This Week in Virology
Vincent Racaniello
TWiV is a weekly netcast about viruses - the kind that make you sick. Brought to you by four university professors and a science writer.
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Jun 26, 2011 • 1h 20min
TWiV #139 - Honey, I shrunk the virus
Vincent, Alan, and Dickson discuss the reduction in genome size of Mimivirus upon passage in amoeba, and analysis of the microbiome of honeybees.
Jun 19, 2011 • 1h 13min
TWiV #138 - RISCy business with Raul Andino
Vincent meets up with Raul Andino in San Francisco to discuss the RNAi-based antiviral defense system of Drosophila, the fruit fly, and how it is antagonized by viruses.
Jun 12, 2011 • 1h 36min
TWiV #137 - Look what the dog dragged in
The TWiV team speaks with Amit Kapoor and Ian Lipkin about how they discovered canine hepacivirus, and its implications for the origin and evolution of hepatitis C virus.
Jun 6, 2011 • 1h 24min
TWiV #136 - Exit XMRV
Retrovirologist Stephen Goff joins Vincent, Rich, and Alan for a discussion of recent papers on the retrovirus XMRV and its association with chronic fatigue syndrome and prostate cancer.
May 29, 2011 • 1h 27min
TWiV #135 - Live in the Big Easy
Vincent and guests Rachel Katzenellenbogen, Roger Hendrix, and Harmit Malik recorded TWiV #135 live at the 2011 ASM General Meeting in New Orleans, where they discussed transformation and oncogenesis by human papillomaviruses, the amazing collection of bacteriophages on the planet, and the evolution of genetic conflict between virus and host.
May 22, 2011 • 1h 34min
TWiV #134 - Meet Ralph, your cruise director
Vincent, Rich, Alan, and Dickson review noroviruses with Stephanie Karst, PhD.
May 15, 2011 • 1h 27min
TWiV #133 - The HIV hideout
Vincent, Rich, Alan, and Dickson discuss the cellular reservoir of HIV-1 with Kathleen Collins, MD, PhD.
May 9, 2011 • 1h 40min
TWiV #132 - Virology 911
Vincent, Rich, Alan, and Dickson speak with Alfred Sacchetti, MD, Chief of Emergency Services at Our Lady of Lourdes Medical Center, about viral infections encountered in the emergency room.
May 1, 2011 • 1h 27min
TWiV #131 - A REOstat for cancer
Vincent, Alan, and Dickson chat with Brad Thompson, CEO of Oncolytics Biotech, about using reovirus to treat cancer.
Apr 24, 2011 • 1h 33min
TWiV #130 - Rhino tracking, wrestling pox, and HCV in the crosshairs
Vincent, Alan, and Rich discuss growth in culture of newly identified rhinovirus C, vaccinia transmission among wrestlers and martial artists, and results of phase III clinical trial of boceprevir, a new inhibitor of hepatitis C virus replication.
