Theodora and Paul return to TWiV to explain how they quickly pivoted their retrovirus laboratories towards SARS-CoV-2, their work on the antibody response to infection and its durability, and the emergence of variants with increased resistance to neutralization.

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, Alan Dove, and Rich Condit

Guests: Paul Bieniasz and Theodora Hatziioannou

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Links for this episode

Evolution of antibody immunity to SARS-CoV-2 (bioRxiv)
mRNA vaccine elicited antibody to variants (bioRxiv)
Escape from neutralizing antibodies by SARS-CoV-2 variants (eLife)
Musings of an anonymous, pissed off virologist (virology blog)
Timestamps by Jolene. Thanks!

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