Ari and Kishana, two of the founders of Black in Microbiology, join TWiV to discuss the goals of the organization, then we review pauses of J&J and Lilly COVID-19 vaccine trials, preclinical studies of Regeneron’s SARS-CoV-2 monoclonal antibody cocktail, reinfection of a patient in Nevada, and listener questions.
Robert writes: Hello TWiV Team, Attached find an image of a mall storefront. A sad sign of our times. Best regards, Robert Rancho Cucamonga, California Rick writes: On TwiV665 listener John asked whether NCBI was demonstrating…
Daniel Griffin provides a clinical report on COVID-19, then Amy joins us to discuss the 2020 Chemistry Nobel Prize for gene editing using CRISPR/Cas9, continuing circulation of poliovirus in Afghanistan, inborn errors of interferon in patients with severe COVID-19, and listener questions.
John writes: Hello TWIV, I am a hospitalist physician in New Mexico who has been deeply involved in our hospital’s response to the pandemic, and also I have been involved in advising the local schools. …
Kizzmekia Corbett joins TWiV to review her career and her work on respiratory syncytial virus, influenza virus, and coronaviruses and coronavirus vaccines, including her role in development and testing of a spike-encoding mRNA vaccine, and then we review the Nobel Prize for discovery of hepatitis C virus.
Michele writes: Hello all, I am a veterinarian in Montana and this is my second request for you to have a veterinary infectious disease or other veterinary expert on the podcast. Mostly, it is because…
John writes: Hi TWiV Team, Thanks again for all that you are doing. I am really looking forward to this week’s discussion about Vitamin D with Dr. Griffin. Vitamin D is considered a marker of…
Tony Schountz joins TWiV to explain the work of his laboratory showing that deer mice can be infected with and transmit SARS-CoV-2, and how his colony of Jamaican fruit bats is being used to understand their response to virus infections.
Adrianna and Liem write: Dear TWiV team, We are researchers at the University of Melbourne studying antimicrobial resistance in hospital pathogens and have greatly enjoyed listening to you in the lab over the past few…
Daniel Griffin provides a clinical report on COVID-19, review of the phase I and II trials of the Russian prime-boost vaccine, a mouse model that recapitulates age-dependent severe disease, and listener questions.
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
Angela Mingarelli, DVM
Jolene Ramsey, Ph.D.