The New York City Virus Hunters join TWiV to reveal how local students engage in safe virus surveillance and conduct science research right in their neighborhoods, followed by an update on variant of concern Omicron.
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, Rich Condit, and Brianne Barker
Guests: Teresa Bautista, Isabel Francisco, Jesus Gonzales, Joel Gonzalez, Florian Krammer, and Christine Marizzi,
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Links for this episode
- Biobus 15:24, 13:30
- Wild Bird Fund 14:46
- FluLab
- B1.1.529 (COVID-19-lineages) 1:04:13
- Report on Omicron spike changes (virological) 1:08:53
- Omicron (Wikipedia) 1:07:14
- Timestamps by Jolene. Thanks!
Weekly Picks 1:18:48
Dickson – Plant Habitat-04
Brianne – The Coronavirus in a Tiny Drop
Rich – Prophet in Purgatory by Jon Cohen
Vincent – “ ’—All You Zombies—’ ” by Robert A. Heinlein (pdf)
Listener Picks
Mike – The Coronavirus in a Tiny Drop
Intro music is by Ronald Jenkees
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Timestamps
01:28 Introduces guests
03:42 Christine Marizzi background
05:07 Biobus
07:26 students Background
09:44 Isabel Background
11:54 Florian Krammer
13:29 New York City Virus Hunters
20:22 Students and montors experiences
56:58 SARS-2 Non-bat animal reservoirs
1:03:25 B1.1.529 (COVID-19-lineages)
Report on Omicron spike changes (virological)
1:07:12 Omicron (Wikipedia)
1:18:55 Weekly Picks
1:19:00 Dickson – Plant Habitat-04
1:21:19 Brianne – The Coronavirus in a Tiny Drop
1:26:06 Rich – Prophet in Purgatory by Jon Cohen
1:30:20 Vincent – “ ’—All You Zombies—’ ” by Robert A. Heinlein (pdf)
Listener Picks
1:33:57 Mike – The Coronavirus in a Tiny Drop