Colin writes: Dear TWiV hosts, I have recently become addicted to your podcasts. I’ve had an interest in infectious diseases for a long time, but without much of a background in microbiology or virology, I…
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.
Henry writes: Dear Dr. Vincent and everyone involved in this great space for the dissemination of science. There are no words to describe how happy I was when I heard that our new paper describing…
In the first episode for 2019, the TWiV team reviews the amazing virology stories of the past year.
Seth Carus writes: Dear Dr. Racaniello and colleagues, I enjoyed your conversation with Jens Kuhn. His comments on the complexity of creating biological weapons were right on the mark and serve as a useful counterpoint…
The TWiVniks explain how the three-dimensional structure of the giant Cafeteria roenbergensis virus suggests a new mode of assembly, and the apparent elimination of dengue fever in an Australian city by release of mosquitoes harboring Wolbachia.
David writes: Dear Twivniks, Re TWiV 505, here’s a thought on potential mechanisms for involvement of virus immunity in Alzheimer’s disease. I’m sure I read somewhere the notion that the capacity of cells to dispose…
Jacob writes: Hi TWiV hosts (and Vincent’s wife), I heard Vincent lament on TWiV 481 that it was not possible yet to repair cartilage with stem cells and I wanted to draw your attention to…
The TWiVome explores induction of antiviral responses by repeating patterns of capsids, and a fungus in the mosquito gut that aids dengue virus replication.
Andy writes: Hi everyone, I actually would have preferred if my aside about number of publications had not been read on air. As Kathy said, I simply had wanted to provide some actual data to…
The Hosts of TWiV
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.