From ASV 2022 in Madison, Wisconsin, TWiV speaks with Pamela Bjorkman and Andy Mehle about their careers and their research on influenza virus, HIV-1, SARS-CoV-2, and influenza virus.
TWiV explores the impact of the intestinal virome on seroconversion after rotavirus vaccination, and implications of the ability of the SARS-CoV-2 beta variant to infect wild-type laboratory mice.
The TWiVers discuss the spread of African swine fever virus and its threat to pig farming, and the zoonotic potential of peste des petits ruminants virus.
At Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, Vincent speaks with Susan, Colin, and Gary about the work of their laboratories on parvoviruses, influenza viruses, and coronaviruses that infect dogs, cats, horses and other mammals.
TWiV 421: Like flies on shot
- December 25, 2016
- Tagged as: arborvirus, Eilat virus, host range, Vaccine, viral, virology, virus, viruses
The TWiVnauts present another example of an infectious but replication incompetent vaccine, an insect specific arborvirus bearing chikungunya virus structural proteins.
TWiV 364: It’s not SARS 2.0
- November 22, 2015
- Tagged as: bat, coronavirus, gain of function, host range, infectious viral DNA, MERS, pathogenesis, SARS, spike glycoprotein, tropism, viral, virology, virus, viruses, zoonoses, zoonosis
Vincent, Rich, and Kathy speak with Ralph and Vineet about their research on the potential of SARS-like bat coronaviruses to infect human cells and cause disease in mice.