This Week in Virology

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Rich Condit, Carolyn Coyne, and Sara Sawyer Vincent, Rich, Carolyn, and Sara recorded TWiV at the 31st Annual Meeting of the American Society for Virology in Madison, where they discussed genetic conflict between viral and human genes, and how the placenta protects the fetus against viral infection. Subscribe to TWiV (free) in iTunes , at the Zune Marketplace, by the RSS feed, by email, or listen on your mobile device with the Microbeworld app. Links for this episode: ASV 2012 at Madison, WI Photographs of ASV 2012 Rock band Herpetic Legion plays at ASV 2012 TWiV on Facebook Letters read on TWiV 193 Weekly Science Picks Rich - Benjamin Franklin: An American Life by Walter IsaacsonVincent - Biochemistry Revealed Listener Pick of the Week Matlock - The BioDigital HumanMatt - Scientists create jellyfish from rat cells Send your virology questions and comments (email or mp3 file) to twiv@twiv.tv, or call them in to 908-312-0760. You can also post articles that you would like us to discuss at microbeworld.org and tag them with twiv.

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Alan Dove, and Rich Condit Vincent, Alan, and Rich answer listener email about bioinformatics, insects, influenza, laboratory classes, commensalism, reproducibility of data, and more. Subscribe to TWiV (free) in iTunes , at the Zune Marketplace, by the RSS feed, by email, or listen on your mobile device with the Microbeworld app. Links for this episode: Vaccinia virus sequence from patient with vaccine complication (pdf) The evolution of intellectual freedom (thanks, Robin!) Free access to British scientific research (Guardian) xTAG respiratory viral panel Houston rabies case (Statesman) Tertulia (Wikipedia) TWiV on Facebook Letters read on TWiV 192 Weekly Science Picks Alan - The Microbial Olympics (supplementary information)Rich - PharmaJet needle free injection systemVincent - Microbes and Evolution by Roberto Kolter and Stanley Maloy (paperback and Kindle) Listener Pick of the Week Varun - Agile Gene by Matt RidleySizun - Plague IncRicardo - TED-EDKristopher - Ed Yong on Econtalk Send your virology questions and comments (email or mp3 file) to twiv@twiv.tv, or call them in to 908-312-0760. You can also post articles that you would like us to discuss at microbeworld.org and tag them with twiv.

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Alan Dove, Rich Condit, and Nissin Moussatche Nissin joins the TWiV crew to discuss an outbreak of lethal disease among Cambodian children, and recombination among attenuated herpesvirus vaccines leading to pathogenic viruses. Subscribe to TWiV (free) in iTunes , at the Zune Marketplace, by the RSS feed, by email, or listen on your mobile device with the Microbeworld app. Links for this episode: Outbreak in Cambodia (CNN) Pathogen mix in Cambodian illness (ProMedMail) Undiagnosed illness in Cambodia (WHO) Enterovirus 71 (virology blog) Recombination among attenuated vaccines (Science) An outbreak of irony (Ed Yong) Infectious laryngotracheitis Gallid herpesvirus 1 (Wikipedia) Iltovirus (ViralZone) TWiV on Facebook Letters read on TWiV 191 Weekly Science Picks Alan - H5N1 genetic changes inventoryRich - Mythbusters: Diet Coke and Mentos (YouTube channel)Nissin - The Pox and the Covenant by Tony Williams, and Tired of War by Tereza BatistaVincent - FAQ: The 'snake bite' portion of your thesis defense Listener Pick of the Week Gopal - All's not fair in science and publishingLuis - The Origin of AIDS by Jacques Pepin (Nature review)Sven - Visualizing information flow in science Send your virology questions and comments (email or mp3 file) to twiv@twiv.tv, or call them in to 908-312-0760. You can also post articles that you would like us to discuss at microbeworld.org and tag them with twiv.

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Alan Dove, and Kathy Spindler Vincent, Alan, and Kathy review selection of influenza H5N1 viruses that can transmit among ferrets by aerosol. Links for this episode: Airborne transmission of H5N1 among ferrets (Science) Potential for H5N1 evolution (Science) H5N1 (Science) The ferrets of fear Jim's podcast list (pdf) TWiV on Facebook Letters read on TWiV 190 Weekly Science Picks Kathy - Wind mapVincent - The A-Z of Epidemiology (YouTube) Listener Pick of the Week Kristoffer - How to read a paperNeva - Electricity from viruses Send your virology questions and comments (email or mp3 file) to twiv@twiv.tv, or call them in to 908-312-0760. You can also post articles that you would like us to discuss at microbeworld.org and tag them with twiv.

