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TWiV 639: Virology Nobel Prizes with Erling Norrby part 2

  • July 14, 2020
  • Tagged as: bacteriophage, hepatitis b virus, hiv-1, human papillomavirus, Nobel Prize, reverse transcriptase, viral, virology, virus, virus structure, viruses

Vincent and Erling resume their discussion of virology Nobel Prizes, focusing on awards for research on tumor viruses, bacteriophages, virus structure, reverse transcriptase, hepatitis B virus, HIV-1, human papillomaviruses and much more.

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TWiV 573: Inventing viruses

  • November 10, 2019
  • Tagged as: bacteriophage, Benzer, Chamberland filter, corpuscular viruses, Delbruck, electron microscope, Ellis, filterable virus, Luria, Phage, viral, virology, virus

William Summers joins the TWiV team to discuss some virology history, including the ever-changing concept of ‘virus’ and the contribution of phage research to the study of animal viruses

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TWiV 552: Delta and the amazing technicolor dreamcoat

  • June 16, 2019
  • Tagged as: bacteriophage, de novo synthesis, dengue virus, DNA polymerase, envelope glycoprotein, hepatitis b virus, hepatitis C virus, hepatitis delta virus, herlper virus, mobile genetic element, pipolin, primer, viral, virology, virus, viruses

Team TWiV reveals DNA polymerases that do not require a primer, and packaging of hepatitis delta virus by the envelope glycoproteins of diverse viruses.

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TWiV 537: Boundary issues

  • March 3, 2019
  • Tagged as: bacteriophage, bat, HLA, influenza virus, MHC II protein, receptor, ribosomal protein, ribosome, ribosome hibernation factor, viral, virology, virus, virus entry, viruses

The Scholars of the Podcast reveal ribosomal proteins encoded in viral genomes, and a protein cell receptor for bat influenza viruses.

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TWiV 502: Texas road phage

  • July 15, 2018
  • Tagged as: bacteriophage, Center for Phage Technology, Phage, phage therapy, viral, virology, virus, viruses

The TWiV team travels to Texas A&M University, home of the Center for Phage Technology, where they speak with Ry Young and Jason Gill about their work on viruses that infect bacteria.

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TWiV 487: Milwaukee viral

  • April 1, 2018
  • Tagged as: bacteriophage, gammaherpesvirus 68, herpesvirus, human cytomegalovirus, interferon, Medical College of Wisconsin, microbiome, science policy, viral, virology, virus, viruses

At the Medical College of Wisconsin, Vincent talks with current and former members of the Department of Microbiology and Immunology about their work and their careers.

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TWiV 470: Just a passing phage

  • December 3, 2017
  • Tagged as: bacteriophage, cell monolayer, endocytosis, horizontal gene transfer, phage-eukaryotic interaction, symbiosis, transcytosis, viral, virology, virus, viruses

The TWiV ninjas reveal that bacteriophage particles rapidly move across monolayers of eukaryotic cells from different tissues.

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TWiV 433: Poops viruses and worms

  • March 19, 2017
  • Tagged as: antiviral RNAi, argonaute, bacteriophage, C. elegans, crispr, dicer, evolution, fecal viruses, intestine, nematode, RNA interference, viral, virology, virome, virus, viruses
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The lovely TWiV team explore evolution of our fecal virome, and the antiviral RNA interference response in the nematode C. elegans.

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TWiV 431: Niemann-Pick of the weak

  • March 5, 2017
  • Tagged as: arthropod, bacteriophage, cytoplasmic incompatibility, ebolavirus, glycoprotein, mutation, Niemann-Pick C1, prophage, selection, transmission, viral, virology, virus, WO, wolbachia
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The TWiVirions reveal bacteriophage genes that control eukaryotic reproduction, and the biochemical basis for increased Ebolavirus glycoprotein activity during the recent outbreak.

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TWiV 428: Lyse globally, protect locally

  • February 12, 2017
  • Tagged as: astrocyte, bacteriophage, blood brain barrier, cytokines, endonuclease, horizontal gene transfer, inflammation, interferon, plasmid, superspreader, transduction, transformation, viral, virology, virus, viruses
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The TWiVsters explain how superspreader bacteriophages release intact DNA from infected cells, and the role of astrocytes in protecting the cerebellum from virus infection.

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