Vincent and Rich visit the Microbiology and Immunology Department at the University of Michigan Medical School, and speak with Alice and Kathy about their work on HIV genome dimerization, and packaging and pathogenesis of mouse adenovirus.
TWiV 151: Dear TWiVers
- October 2, 2011
- Tagged as: antibodies, bioterror, contagion, email, evolution, fecal virome, heisenberg, hiv, hpv, natalizumab, phage therapy, viral, virology, virus
Vincent, Alan, and Rich review questions and comments from TWiV listeners.
TWiV 150: Contaminated
- September 25, 2011
- Tagged as: baculovirus, CFS, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, hcv, hiv, hpv, influenza, narcolepsy, pml, retraction, t cells, Vaccine, viral, virology, virus, XMRV
Vincent, Dickson, and Rich meant to do an all-email episode, but first they review results of the Blood XMRV Scientific Research Working Group, and partial retraction of the paper associating XMRV with chronic fatigue syndrome.
TWiV 146: Draco’s potion
- August 28, 2011
- Tagged as: AIDS, antiviral, apoptosis, broad spectrum, double stranded RNA, draco, hiv, pkr, selection, t cell epitope, Vaccine, viral, virology, virus
Vincent, Rich, and Abbie review a broad spectrum antiviral protein, and selective pressure applied by a failed HIV-1 vaccine.
Vincent, Rich, and Alan discuss live blogging of scientific meetings, the current outbreak of Hendra virus is Australia, and using zinc finger nucleases to make HIV-resistant CD4 cells.
Vincent, Alan, Rich, and Judy Lieberman review the use of CD4 aptamer-siRNA chimeras to inhibit HIV transmission.
Vincent and journalist David Tuller converse about the state of science reporting by the press.
Vincent, Alan, Rich, and Dickson discuss bacteria that can utilize arsenic in place of phosphorus, the passing of Frank Fenner, polio outbreak in The Congo, solving criminal cases of HIV transmission, and classifying viruses by capsid structure.
Vincent, Alan, Rich, and Saul review the evolution of HIV-1 specific recombinases, and down-regulation of a host microRNA by a viral noncoding RNA.
TWiV 92: Live at ASV in Bozeman
- July 25, 2010
- Tagged as: AIDS, antiviral, asv, bozeman, hiv, mutualism, plant virus, Polio, poliovirus, symbiosis, tmv, viral, virology, virus
Vincent, Rich, Karla, and Marilyn recorded TWiV at the 29th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Virology in Bozeman, where they discussed plant viruses and how they make plants resistant to adverse conditions, and identification of dominant negative drug targets.
Inside a BSL-4
