This Week in Virology

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Rich Condit, and Kathy Spindler Guest: Joan Steitz This episode was recorded at the 34th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Virology, where Vincent, Rich, and Kathy spoke with Joan Steitz, a tireless promoter of women in science and one of the greatest scientists of our generation. Links for this episode ASV annual meeting, Western University Steitz Laboratory at Yale University Steitz Laboratory on Twitter Panoramic photo of ASV TWiV by Matt Evans Photos of ASV2015 (Facebook) Video of this episode - view at YouTube Weekly Science Picks Kathy - Charity HallRich - Ribosome binding sites of phage R17 mRNAVincent - Pluto flyby Send your virology questions and comments (email or mp3 file) to twiv@twiv.tv

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, Alan Dove, and Kathy Spindler The TWiVonauts review how the weather affects West Nile virus disease in the US, benefit of B cell depletion for ME/CFS patients, and an autoimmune reaction induced by influenza virus vaccine that leads to narcolepsy. Links for this episode Virology faculty position, University of Toledo Weather and West Nile virus disease (AJTMH) B cell depletion benefits ME/CFS patients (PLoS One) Antibodies to influenza nucleoprotein cause narcolepsy (Science Transl Med) Letters read on TWiV 345 This episode is sponsored by ASM GAP - turn your science into a company Weekly Science Picks Dickson - Algal DMS releasing enzymeAlan - Science of beer agingKathy - The Art of Science winnersVincent - The future of Lego plastics Listener Pick of the Week Eric - Economics in One Lesson by Henry HazzilitStephen - The Martian by Andy Weir (audiobook) Send your virology questions and comments (email or mp3 file) to twiv@twiv.tv

Host: Vincent Racaniello Guests: Ruth Jarrett, Glen Nemerow, and Esther Schnettler At the Glasgow Science Festival microTALKS, Vincent speaks with Ruth, Glen, and Esther about their research on viruses and Hodgkin lymphoma, adenovirus structure and entry into cells, and interactions between arthropod borne viruses and their hosts. Links for this episode Glasgow Science Festival microTALKS Hodgkin lymphoma (Histopath) HHV-6 and Hodgkin lymphoma (PLoS One) Adenovirus entry (PLoS Path) Adenovirus membrane penetration (Virology) Mosquito pathways that limit CHIK replication (PLoS Negl Trop Dis) Tick antiviral RNAi (Nucl Acids Res) Video of this episode - view at YouTube Send your virology questions and comments (email or mp3 file) to twiv@twiv.tv

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, Alan Dove, Rich Condit, and Kathy Spindler The TWiVerinoes discuss the potential for prion spread by plants, global circulation patterns of influenza virus, and the roles of Argonautes and a viral protein in RNA silencing in plants. Links for this episode Prions in plants (Cell Rep) 11:35 Global influenza virus circulation (Nature) 20:40 Rough patch for plant RNA silencing (Lab Times) 29:50 Role of Argonaute proteins in plant viral defense (PLoS Path) 32:15 Rub-inoculation (YouTube) 42:45 Image credit Letters read on TWiV 343 4:00, 1:11:45 Timestamps by Jennifer. Thank you! Weekly Science Picks 1:41:45 Dickson - Global rainfall and snowfall map and A Week in the Life of RainAlan - Automated patch clampKathy - More Women in Science mini LegosRich - The Martian trailerVincent - It's a bug's life Listener Pick of the Week May - p53 by Sue Armstrong Send your virology questions and comments (email or mp3 file) to twiv@twiv.tv

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, Alan Dove, Rich Condit, and Kathy Spindler The TWiVniks discuss the structure of a virus that reproduces in an extreme environment, long-term consequences of Ebolavirus infection, and VirScan, a method to identify the different virus infections you have had in your lifetime. Links for this episode Virus with A-form DNA (Science) Viruses in the extreme (virology blog) Sequelae of Ebolavirus infection (Lancet Inf Dis) Long term Ebolavirus effects (virology blog) Take the chili ME challenge Serological profiling of human viral infections (Science) Your viral past (virology blog) Letters read on TWiV 342 Timestamps by Jennifer. Thank you! Weekly Science Picks Dickson - Incredible photosAlan - Alone in a room full of science writersKathy - Calico cats and Siamese catsRich - Missing link in evolutionVincent - Podcasts saving NPR and Podcasting blossoms Listener Pick of the Week Jenny - What Bill Gates is afraid ofNeva - The Kardashian Index Send your virology questions and comments (email or mp3 file) to twiv@twiv.tv

