TWiV 549: The church of protocadherin

Kartik and Rohit join the TWiV team to present their identification of protocadherin-1 as a cell receptor for New World hantaviruses.

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

Guests: Kartik Chandran and Rohit Jangra

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This episode is sponsored by the 2019 Chem/Bio Defense Science and Technology Conference. Are you working on innovative research that can shape the future of chemical or biological defense? Submit your abstract and present your work to more than 1,500 leaders from government, academia and industry. Visit www.cbdstconference.com for more details.

Weekly Science Picks 1:22:44

Alan – Temi and Trint
Rich – Using Jupiter’s moons to determine where on Earth you are
Kathy – Best architecture in every state
Vincent – Cyberwire Podcast: The Ghost and the Mole
Kartik – Slack
Rohit – Antibody responses to viral infections

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TWiV 548: Mice, shrews, and caterpillars

Vincent travels to the European Congress of Virology in Rotterdam and with local co-host Marion Koopmans speaks with Martin Beer, Stephan Gunther, and Vera Ros about their careers and their work on Lassa virus, Borna virus, and insect viruses.

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello and Marion Koopmans

Guests: Martin Beer, Stephan Gunther, and Vera Ros

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This episode is sponsored by the 2019 Chem/Bio Defense Science and Technology Conference. Are you working on innovative research that can shape the future of chemical or biological defense? Submit your abstract and present your work to more than 1,500 leaders from government, academia and industry. Visit www.cbdstconference.com for more details.

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TWiV 547: Upstate virology

Vincent travels to the University at Albany to speak with Cara, Rachel, and Alex about their careers and their work on stress granules, epitranscriptomics, and arboviruses.

Host: Vincent Racaniello

Guests: Cara Pager, Rachel Netzband, and Alex Ciota

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This episode is sponsored by the 2019 Chem/Bio Defense Science and Technology Conference. Are you working on innovative research that can shape the future of chemical or biological defense? Submit your abstract and present your work to more than 1,500 leaders from government, academia and industry. Visit www.cbdstconference.com for more details.

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TWiV 546: Delta blues and chitlins

The un-encapsidated TWiV Humans discuss finding hepatitis D virus-related sequences in birds and snakes, and fatal swine acute diarrhoea syndrome caused by a coronavirus of bat origin.

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

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This episode is sponsored by the 2019 Chem/Bio Defense Science and Technology Conference. Are you working on innovative research that can shape the future of chemical or biological defense? Submit your abstract and present your work to more than 1,500 leaders from government, academia and industry. Visit www.cbdstconference.com for more details.

Weekly Science Picks 1:42:11

Alan – Plots of Data visualization tool
Rich – How to control the brain; Meet UF Physician Kelly Foote, MD
Dickson – Oceanix
Kathy – Iceproofing large structures
Vincent – Neanderthal Man: In Search of Lost Genomes by Svante Paabo

Listener Pick

Johyne – NYTimes Mag Lab (sorry, no link)
Sheena – History of Vaccines by NPR

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TWiV 545: Biocrimes and misdemeanors

bsl4 suits

Jens Kuhn returns to TWiV to explain Select Agents, Priority Pathogens, Australia List Pathogens, Risk Group Agents, biosafety, biosecurity, and biosurety.

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

Guest: Jens Kuhn

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Weekly Science Picks 1:28:26

Jens – Forvo pronunciation guide
Brianne – How long do vaccines last?
Alan – How much hotter is your home town than when you were born?
Dickson – 50 Stunning Photos of Earth
Vincent – Madness and Memory by Stanley Prusiner

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TWiV 544: Immunogaga

The TWiV team reveals the repertoire of anti-viral antibodies in newborn humans, and a complement protein that binds the adenovirus capsid and prevents release of the viral DNA.

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

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Weekly Science Picks 1:36:43

Brianne – Doctors use HIV in gene therapy to fix ‘bubble boy’ disease
Rich – I Want What My Male Colleague Has
Kathy – Preventing airborne disease (video and primary article)
Vincent – The Mueller Report

Listener Pick

Steve – Vaccine Mythbusting
Cyprian – Ten simple rules towards healthier research labs

Intro music is by Ronald Jenkees.

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TWiV 543: Stoned and senile

The TWiV team discusses Medusavirus, isolated from a hot spring in Japan, and induction of neurodegeneration by recurrent herpes simplex virus 1 infection of mice.

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

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Weekly Science Picks 1:24:17

Brianne – How to Take a Picture of a Black Hole
Alan – Jupiter Marble image
Rich – NASA Commercial Crew Program; How SpaceX and Boeing will get Astronauts to the ISS; Everyday Astronaut
Dickson – Sky-High Stunners
Kathy – Arts at Michigan photo winners and UM Microscopy Core image contest winners
Vincent – NYC declares emergency over measles outbreak, mandates vaccinations and EMDataResource

Listener Pick

Martin – Sydney Brenner passes

Intro music is by Ronald Jenkees.

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TWiV 542: Inside Microbiotix

Vincent travels to Microbiotix, Inc, a biopharmaceutical company in Worcester, MA to speak with four members of the company about their discovery and development of small molecule drugs that target serious infectious diseases.

Host: Vincent Racaniello

Guests: Terry Bowlin, Zach Aron, Grace Lui, and Islam Hussein

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Listener Pick 1:01:36

Islam – How to successfully collaborate with industry

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TWiV 541: Cloaking devices

The TWiVers present mitoviruses, which infect mitochondria, and how quasi-enveloped hepatitis A virus gets naked again.

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

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Weekly Science Picks 1:16:27

Alan – Where and when to see cherry blossoms
Dickson – Nebraska floods
Kathy – Peeps fungal infection experiment
Vincent – Emergency declared in NY over measles, unvaccinated barred from public spaces

Listener Pick

Sam – STLR conversations
Josh – Tree of Life

Intro music is by Ronald Jenkees.

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TWiV 540: Wascally wiruses

rabbits around a water hole

The TWiVstars reveal the diversity of herpes simplex virus type 2 in a neonatal population, and parallel adaptation of rabbits in three countries to myxoma virus.

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

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Weekly Science Picks 1:35:33

Alan – The Quarters
Rich – Brian May – New Horizons (Ultima Thule Mix) [Official Music Video]
Dickson – How rats became an inescapable part of city living
Kathy – Principal Component Analysis (short  longer) and Educational Material about Influenza Viruses
Vincent – Why “chickenpox parties” are a terrible idea—in case it’s not obvious

Intro music is by Ronald Jenkees.

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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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