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TWiV 295: A nonslip grippe and Lassa’s LAMP

  • July 27, 2014
  • Tagged as: a-dystroglycan, arenavirus, cell entry, ferret, fusion, gain of function, haploid genetic screen, hemorrhagic fever, influenza, LAMP, Lassa virus, miRNA, receptor, viral, virology, virus

The TWiVome discusses an miRNA based strategy to mitigate risk of gain of function studies, and identification of a second receptor required for Lassa virus entry.

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TWiV 242: I want my MMTV

  • July 21, 2013
  • Tagged as: arenavirus, arms race, evolution, hemmorhagic fever, host-virus conflict, machupo virus, MMTV, mouse mammary tumor virus, parvovirus, Red Queen, retrovirus, transferrin receptor, viral, virology, virus

The complete TWiV team talks about how two different viruses shape the evolution of an essential housekeeping protein.

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TWiV 240: Virology in Vermont

  • July 7, 2013
  • Tagged as: arenavirus, BSL-3, deer mouse, hantavirus, hiv, human immunodeficiency virus, influenza, lipid rafts, sin nombre, tetraspannin, viral, virology, virus

Vincent travels to the University of Vermont to talk with Markus and Jason about their work on HIV, influenza virus, arenaviruses and hantaviruses.

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TWiV 200: Threading the NEIDL

  • September 23, 2012
  • Tagged as: arenavirus, biocontainment, biodefense, bioterrorism, bsl2, bsl3, bsl4, containment facility, filovirus, NEIDL, niaid, select agent, viral, virology, virus

Vincent, Alan, and Rich celebrate the 200th episode of TWiV by visiting the National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratories at Boston University Medical Center, where they meet with Elke, Paul, and Ron to talk about building and working in a BSL4 facility.

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TWiV 196: An arena for snakes

  • August 19, 2012
  • Tagged as: annulated tree boa, arenavirus, boa constrictor, derisi laboratory, filovirus, inclusion body disease, python, reptile, snake, viral, virology, virus

The TWiVites meet with Mark Stenglein and Joseph DeRisi to discuss their discovery of a novel arenavirus in snakes with inclusion body disease.

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TWiV 35: Much achoo about nothing

  • June 7, 2009
  • Tagged as: adjuvant, arenavirus, H1N1, influenza, Leeuwenhoek, Lister, Lujo, microbiology, pandemic, Pasteur, swine flu, viral, virology, virus

Vincent, Alan, Dick, and Richard Kessin talk about Lujo virus, a new arenavirus, influenza, WHO rewriting pandemic rules, adjuvants, and a brief history of microbiology.

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