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TWiV 335: Ebola lite

  • May 3, 2015
  • Tagged as: aerosol, airborne, ebolavirus, evolution, funding, going aerosol, grants, mutation, NIH, Osterholm, research, transmission, Vaccine, viral, virology, virus, VP30

The TWiVumvirate discusses a whole Ebolavirus vaccine that protects primates, the finding that Ebolavirus is not undergoing rapid evolution, and a proposal to increase the pool of life science researchers by cutting money and time from grants.

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TWiV 334: In vino virus

  • April 26, 2015
  • Tagged as: budget, canine influenza, caulimovirus, doubling, Dr. Oz, ebolavirus, florendovirus, grape, NIH, pinot noir, sexual transmission, viral, virology, virus

The TWiVles talk about endogenous viruses in plants, sex and Ebolavirus transmission, an outbreak of canine influenza in the US, Dr. Oz, and doubling the NIH budget.

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TWiV 333: Naturally curious chimeras

  • April 19, 2015
  • Tagged as: colon cancer, coronavirus, lps, MD/PhD program, Medical Scientist Training Program, MSTP, NIH, PD-1, respiratory syncytial virus, Vanderbilt University, viral, virology, virus, WRVU
TWiV 333

Vincent returns to Vanderbilt University and meets up with Ben, Megan, Bobak, and Meredith to learn about life in the Medical Scientist Training Program.

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TWiV 219: Fauci pharmacy

  • February 10, 2013
  • Tagged as: AIDS, Anthony S. Fauci, hepatitis C virus, hiv, influenza, niaid, NIH, SARS, viral, virology, virus

Vincent and Rich meet up with Anthony S. Fauci, MD, Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.

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TWiV 208: The biomedical research crisis with Jon Yewdell

  • November 25, 2012
  • Tagged as: american biomedical research, graduate student, jon yewdell, NIH, postdoctoral, science career, viral, virology, virus

Vincent is joined by special guest Jon Yewdell to discuss solutions for ending the current crisis in American biomedical research.

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TWiV 203: Mark Challberg, a cold room kind of guy

  • October 14, 2012
  • Tagged as: adenovirus, dna replication, herpes simplex virus, mark challberg, niaid, NIH, poxvirus, Program Officer, science administration, vaccinia virus, viral, virology, virus

Vincent and Rich meet up with Mark Challberg to talk about his scientific career studying viral DNA replication, and his transition to an NIH Program Officer.

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