TWiV 288: ebircsnart esreveR

LEGO female scientistsHosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, Alan Dove, Rich Condit, and Kathy Spindler

The Twivsters discuss how reverse transcriptase encoded in the human genome might produce DNA copies of RNA viruses in infected cells.

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Rich – Luvalamps
Alan – Experiment
Vincent – American Society for Virology on Facebook
Kathy – LEGO female scientists
Dickson – The Oldest Living Things in the World by Rachel Sussman

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Basel – A Treatise on the small-pox and measles by Abu-Bakr Al-Razi

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TWiV 287: A potentially pandemic podcast

TWiX bingoHosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, Alan Dove, Kathy Spindler, and Matt Frieman

Matt updates the TWiV team on MERS-coronavirus, and joins in a discussion of whether we should further regulate research on potentially pandemic pathogens.

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Matt – Forgive me, scientists
Alan – Do not link
Vincent – bioRxiv
Kathy – Snail photographs
Dickson – Solar roadways

Listener Pick of the Week

Daniel – Benz Biome concept car

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TWiV 286: Boston TWiV party

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello and Alan Dove

Guests: Julie Pfeiffer and Paul Duprex

Vincent and Alan meet up with Julie and Paul at the General Meeting of the American Society for Microbiology in Boston, to talk about their work on the pathogenesis of poliovirus and measles virus.



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Vincent – ASM Live 2014
Alan – I will not follow the herd
Paul – Invisible Threat
Julie – The importance of stupidity in biological research

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Neil – WEHI movies and VIZBI

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TWiV 286

TWiV 285: Hokies go viral

Host: Vincent Racaniello

Guests: XJ Meng and Sarah McDonald

Vincent meets up with XJ and Sarah at Virginia Tech to talk about their work on viruses of swine and rotaviruses.



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hokies go viral

TWiV 284: By the pricking of my thumbs, something wicked this way comes

injectionsHosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, Rich Condit, and Kathy Spindler

The TWiV team discusses how skin scarification promotes a nonspecific immune response, and whether remaining stocks of smallpox virus should be destroyed.

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Rich – EPCOT
Vincent – Medical Biotechnology
Kathy – Alan Alda interview and Flame Challenge winner
Dickson – NASA live from space

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Nicola – 50 cent microscope (be a beta tester)
Jon – Camtasia Studio

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TWiV 283: No Reston for the weary

Reston virusHosts: Vincent Racaniello, Alan Dove, Rich Condit, and Kathy Spindler

Guest: Jens H. Kuhn

Jens speaks with the TWiV team about filoviruses, including the recent Ebola virus outbreak in Guinea.

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Alan – AMNH digital special collections
Vincent – Viral entry into host cells (Stefan Pöhlmann PhD, Graham Simmons PhD, eds)
Kathy – Papilloma song lyrics (pdf)
Jens – The Logic of Chance by Eugene V. Koonin

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Joe – Poor showing of 2012 influenza vaccine (Nature)
Phil – Emerging disease or emerging diagnosis? (YouTube)

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TWiV 282: Tamiflu and tenure too

Who had what when?Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Alan Dove, Rich Condit, and Kathy Spindler

The TWiV team reviews a meta-analysis of clinical trial reports on using Tamiflu for influenza, and suggestions on how to rescue US biomedical research from its systemic flaws.

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Alan – Northampton Airport
Vincent – Particle Fever
Kathy – Turn iPhone into microscope
Rich – My favorite science gifs

Listener Pick of the Week

Nathan – The Ascent of Man (YouTube)

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TWiV 281: The Salk legacy with Peter L. Salk

Host: Vincent Racaniello

Guest: Peter L. Salk

Vincent meets up with Peter L. Salk to talk about development of the first poliovaccine, eradication of poliomyelitis, and Jonas Salk’s 100th birth anniversary.



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Peter L. Salk, MD

TWiV 280: Post viral

Periodic Table Quilt - FrontHosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, Alan Dove, Rich Condit, and Kathy Spindler

The TWiVmeisters answer listener email about the NEIDL, negative results, patenting MERS-coronavirus, human papillomavirus transmission, canine distemper virus, and much, much more.

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Alan – Heartbleed explanation
Vincent – Agriculture science today podcast
Kathy – Quizlet flashcards (online and iTunes)
Rich – Why nothing is truly alive

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Lance – Myles Power (YouTube and Facebook)
Raihan – Cheap DIY microscope
Gerald – DaVinci Press
Neal – I’m a virus

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TWiV 279: The missing LNC

embryonic stem cellsHosts: Vincent Racaniello, Alan Dove, and Kathy Spindler

Vincent, Alan, and Kathy reveal how a retrovirus in the human genome keeps embryonic stem cells in a pluripotent state, from where they can differentiate into all cells of the body.

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Alan – Heathkit
Vincent – How to think about autism risk and Autism prevalence
Kathy – Distortions

Listener Pick of the Week

Joseph – The real process of science
Marion – Zometool
Kevin – Audioimmunity and Emmunity

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The Hosts of TWiV

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Despommier, Ph.D.


Alan Dove, Ph.D.


Daniel Griffin, M.D.,
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Jolene Ramsey, Ph.D.


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