV 88: A bug fix, an AIDS treatment, and an undead retrovirus

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Alan Dove, and Marc Pelletier

Vincent, Alan, and Marc discuss using a virus for beetle control, RNA based gene therapy for AIDS, and reconstitution of a endogenous human retrovirus.

This episode is sponsored by Data Robotics Inc.

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Marc – Apple iPad as a tool for writing, with Papers, Pages, and GoodReader
Alan – The Bacterium and the Bacteriophage
Vincent – Naturally Obsessed (thanks, Sharon!)

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TWiV 87: A PHIREside chat with Professor Graham Hatfull

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Alan Dove, Rich Condit, and Graham Hatfull

Vincent, Alan, and Rich hear from Professor Graham Hatfull how students in the Phage Hunters Integrating Research and Education (PHIRE) program learn about scientific inquiry by doing research on bacteriophages.

This episode is sponsored by Data Robotics Inc.

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Rich – CDC Public Health Image Library
Alan – Great Microbiologists – A Lego Movie
Vincent – March of the Microbes by John L. Ingraham
Graham – Coral Reefs in the Microbial Seas by Forest Rohwer

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TWiV 86: Dark matter with Dr. Eric Delwart

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Rich Condit, and Eric Delwart

Vincent and Rich travel to the Blood Systems Research Institute in San Francisco to speak with Eric Delwart about his work on virus discovery.

This episode is sponsored by Data Robotics Inc.

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Rich – Google Crisis Response – Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill
Vincent – HHMI resources for teachers and students (thanks, Jim!)
Eric – Vaccine by Arthur Allen

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TWiV 85: Hepatitis C virus with Professor Michael Gale

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello and Michael Gale

Vincent and Michael Gale discuss the origin, pathogenesis, prevention, of hepatitis C virus, and how it evades innate immune responses.

This episode is sponsored by Data Robotics Inc.

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  • The Gale Laboratory at the University of Washington
  • Incredible view from the Gale laboratory (jpg)
  • Evasion and disruption of innate immune signalling by hepatitis C and West Nile viruses (review)
  • New potent HCV inhibitor
  • HCV virion and genome structures at ViralZone
  • Episode transcript (pdf)

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TWiV 84: Gators go viral

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Rich Condit, Dave Bloom, and Grant McFadden

Vincent and Rich spoke with Dave Bloom and Grant McFadden about their work on herpesviruses and poxviruses in this episode recorded before an audience at the University of Florida, Gainesville – home of the Gators.

This episode is sponsored by Data Robotics Inc.

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Rich – Charles F. Littlewood photographs
Vincent – Not so humble pie (thanks, Sophie!)
Grant – The Strangest Man by Graham Farmelo
David –  Is Parkinson’s Disease a prion disorder?

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TWiV 83: An hour with Dr. Kiki

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Alan Dove, Rich Condit, and Kirsten Sanford

Vincent, Alan, Rich, and special guest Dr. Kirsten Sanford talk about her career in science media, then consider whether smallpox eradication led to the AIDS pandemic, high fidelity RNA synthesis, and a new Ebola virus vaccine.

This episode is sponsored by Data Robotics Inc.

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Alan – Evernote
Rich – The Knife Man by Wendy Moore
Vincent – The Pump Handle

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TWiV 82: Immunology in silico

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello and Rich Condit

Vincent and Rich talk about how thymic selection of T cells might lead to better control of HIV-1 infection, and a mouse model for severe antibody-induced dengue virus disease.

This episode is sponsored by Data Robotics Inc.

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Rich The Mold in Dr. Florey’s Coat: The Story of the Penicillin Miracle by Eric Lax
Vincent Proteopedia (thanks, Erik!)

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TWiV 81: Be a virus, see the world

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello and Rich Condit

Vincent and Rich answer listener questions on viruses and gluten allergy, RNA silencing, influenza virus, herpes simplex virus, HIV/AIDS, chronic fatigue syndrome, manicure salons, and the koala tea of Marseilles.

This episode is sponsored by Data Robotics Inc.

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Rich Google Chrome browser ‘speed test‘ (and how it was made)
Vincent Inside the Outbreaks by Mark Pendergrast

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The Hosts of TWiV

Vincent Racaniello, Ph.D.


Brianne Barker, Ph.D.


Rich Condit, Ph.D.


Dickson D.
Despommier, Ph.D.


Alan Dove, Ph.D.


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


Angela Mingarelli, DVM


Jolene Ramsey, Ph.D.


Kathy Spindler, Ph.D.


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