TWiV 559: Nectin connection what’s your infection?

The complete TWiV team give a report on the Ebola virus outbreak in DRC, and reveal that cell surface nectin proteins cause the transfer of cytoplasmic cargo, including measles virus, between cells.

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

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Weekly Science Picks 1:29:13

Brianne – DukeMed Distinguished Award: Bill Joklik
Alan – Audubon photography awards for 2019
Rich – Joklik paper on vaccinia virus mRNA; Joklik MEM
Dickson – Ghost orchid pollination revealed
Kathy – Crocheted petri plates
Vincent – Documents relating to history of ASV

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Neva – What happens if we engineer a superbug?

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TWiV 558: Joklik’s legacy

From ASV 2019 at the University of Minnesota, TWiV explores the origins of the American Society for Virology with Sid Grossberg and Pat Spear.

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Rich Condit, Kathy Spindler, and Brianne Barker

Guests: Sid Grossberg and Pat Spear

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TWiV 557: Congress in Rotterdam

From the European Congress of Virology in Rotterdam, Vincent and local co-host Ben Berkhout speak with Ron Fouchier, Rosina Girones, and Marie-Paule Kieny about their careers and their work on influenza virus, environmental virology, and developing an Ebola virus vaccine during an epidemic.

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello and Ben Berkhout

Guests: Ron Fouchier, Rosina Girones, and Marie-Paule Kieny

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TWiV 556: Glycolyl’s not for the birds

TWiV minus one reveals delayed neurological deficits in children without microcephaly born to Zika virus infected mothers, and N-glycolyl-neuraminic acid as a receptor for influenza A viruses.

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, Alan Dove, Kathy Spindler, and Brianne Barker

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Weekly Science Picks 1:27:27

Brianne – Foldable viral capsid models and Foldable models demonstrate T numbers
Alan – Laws Guide to Nature Drawing and Journaling
Dickson – NASA 50th Events
Kathy – Altas Obscura’s 17,069 strange and wonderful places
Vincent – TWiEVO 44: The enemy of my enemy is my phage

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Anthony – Global Water Pathogen Project

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TWiV 555: Fidelity and the single cell

From ASM Microbe 2019, Vincent, Brianne and Calvin meet up with Craig Cameron to discuss his career and his work exploring RNA-dependent RNA synthesis and single cell virology.

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Brianne Barker, and Calvin Yeager

Guest: Craig Cameron

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TWiV 554: Full fathom five thy viromes lie

A trio of TWiVers reports on influenza in Australia, how a host protein impacts bird to human movement of influenza virus, and marine DNA viral diversity in the oceans from pole to pole.

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Kathy Spindler, and Alan Dove

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Weekly Science Picks 1:07:05

Alan – Stephanie Langel’s Discovery Talk
Kathy – Map of languages in the USA
Vincent – Grad student mental health with Susanna Harris video and on TWiM 199

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Fernando – Pushing back on hyped-up science

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TWiV 552: Delta and the amazing technicolor dreamcoat

Team TWiV reveals DNA polymerases that do not require a primer, and packaging of hepatitis delta virus by the envelope glycoproteins of diverse viruses.

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, Alan Dove, Rich Condit, and Brianne Barker

Guest: Kiki Warren

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Weekly Science Picks 1:27:06

Alan – Seek
Rich – Want to See My Genes? Get a Warrant and NIH director will no longer speak on all-male science panels
Brianne – Unique scientists
Dickson – Vaccines – Calling the Shots
Vincent – NY eliminates religious vaccine exemptions and Jessica Biel reveals that she does not understand vaccines
Kiki – Converting type A to type O blood

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Justin – An Apple a Day

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TWiV 551: Golden hands

At Retroviruses 2019 in Cold Spring Harbor, Vincent speaks with virologist Bryan Cullen about his work and his career, together with former associates Ann Skalka, Paul Bieniasz, and Michael Malim.

Host: Vincent Racaniello

Guests: Bryan Cullen, Paul Bieniasz, Michael Malim, and Ann Skalka

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TWiV 550: Covering up the shiny parts

TWiV explains the use of a neuronal cell line to study herpes simplex virus latency and reactivation, and a strategy for creating vaccines that induce antibodies against specific epitopes.

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier,Alan Dove, Rich Condit, and Brianne Barker

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Weekly Science Picks 1:24:02

Alan – Quabbin Reservoir
Rich – Katherine Swan Ginsburg Humanism in Medicine Program; The Arnold P. Gold Foundation
Brianne – UPitt Measles Simulator
Dickson – James Webb Space Telescope
Vincent – Nobel Prizes and Life Sciences by Erling Norrby

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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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