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TWiV 923: If a bat pees in a forest, does anyone care?

July 31, 2022
Tagged as: bat, ecology, Hendra virus, land use, Nipah virus, pandemic, SAR-CoV-2, spillover, viral, virology, virus, viruses, zoonoses

From The Third International Symposium on Infectious Diseases of Bats in Ft. Collins, Colorado, TWiV speaks with Vincent Munster and Raina Plowright about their careers and their research on bats, bat viruses, bat ecology and spillover events.

Vincent and Rich return to the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston to speak with Dennis Bente, Shannan Rossi, Nikos Vasilakis, and Scott Weaver about their work on viruses transmitted by mosquitoes and ticks.

TWiV 536: A flock of seagulls, a herd of seals

February 24, 2019
Tagged as: avian influenza, ecology, influenza virus, pandemic, seagull, seal, seal influenza, spillover, Tufts veterinary school, viral, virology, virus, viruses, water birds

Vincent and Alan travel to Tufts Veterinary School where they meet up with members of the Runstadler lab to talk about their work on influenza virus circulation in water birds and seals.

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TWiV 289: Vinny and the capsids

June 15, 2014
Tagged as: ecology, life, listener questions, pressure, science funding, vaccination, viral, virology, virus

Vinny and the capsids answer listener questions about the definition of life, state vaccination laws, the basic science funding problem, viral ecology, inactivation of viruses by pressure, and much more.

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TWiV 923: If a bat pees in a forest, does anyone care?

TWiV 587: One bite is all it takes

TWiV 536: A flock of seagulls, a herd of seals

TWiV 289: Vinny and the capsids

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