TWiV 537: Boundary issues

The Scholars of the Podcast reveal ribosomal proteins encoded in viral genomes, and a protein cell receptor for bat influenza viruses.

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

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Weekly Science Picks 1:20:37

Brianne – Yes, I’m a Scientist on Twitter. Stop Judging Me.
Alan – Impact of vaccines, graphed in heat maps
Dickson – Treehoppers
Kathy – World watershed maps
Rich –  Gene Machine by Venki Ramakrishnan
Vincent – House hearing on measles outbreak (ASM comment)

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Jordan – Facebook may remove anti-vaccine recommendations

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TWiV 536: A flock of seagulls, a herd of seals

Vincent and Alan travel to Tufts Veterinary School where they meet up with members of the Runstadler lab to talk about their work on influenza virus circulation in water birds and seals.

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello and Alan Dove

Guests: Jonathan Runstadler, Nichola Hill, Wendy Puryear, and Kate Sawatzki

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TWiV 535: Miles to go before I leak

The TWiV team discuss the use of quantum dots to study uncoating of influenza virus in real time, and induction of endothelial dysfunction by flavivirus NS1 proteins in a tissue-specific manner.

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

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Weekly Science Picks 1:19:29

Brianne – Hotel Influenza
Alan – Your town’s climate in 60 years
Dickson – BMC Research in Progress Photo Competition
Rich –  NASA’s Opportunity Rover Mission on Mars Ends  (landing animation)
Vincent – Watch a single cell become a complex organism in six minutes

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Anne – Pathogenesis II Kickstarter

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TWiV 534: Portal to the METTL

Calicivirus portal

The TWiV crew reveal a unique portal on the calcivirus capsid formed upon receptor engagement, and the regulation of interferon responses in virus-infected cells by methylation of mRNA.

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

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Weekly Science Picks 1:22:15

Brianne – The Red Queen’s Race Card Game
Alan – Pentax Papilio II
Dickson – Felice Frankel on improving visual side of science
Kathy – History of the alphabet chart (free download) usefulcharts.com (see blog, such as Latin Greek Cyrillic Venn Diagram)
Vincent – Virology Lectures 2019

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Peter – Microbehunter (YouTube, blog, forum)

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TWiV 533: Recurring threads

Rousettus

The TWiVosophers review the Chinese plasma virome revealed by non-invasive prenatal testing, and a new filovirus genome from bats in China.

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

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Weekly Science Picks 1:33:54

Brianne – Trying Polar Vortex Experiments at Home
Rich – Three Identical Strangers
Kathy – Science wear, especially for Valentine’s Day (discount)
Vincent – State of anti-vaccine movement in US and Top 10 Health Threats for 2019

Listener Pick

Amy – If government can’t deliver safe vaccines, is it fit to rule?
Ted – Understanding Economics of Microbial Threats (pdf)

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TWiV 532: Morbillivirus had a little lamb

Wild boar

The TWiVers discuss the spread of African swine fever virus and its threat to pig farming, and the zoonotic potential of peste des petits ruminants virus.

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

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Weekly Science Picks 1:25:27

Alan – Retraction Watch database
Rich – “The Mayo Clinic: Faith Hope Science” by Ken Burns
Kathy – U-M EEB Photographer at Large contest
Vincent – Vaccines: An achievement of civilization

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David – Useless Knowledge Begets New Horizons

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TWiV 531: Circ du RNA

circRNA

Patrick Moore returns to TWiV to discuss the discovery from the Chang-Moore laboratory of circular RNAs in cells infected with herpesviruses.

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

Guest: Patrick Moore

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Weekly Science Picks 1:26:51

Brianne – The herd to the rescue
Alan – Magic Wings Butterfly Conservatory
Dickson – 100,000 Genomes Project
Kathy – Your Age on Other Worlds
Vincent – Vitamin D and Prevention of Cancer and Cardiovascular Disease
Pat (Dissenting) – North Korea and Bioweapons

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Eric – The Molecular Basis of Life

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TWiV 530: Quiet please!

Retroviral silencingSteve Goff returns to TWiV to discuss the work of his laboratory on how retroviral genomes are silenced in infected cells.

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

Guest: Steve Goff

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🎼 They’ll histone you when you start to transcribe,
And they’ll histone you just for tryin’ to get by,
So be careful when you uncoat your genome,
‘Cause everybody must histone.

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Weekly Science Picks 57:00, 1:27:39

Alan – The Tangled Tree by David Quammen
Dickson – Ammonia could power the globe
Kathy – Portmanteaux and A.Word.A.Day
Vincent – Curioscity
Steve – Alice and Bob Meet the Wall of Fire

Listener Pick

Chaim – Tony Fauci on getting your flu vaccine (mp3)

Intro music is by Ronald Jenkees.

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TWiV 529: Rueckert Road

At the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Vincent meets up with one of his virology heroes, Roland R. Rueckert, to talk about his research and his second career as a forest manager.

Host: Vincent Racaniello

Guest: Roland R. Rueckert

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TWiV 528: Our annual recapsidation

Starring virusIn the first episode for 2019, the TWiV team reviews the amazing virology stories of the past year.

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

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Weekly Science Picks 1:39:10

Alan – Pandemic Trail game
Rich – On a Bat’s Wing and a Prayer
Dickson – Decoding Watson
Kathy – Phenotypic variation in outbred and inbred mice
Vincent – Trump County Confronts the Administration Amid Rash of Child Cancers

Listener Pick

Anne – Peter Hotez interview
Islam – Letter from Crick to Watson (pdf)

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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