This Week in Virology

Vincent and Alan discuss influenza vaccines with LJ Tan of the American Medical Association.

A conversation about the RNA sensor RIG-I, adenovirus gene therapy, a universal influenza vaccine, and rabies virus, recorded in Munich, Germany at the SFB455 symposium ‘Viral offense and immune defense’.

Vincent, Alan, Rich, Dickson, and Hamish review the three-dimensional structure of adenovirus, and the role of adenovirus type 36 in obesity.

Vincent, Alan, and Rich celebrate the 100th episode of TWiV by talking about viruses with Nobel Laureate David Baltimore.

On episode #99 of the podcast This Week in Virology, Vincent tours the 50th Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy (ICAAC), speaking with exhibitors and visitors, including Professors Derek Smith, Michael Schmidt, Frederick Hayden, and Myra McClure. Host links Vincent Racaniello Links for this episode: 50th ICAAC ICAAC daily press conference videos (including Prof. Myra McClure) Antigenic cartography Antimicrobial properties of copper

On episode #98 of the podcast This Week in Virology, Vincent, Alan, and Rich review the finding of murine leukemia virus-related sequences in the blood of CFS patients and healthy donors, laboratory inventories for wild poliovirus containment, weaving high-performance viral batteries into fabric for the military, and a case of human rabies in Indiana.

On episode #97 of the podcast This Week in Virology, Vincent visited Peter Sarnow and Bert Semler during a trip to California, and spoke with them about their work on internal ribosome entry, and the requirement for a cellular microRNA for hepatitis C virus replication.

On episode #96 of the podcast This Week in Virology, Vincent, Dickson, and Rich continue Virology 101 with a discussion of how viruses with DNA genomes replicate their genetic information.

On episode #95 of the podcast This Week in Virology, Vincent, Dickson, Alan, and Rich consider the end of the influenza H1N1 pandemic, dengue in Florida, vaccinia virus infection in Brazilian monkeys, and viruses in the faecal microbiota. Host links Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, Alan Dove, and Rich Condit Links for this episode: WHO declares end of influenza H1N1 pandemic CDC's FluView WHO global monitoring of influenza Locally acquired dengue in Key West, Florida (MMWR) CDC page on dengue Vaccinia virus infection in monkeys of the Brazilian Amazon Dam site where animals were collected for vaccinia study (Google maps) Rich's article: Whence feral vaccinia? Viruses in the faecal microbiota of monozygotic twins and their Mothers (Nature) New Yorker article The Treatment (thanks, Jim!) Letters read on TWiV 95 Weekly science picks: Alan - Families Fighting Flu Rich - Food, Inc. Dickson - Fuel Vincent - MIT Open Courseware Michael - Waiting for Superman and Can Science Feed the World? (Nature)

On episode #94 of the podcast This Week in Virology, Vincent, Alan, and Rich speak with Ila Singh about the new human retrovirus XMRV, and how her laboratory is studying its association with prostate cancer and chronic fatigue syndrome. Host links Vincent Racaniello, Alan Dove, Rich Condit, and Ila Singh Links for this episode: CFIDS Association of America Discovery of XMRV (PLoS Pathogens) Detection of XMRV in CFS patients (Science) Presence of XMRV in malignant prostate (PNAS) Inhibition of XMRV by raltegravir (PLoS One) Letters read on TWiV 94 Weekly science picks: Alan - The new Federal Register site (see also regulations.gov) Rich - The Florida Museum of Nautural History Butterfly Rainforest Vincent - JoVE, the Journal of Visualized Experiments