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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Mar 6, 2011 • 1h 33min
TWiV #123 - Contaminated prostates, absolute truth, and bleached worms
Vincent, Alan, and Rich talk about XMRV integration sites in prostate tumor DNA, the decline effect and scientific method, and the first virus of Caenorhabditis nematodes.
Feb 27, 2011 • 1h 47min
TWiV #122 - More fun than a monkey full of viruses
The complete TWiV crew teams up with Welkin Johnson to explore the other AIDS epidemic, infection of monkeys with simian immunodeficiency virus, and its restriction by the cellular protein TRIM5.
Feb 20, 2011 • 1h 30min
TWiV #121 - Huskies go viral
A conversation about careers in virology, systems biology, innate immunity, and antiviral research recorded at the University of Washington in Seattle.
Feb 13, 2011 • 1h 47min
TWiV 120: Ed Niles, a Km Vmax kind of guy
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Rich Condit, and Ed Niles Vincent, Rich, and Ed discuss the transition from academic scientist to government work, the general program of drug and vaccine development in the biodefense world and at BARDA, and career opportunities for scientists in government. Become a patron of TWiV! Links for this episode: ACAM2000smallpox vaccine Bavarian Nordic's smallpox vaccine Imvamuneand phase II trial Rich and Ed's paper on bacteriophage T7 mRNAs Quandaries of dengue vaccine development Tetravalent dengue vaccine VIVA- virology at Vassar TWiV on Facebook Letters readon TWiV 120 Weekly Science Picks Rich - Dark Sun: The Making of the Hydrogen Bombby Richard Rhodes Ed - Tenth anniversary of the human genome at Science MagazineVincent - Poliovirus fights back Send your virology questions and comments to twiv@microbe.tv.
Feb 6, 2011 • 1h
TWiV #119 - Science and journalism with David Tuller
Vincent and journalist David Tuller converse about the state of science reporting by the press.
Jan 30, 2011 • 1h 35min
TWiV #118 - The virus always rings twice
Vincent, Alan, and Rich answer listener questions about vaccinia virus, fungal viruses, synthetic viruses, influenza vaccine, HeLa cells, multiplicity of infection, and much more.
Jan 23, 2011 • 1h 36min
TWiV #117 - The Panic Virus with Seth Mnookin
Vincent and Rich converse with Seth Mnookin, author of The Panic Virus, about vaccines, autism, thimerosal, and a contagion of human unreason run wild.
Jan 16, 2011 • 1h 29min
TWiV #116 - Cocaine, colonies, and chickens
Vincent, Dickson, Alan, and Rich review an adenovirus-based vaccine strategy against drug addiction, a field trial of RNAi to prevent Israeli acute paralysis virus infection in honeybees, and suppression of avian influenza transmission in transgenic chickens.
Jan 9, 2011 • 1h 57min
TWiV #115 - Color me infected
Vincent, Alan, Rich and Marc discuss the finding that a limited number of incoming herpesviral genomes can replicate and express in a cell, and controlling viral replication inAedes aegypti with a Wolbachia symbiont.
Jan 2, 2011 • 1h 28min
TWiV #114 - Ten out of '10
Vincent, Alan, and Rich revisit ten compelling virology stories of 2010.