Vincent returns to the Centre for Virus Research at the University of Glasgow and meets with postdocs to discuss their science and their careers. Links for this episode: MRC-University of Glasgow Centre for Virus Research Stop CMV Photos of my Glasgow visit (Facebook and VirusTalk) TWiV on Facebook

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Massimo Palmarini, John MacLauchlan, Emma Thomson, and Hande Harmanci. Vincent travels to Scotland to meet with members of the Centre for Virus Research at the University of Glasgow to discuss their work on hepatitis C virus and jaagsiekte sheep retrovirus. Links for this episode: MRC-University of Glasgow Centre for Virus Research Aaron Shatkin, 77 (virology blog) Photos of my Glasgow visit (Facebook and VirusTalk) TWiV on Facebook Letters read on TWiV 188 Weekly Science Picks Vincent - Microbe art Listener Pick of the Week Judi - Cell Imaging (Mac App Store)

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello and Rich Condit Vincent and Rich discuss recovery of a hepatitis B viral genome from a 16th century Korean mummy, and personal omics profiling of an individual over a 14 month period. Links for this episode: Tracing HBV to the 16th century (Hepatology) HBV on TWiV Precautions with ancient DNA (Science) Personal omics profile over 14 months (Cell) A geneticist's research turns personal (NY Times) Mike Snyder on Futures in Biotech The DASH diet TWiV on Facebook Letters read on TWiV 187 Weekly Science Picks Rich - The Checklist by Atul GawandeVincent - Artologica Listener Pick of the Week David - Cracking your genetic code (Nova)Josh - The nuclearization of biology is a threat to health and security (pdf) Send your virology questions and comments (email or mp3 file) to twiv@twiv.tv, or call them in to 908-312-0760. You can also post articles that you would like us to discuss at microbeworld.org and tag them with twiv.

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Alan Dove, and Rich Condit The TWiV chiefs tackle reader email about how to pronounce Buda, Texas, grinding tree stumps, and much more. Links for this episode: Detecting antibodies or antigens by ELISA Peter Wildy Prize Biosafety levels Baltimore classification at Viral Zone TWiV on Facebook Letters read on TWiV 186 Weekly Science Picks Alan - World Wide Lightning Location NetworkRich - Steve Jobs by Walter IsaacsonVincent - The Ocelloid Listener Pick of the Week lafrenchfille - whatshouldwecallgradschoolNeva - Antiviral drugs by Carl ZimmerSergio - APSnet Send your virology questions and comments (email or mp3 file) to twiv@twiv.tv, or call them in to 908-312-0760. You can also post articles that you would like us to discuss at microbeworld.org and tag them with twiv.

Vincent visits with members of the Department of Microbiology and Immunology at Northwestern University School of Medicine to discuss their work on herpesviruses and parainfluenzaviruses. Links for this episode: Longnecker laboratory Herpesvirus deubiquitinase is neuroinvasive determinant (PLoS Path) Paramyxovirus HN structure (PNAS) TWiV on Facebook Letters read on TWiV 185 Weekly Science Picks Sarah - Breasts: A Natural and Unnatural History by Florence WilliamsAndrew - The Strangest Man by Graham FarmeloVincent - Gates Grand Challenges in Global Health awards Listener Pick of the Week Ed - Pursuit of Light (YouTube); MRC Biomedical Picture of the Day; It's okay to be smart Send your virology questions and comments (email or mp3 file) to twiv@twiv.tv, or call them in to 908-312-0760. You can also post articles that you would like us to discuss at microbeworld.org and tag them with twiv.

Vincent, Rich, and Alan consider how to reform the scientific enterprise to make it more effective and robust. Links for this episode: Reforming science: Methodological and cultural reforms (Infect Immun) Reforming science: Structural reforms (Infect Immun) Sharp rise in retractions (NY Times) Vannevar Bush TWiV on Facebook Letters read on TWiV 184 Weekly Science Picks Alan - PubMed PubReMinerRich - Intentional Blindness (YouTube)Vincent - Vaccine infographic Listener Pick of the Week Ken - Wattpad Send your virology questions and comments (email or mp3 file) to twiv@twiv.tv, or call them in to 908-312-0760. You can also post articles that you would like us to discuss at microbeworld.org and tag them with twiv.