

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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Nov 29, 2010 • 1h 20min
TWiV #109 - Virologia en México
Vincent visits Mexico City and speaks with Rosa Maria del Angel and Ana Lorena Gutiérrez about virology in Mexico, and their work on dengue and caliciviruses.

Nov 21, 2010 • 1h 29min
TWiV #108 - Barking up the right Tre
Vincent, Alan, Rich, and Saul review the evolution of HIV-1 specific recombinases, and down-regulation of a host microRNA by a viral noncoding RNA.

Nov 15, 2010 • 1h 34min
TWiV #107 - Warning - this virus contains email
Vincent, Dickson, Alan, and Rich answer listener questions about poliovirus, social media, dengue, influenza, evolution, gel filtration, and much more.

Nov 6, 2010 • 1h 35min
TWiV #106 - Making viral DNA II
Vincent, Dickson, and Rich continue Virology 101 with a second installment of their discussion of how viruses with DNA genomes replicate their genetic information.

Oct 31, 2010 • 1h 32min
TWiV #105 - Finches score again
Vincent, Dickson, Alan, and Rich review eradication of rinderpest, endogenous hepatitis B virus in the zebra finch genome, and identification of the cell receptor for an extinct retrovirus.

Oct 25, 2010 • 1h 37min
TWiV #104 - The colony-collapse blues
The entire TWiV family reviews the latest ideas about colony collapse disorder of honeybees, and resurgence of monkeypox in Africa.

Oct 17, 2010 • 1h 17min
TWiV #103 - Shots with LJ Tan
Vincent and Alan discuss influenza vaccines with LJ Tan of the American Medical Association.

Oct 11, 2010 • 1h 35min
TWiV #102 - Catch me if you can in Munich
A conversation about the RNA sensor RIG-I, adenovirus gene therapy, a universal influenza vaccine, and rabies virus, recorded in Munich, Germany at the SFB455 symposium ‘Viral offense and immune defense’.

Oct 3, 2010 • 1h 16min
TWiV #101 - Sizing up adenovirus
Vincent, Alan, Rich, Dickson, and Hamish review the three-dimensional structure of adenovirus, and the role of adenovirus type 36 in obesity.

Sep 26, 2010 • 1h 34min
TWiV #100 - TWiV catches a big fish
Vincent, Alan, and Rich celebrate the 100th episode of TWiV by talking about viruses with Nobel Laureate David Baltimore.


