TWiV 384: Agent 003, a view to a fish kill

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, Alan Dove and Rich Condit

Guests: Nischay Mishra and Ian Lipkin

Nischay and Ian join the TWiVions to discuss mass die-offs of tilapia by a novel orthomyxo-like virus, Ian’s editorial on the movie Vaxxed, and new vaccines to prevent dengue virus infections, including a human challenge model. 

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Links for this episode

• Novel orthomyxo-like virus in Tilapia die-offs (mBio) 3:45
• Fish flu (TWiV 41) 29:15
• Anti-vaccination lunacy won’t stop (WSJ) 30:55
• Single-dose dengue vaccine effective (J Inf Dis) 51:20
• Dengue vaccine needs (J Inf Dis) 53:35
• Composition of TV003 (J Inf Dis) 47:30
• Dengue vaccine mutagenesis (Curr Top Micr Imm) 48:30
• Dengue human challenge model (Sci Transl Med) 54:10
• Yellow fever alarm (STAT) 1:04:45
• Experiment: Zika virus 1:14:25
• UC Berkeley Microbiology Student Symposium 1:16:00
• Image credit
• Letters read on TWiV 384 1:14:25

This episode is sponsored by ASM Agar Art Contest, ASM Grant Writing Course, and ASV 2016 36:55, 1:03:40

Timestamps by Jennifer. Thanks!

Weekly Science Picks 1:30:20

Rich – Dune by Frank Herbert
Alan – Adult vaccination video contest
Dickson – Ski town greenhouse
Vincent – Preprint servers: Force awakens or revenge of undead?

Listener Picks

Ken – Golden Mole Awards for Accidental Brilliance (list, video)
Jim – Linear algebra course

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