From the University of Texas at Austin, Vincent and Rich speak with Chris Sullivan about his work on miRNAs encoded in the genomes of polyomaviruses and papillomaviruses, and how an RNA triphosphatase restricts hepatitis C virus replication.
The TWiVome reveal the first eukaryotic genes in a bacteriophage of Wolbachia, and how DNA tumor virus oncogenes antagonize sensing of cytoplasmic DNA by the cell.
Vincent visits the University of Michigan where he and Kathy speak with Michael, Adam, and Akira about polyomaviruses, virus evolution, and virus assembly, on the occasion of naming the department of Microbiology & Immunology a Milestones in Microbiology site.
Vincent meets up with Janet Butel and Rick Lloyd at Baylor College of Medicine to talk about their work on polyomaviruses and virus induced stress.
TWiV 250: Wookie viruses
- September 15, 2013
- Tagged as: BK, ICAAC, JC, Ki, Merkel cell, polyomavirus, sv40, T antigen, viral, virology, virus, Wu
Vincent and Robert recorded this episode at the 53rd ICAAC in Denver, where they talked about polyomaviruses.
Vincent, Alan, and Kathy discuss how coagulation factor X binding to adenovirus activates the innate immune system, and a novel polyomavirus associated with brain tumors in raccoons.
TWiV 160: Moore tumor viruses
- December 4, 2011
- Tagged as: cancer, kaposi, kshv, merkel, polyomavirus, sarcoma, tumor virus, viral, virology, virus
The TWiV team speaks with Patrick Moore about his discovery, with Yuan Chang, of two human tumor viruses, Kaposi’s sarcoma herpesvirus and Merkel cell polyomavirus.
Vincent, Dickson, and Rich continue Virology 101 with a discussion of how viruses with DNA genomes replicate their genetic information.
TWiV 64: Ten virology stories of 2009
- January 3, 2010
- Tagged as: AIDS, antarctic virus, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, colony collapse, dengue, H1N1, hiv, honeybee, influenza, mosquito, Polio, poliomyelitis, poliovirus, polyomavirus, poxvirus, seroepidemiology, squirrel, swine flu, Vaccine, viral, virology, virus, XMRV
Vincent, Alan, and Rich discuss ten compelling virology stories of 2009.
Vincent, Dick, Alan and Rich Condit chat about infectious salmon anemia virus, virus-resistant grapevines, virulence of pandemic H1N1 influenza virus, origin of 1918 influenza virus, holy water ban to halt influenza, frequency of human WU and KI polyomavirus infection, rabies in China, and host species of sin nombre virus.