Host: Vincent Racaniello Guests: Adam Kucharski, Gillian Slack, and Emma Thomson Vincent returns to the University of Glasgow MRC-Center for Virus Research and speaks with Emma, Gillian, and Adam about their ebolavirus experiences: caring for an infected patient, working in an Ebola treatment center in Sierra Leone, and making epidemiological predictions about the outbreak in west Africa. Links for this episode Tribute to Richard Elliott Donate to mesothelioma research for Richard Elliott CVR science blog Photos of our visit Ceilidh goes viral! Video of this episode - view below or at YouTube Timestamps by Jennifer. Thank you! Send your virology questions and comments (email or mp3 file) to twiv@twiv.tv

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, Alan Dove, Rich Condit, and Kathy Spindler The TWiV teams reviews a MERS-coronavirus serosurvey and an outbreak in South Korea, and constraints on measles virus antigenic variation. Links for this episode Richard Elliott on TWiV 177 MERS-CoV outbreak, South Korea (ProMedMail) MERS-CoV serosurvey (Lancet Inf Dis) Biolabs in your backyard (USA Today) Constraints on measles virus antigenic variation (Cell Rep) Selection bias and bombers (John D. Cook) Virology (journal) Image credit: Cameron Moll Letters read on TWiV 340 Weekly Science Picks Dickson - Singapore Flower Dome and Cloud ForestAlan - Rescuing biomedical researchKathy - The value of basic researchRich - Virology 60th Anniversary IssueVincent - Careers in virology: Science writing and journalism Listener Pick of the Week Pritesh - How T cells kill cancer cellsRamon - The power of herd immunity Send your virology questions and comments (email or mp3 file) to twiv@twiv.tv

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Alan Dove, and Kathy Spindler Tre TWiV amici present three snippets and a side of sashimi: how herpesvirus inhibits host cell gene expression by disrupting transcription termination. Links for this episode Searching for Steamer in the oceans Lassa fever death in NJ (CDC and NYTimes) Transgenic mouse model for MERS-CoV (J Virol) First West Nile virus disease case in Texas Herpesvirus disrupts host transcription termination (Nat Comm) Sashimi plots Broad benefits of measles virus immunization (TWiM #104) Avian influenza outbreak (NPR) The virome in health and disease (Immunity) Image credit Letters read on TWiV 339 Weekly Science Picks Alan - Fooling millions into thinking chocolate helps weight lossKathy - Approaching PlutoVincent - ASM Agar art contest Listener Pick of the Week Daniel - FB pages you need to stop sharing from (one and two)Ken - Bird box science (canceled) Send your virology questions and comments (email or mp3 file) to twiv@twiv.tv

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello and Kathy Spindler Guest: Laura Newcomb Vincent and Kathy visit Laura Newcomb at California State University San Bernardino, where they talk about Laura's viral tatoos, and a protein that protects the mosquito brain from lethal flavivirus infection. Links for this episode Neuron-specific mosquito antiviral mechanism (PLoS Path) Letters read on TWiV 338 Photos of our visit Video of this episode - view at YouTube Weekly Science Picks Laura - NP siRNA inhibits different influenza viruses (Antiviral Res)Kathy - Time-lapse miningVincent - Does the public trust science? Listener Pick of the Week Paul - Degree-Off XKCDPeter - Ebola containment, Hans Rosling, eLife podcast, Naked Scientists Send your virology questions and comments (email or mp3 file) to twiv@twiv.tv

Host: Vincent Racaniello Guests: Michael Metzger and Steve Goff Vincent meets up with Michael and Steve to discuss their finding of a transmissible tumor in soft shell clams associated with a retrovirus-like element in the clam genome. Links for this episode Hemocytic leukemia in soft shell clam (Sci Total Environ) Activation of Steamer in neoplastic hemocytes (PNAS) Transmission of clonal cancer cells in clams (Cell) Steve Goff on TWiV #76 Image credit Timestamps by Jennifer. Thank you! Send your virology questions and comments (email or mp3 file) to twiv@twiv.tv