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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Apr 17, 2011 • 1h 33min
TWiV #129 - We've got mail
Vincent, Alan, Dickson and Rich answer listener questions about XMRV, yellow fever vaccine, virus-like particles, West Nile virus, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and human endogenous retroviruses, multiplicity of infection, and how to make a poxvirus.
Apr 10, 2011 • 1h 32min
TWiV #128 - Virologists in the mist
Vincent, Alan, Dickson and Welkin review how a virus regulates the severity of mucocutaneous leishmaniasis, virophage control of antarctic algal host-virus dynamics, and human metapneumovirus infection in gorillas.
Apr 3, 2011 • 1h 26min
TWiV #127 - Viruses are no joke
Vincent, Alan, and Rich explore a novel bunyavirus isolated in China, the recent polio outbreak in Republic of the Congo, and cell to cell transmission of a retrovirus by biofilm-like extracellular assemblies.
Mar 27, 2011 • 1h 36min
TWiV #126 - Wart's up, doc?
Virologist Michelle Ozbun and the TWiV team review the biology of human papillomaviruses.
Mar 20, 2011 • 1h 21min
TWiV #125 - TWiV infects FiB
This Week in Virology and Futures in Biotech join together in a science mashup to talk about a virophage at the origin of DNA transposons, and unintended spread of a recombinant retrovirus.
Mar 13, 2011 • 0sec
TWiV #124 - Viruses that make you better
Vincent, Dickson, Alan, Rich, and Grant discuss a tanapoxvirus protein that inhibits tumor necrosis factor, purging tumors with myxoma virus, and destruction of the last known stocks of smallpox virus.
Mar 6, 2011 • 1h 33min
TWiV #123 - Contaminated prostates, absolute truth, and bleached worms
Vincent, Alan, and Rich talk about XMRV integration sites in prostate tumor DNA, the decline effect and scientific method, and the first virus of Caenorhabditis nematodes.
Feb 27, 2011 • 1h 47min
TWiV #122 - More fun than a monkey full of viruses
The complete TWiV crew teams up with Welkin Johnson to explore the other AIDS epidemic, infection of monkeys with simian immunodeficiency virus, and its restriction by the cellular protein TRIM5.
Feb 20, 2011 • 1h 30min
TWiV #121 - Huskies go viral
A conversation about careers in virology, systems biology, innate immunity, and antiviral research recorded at the University of Washington in Seattle.
Feb 13, 2011 • 1h 47min
TWiV 120: Ed Niles, a Km Vmax kind of guy
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Rich Condit, and Ed Niles Vincent, Rich, and Ed discuss the transition from academic scientist to government work, the general program of drug and vaccine development in the biodefense world and at BARDA, and career opportunities for scientists in government. Become a patron of TWiV! Links for this episode: ACAM2000smallpox vaccine Bavarian Nordic's smallpox vaccine Imvamuneand phase II trial Rich and Ed's paper on bacteriophage T7 mRNAs Quandaries of dengue vaccine development Tetravalent dengue vaccine VIVA- virology at Vassar TWiV on Facebook Letters readon TWiV 120 Weekly Science Picks Rich - Dark Sun: The Making of the Hydrogen Bombby Richard Rhodes Ed - Tenth anniversary of the human genome at Science MagazineVincent - Poliovirus fights back Send your virology questions and comments to twiv@microbe.tv.
