TWiV 267: Snow in the headlights

knit picornavirusHosts: Vincent Racaniello, Alan Dove, Rich Condit, and Kathy Spindler

Vincent, Alan, Rich and Kathy review a protease essential for influenza pathogenesis in mice, and directionality of rhinovirus RNA exit from the capsid.

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Kathy – Amazing maps
Alan – Florida to NJ in 156 seconds (YouTube)
Rich – Whiteout over Great Lakes from Space
Vincent – LORiOLA viral necklaces

Listener Pick of the Week

Carol – Knit picornavirus
Robert – RNA: Life’s Indispensible Molecule by James Darnell,
and Biochemical Pathways by Michal and Schomburg

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TWiV 266: A pathogenic vicious cycle

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Alan Dove, and Kathy Spindler

Vincent, Alan, and Kathy discuss finding viruses in outer space, varying results obtained from personal genetic testing, and depletion of CD4 cells during HIV infection by pyroptosis.



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Kathy – 17 mundane things, mind blowing views
Alan – Snowovel
Vincent – Public’s views on human evolution

Listener Pick of the Week

Emily – Dengue pillow 

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TWiV 265: This year in virology

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

In their final episode of the year, the TWiV team reviews ten compelling virology stories from 2013.



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Kathy – Women in Science
Alan – Contagium
Rich – RC helicopter (demo)
Vincent – The athletic power of quadcopters

Listener Pick of the Week

Lindsay – Alcohol consumption and vaccines (Vaccine)
Johnye – The Singing Microbiologist

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TWiV 263: Game of clones

Game of clones bracketHosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, Alan Dove, Rich Condit, Kathy Spindler, and Ben tenOever

Ben joins the TWiV team to reveal the winner of his contest in which influenza viruses carrying different interferon-stimulated genes vie against one another in mice.

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Kathy – The Brain Scoop, esp. Where My Ladies At
Alan – Say ‘hi’ to a spaceship (YouTube)
Rich – Garmin BlueChart Mobile and Active Captain
Vincent – Journal boycott (one, two)
Dickson – Futurescape TV show

Listener Pick of the Week

Luis – Spillover by David Quammen
Ken – Gravity

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TWiV 262: Wrong form, right professor

Host: Vincent Racaniello

Guest: Ann Palmenberg

Vincent returns to the University of Wisconsin – Madison to speak with Ann Palmenberg about her career in virology.

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Ann Palmenberg

TWiV 261: Giants among viruses

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello and James Van Etten

Guests: Chantal Abergel and Jean-Michel Claverie

Vincent meets up with Chantal and Jean-Michel at the first International Symposium on Giant Virus Biology in Tegernsee, Germany, to discuss their work on Mimivirus, Megavirus, and Pandoravirus.



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TWiV 260: Badgers go viral

Host: Vincent Racaniello

Guests: Tom Friedrich, Tony Goldberg, and David O’Connor

Vincent visits the University of Wisconsin, Madison and speaks with Tom, Tony, and David about their work on virus discovery at the AIDS Vaccine Research Laboratory.



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TWiV 259: Windows into the soul of a cell

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello and Rich Condit

Guest: Jaquelin Dudley

Vincent and Rich join Jackie at the University of Texas, Austin to talk about her work on mouse mammary tumor virus.



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Jackie Dudley

 

TWiV 258: Hedging our bats

coronavirusHosts: Vincent Racaniello, Alan Dove, Rich Condit, Kathy Spindler, and Matt Frieman

Matt joins the TWiV team to discuss the discovery of a SARS-like coronavirus in bats that can infect human cells, and what is going on with MERS-coronavirus.

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Kathy – Optical illusion (YouTube)
Alan – Amboceptor
Matt – Reply all by Richie Frieman (audio sample)
Vincent – The microbiology of beer

Listener Pick of the Week

Cassie – NeatoShop
Peter – Synapse evolution with Seth Grant (BSP 101)

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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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