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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Jul 24, 2011 • 1h 6min
TWiV #143 - Live at ASV in Minneapolis
Vincent, Rich, Julie and Stacey recorded TWiV at the 30th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Virology in Minneapolis, where they discussed the role of neutralizing antibodies in protection against HIV-1 infection, and astroviruses, agents of gastroenteritis.
Jul 17, 2011 • 1h 35min
TWiV #142 - Viral oinkotherapy
Vincent, Rich, and Alan discuss a method for identifying viruses of individual environmental bacteria, and the using a picornavirus for oncotherapy.
Jul 10, 2011 • 1h 37min
TWiV #141 - Mickey gets HCV
Matt Evans joins Vincent, Dickson, Alan, and Rich to deconstruct a mouse model for hepatitis C virus infection.
Jul 3, 2011 • 1h 32min
TWiV #140 - An aptitude for microbicides
Vincent, Alan, Rich, and Judy Lieberman review the use of CD4 aptamer-siRNA chimeras to inhibit HIV transmission.
Jun 26, 2011 • 1h 20min
TWiV #139 - Honey, I shrunk the virus
Vincent, Alan, and Dickson discuss the reduction in genome size of Mimivirus upon passage in amoeba, and analysis of the microbiome of honeybees.
Jun 19, 2011 • 1h 13min
TWiV #138 - RISCy business with Raul Andino
Vincent meets up with Raul Andino in San Francisco to discuss the RNAi-based antiviral defense system of Drosophila, the fruit fly, and how it is antagonized by viruses.
Jun 12, 2011 • 1h 36min
TWiV #137 - Look what the dog dragged in
The TWiV team speaks with Amit Kapoor and Ian Lipkin about how they discovered canine hepacivirus, and its implications for the origin and evolution of hepatitis C virus.
Jun 6, 2011 • 1h 24min
TWiV #136 - Exit XMRV
Retrovirologist Stephen Goff joins Vincent, Rich, and Alan for a discussion of recent papers on the retrovirus XMRV and its association with chronic fatigue syndrome and prostate cancer.
May 29, 2011 • 1h 27min
TWiV #135 - Live in the Big Easy
Vincent and guests Rachel Katzenellenbogen, Roger Hendrix, and Harmit Malik recorded TWiV #135 live at the 2011 ASM General Meeting in New Orleans, where they discussed transformation and oncogenesis by human papillomaviruses, the amazing collection of bacteriophages on the planet, and the evolution of genetic conflict between virus and host.
May 22, 2011 • 1h 34min
TWiV #134 - Meet Ralph, your cruise director
Vincent, Rich, Alan, and Dickson review noroviruses with Stephanie Karst, PhD.
