Vincent speaks with David Oshinsky, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Polio: An American Story, about the history of poliovirus vaccines.
Host: Vincent Racaniello
Guest: David Oshinsky
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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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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
Justin – An Apple a Day
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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 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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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
Johyne – NYTimes Mag Lab (sorry, no link)
Sheena – History of Vaccines by NPR
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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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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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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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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
Steve – Vaccine Mythbusting
Cyprian – Ten simple rules towards healthier research labs
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Vincent Racaniello, Ph.D.
Brianne Barker, Ph.D.
Rich Condit, 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.
