
This Week in Virology TWiV 1285: Encapsidating viruses 2025
Jan 4, 2026
01:48:24
TWiV reviews compelling virology themes for 2024, as heard in our 98 episodes, including 22 guests.
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello and Kathy SpindlerSubscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, RSS, email
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- ASV 2026
- Dismantling of science and public health in the US including TWiV 1199, TWiV 1191, TWiV 1197, TWiV 1203, TWiV 1205 , TWiV 1209, TWiV 1211, TWiV 1215, TWiV 1217, TWiV 1219, TWiV 1221, TWiV 1223, TWiV 1225, TWiV 1227, TWiV 1231, TWiV 1233, TWiV 1241, TWiV 1243, TWiV 1245, TWiV 1285.
- Herpesviruses and dementia TWiV 1187, TWiV 1207, TWiV 1249, TWiV 1263, TWIV 1233
- Hepatitis B, C TWiV 1213, TWIV 1237, Chari Cohen, Stephan Urban, Thomas Tu, TWiV 1279
- POTW themes/highlights
- Dickson Despommier passes TWIV 1195, TWiP 254, YouTube excerpt, DDD Photography, 'Despommier's Parasitic Diseases'
- H5N1 in dairy cattle TWiV 1193, TWiV 1257, TWiV 1259 (goats), TWiV 1211
- EBV and Lupus TWiV 1273
- Vaccines TWiV 1209, TWiV 1265, TWiV 1267
- Some classic papers TWIV 1241, TWiV 1273, TWiV 1275, TWiV 1279, TWiV 1269
- Respiratory infections awaken dormant breast cancer cells TWiV 1243
- Phages TWiV 1261, TWiV 1181
- Letters read on TWiV 1285
- Timestamps by Jolene Ramsey. Thanks!
Kathy – APOD for 1/1/2026; American Kestrals Put the Cherry on Top Primary article (open access) Vincent – Science in Your Own Back Yard by Elizabeth Cooper
Listener PicksBill – They did the Monster Slash and Elle Cordova Rona – The married scientists torn apart by a COVID bioweapon theory
Intro music is by Ronald Jenkees
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