

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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Oct 6, 2019 • 1h 35min
TWiV 568: Karolinska viral
In the second episode from the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, Vincent speaks with Jan Albert, Petter Brodin, and Anna Smed-Sörensen about their work on enterovirus D68, systems immunology, and human pulmonary viral infection and inflammation. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello Guests: Jan Albert, Petter Brodin, and Anna Smed-Sörensen Subscribe (free): iTunes, Google Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of TWiV! Links for this episode Karolinska Huddinge Evolution of enterovirus D68 (Virus Evol) Maternal anti-viral antibodies in newborns (Nat Med) Respiratory phagocytes in human influenza (Front Immunol) Timestamps by Jolene. Thanks! Intro music is by Ronald Jenkees. Send your virology questions and comments to twiv@microbe.tv

Sep 29, 2019 • 1h 52min
TWiV 567: Outbreaks and a breakout
The TWiV team covers outbreaks of eastern equine encephalitis virus in the US and poliovirus in the Philippines, and explain how a chemokine induced by HIV-1 infection helps release more virus particles from cells. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, Alan Dove, Rich Condit, Kathy Spindler, and Brianne Barker Subscribe (free): iTunes, Google Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of TWiV! Links for this episode Poliomyelitis returns to the Philippines (Mashable, virology blog) EEE in the USA (Am J Trop Med Hyg) Chemokine helps HIV-1 release (eLIFE) Image credit Letters read on TWiV 567 Timestamps by Jolene. Thanks! Weekly Science Picks Brianne - History of infectious disease before/after vaccines Alan - NIH Ham Radio Club Rich - Renewable jet fuel from air Dickson - Newly Discovered Comet Is Likely Interstellar Visitor Kathy - How professors spend their time Vincent - Non-polio enterovirus surveillance network Listener Picks Alexey - Periodic Table Podcasts and Videos Intro music is by Ronald Jenkees. Send your virology questions and comments to twiv@microbe.tv

Sep 22, 2019 • 1h 51min
TWiV 566: Chicken gumbo and a corona
The TWiV team reveals the protein corona that surrounds virus particles and influences infectivity and amyloid aggregation, and a proofreading-impaired herpesvirus that produces quasispecies-like populations. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Alan Dove, and Rich Condit Guest: Kiki Warren Subscribe (free): iTunes, Google Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of TWiV! Links for this episode Human fetal tissue research restrictions (The Scientist) Viral protein corona (Nat Commun) Proofreading-impaired herpesvirus (Nat Micro) Phage quasispecies (Cell) Letters read on TWiV 566 Timestamps by Jolene. Thanks! Weekly Science Picks Alan - Astronomy photographer of the year Rich- Urban living leads to high cholesterol... in crows Kiki- Reversal of epigenetic aging Vincent- General Virology by SE Luria Listener Picks Sindhu - Sweden Solar System Anthony- Surprising role of viruses in evolution with Eugene Koonin Paul- The Obscure Virus Club Intro music is by Ronald Jenkees. Send your virology questions and comments to twiv@microbe.tv

Sep 15, 2019 • 1h 26min
TWiV 565: Karolinska virology
From the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, Vincent speaks with Niklas Björkström, Ali Mirazimi, and Matti Sällberg about their work on the impact of chronic hepatitis C virus infection on NK cells, Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever virus vaccines, and immunotherapy to block entry of hepatitis B and D viruses. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello Guests: Niklas Björkström, Ali Mirazimi, and Matti Sällberg Subscribe (free): iTunes, Google Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of TWiV! Links for this episode Karolinska Huddinge CCHV experimental vaccines (J Virol) Increased NK function after antiviral cessation (J Inf Dis) Impact of HCV infection on NK cell repertoire (Nat Comm) Timestamps by Jolene. Thanks! Intro music is by Ronald Jenkees. Send your virology questions and comments to twiv@microbe.tv

Sep 8, 2019 • 1h 14min
TWiV 564: Virology Nobel Prizes with Erling Norrby
From the 16th Smögen Summer Symposium on Virology, Vincent speaks with Erling Norrby about how he has used archival material to provide insight into early Nobel Prizes for research on viruses. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello Guest: Erling Norrby Subscribe (free): iTunes, Google Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of TWiV! Links for this episode Swedish Society for Virology Nobel Prizes and Life Sciences by Erling Norrby Nobel Prizes and Nature's Surprises by Erling Norrby Nobel Prizes and Notable Discoveries by Erling Norrby Nobel Prizes: Cancer, Vision and the Genetic Code by Erling Norrby Polio and Nobel Prizes (Ann Neurol) Timestamps by Jolene. Thanks! Intro music is by Ronald Jenkees. Send your virology questions and comments to twiv@microbe.tv

Sep 3, 2019 • 1h 13min
TWiV Special: Call me David Tuller
David Tuller returns to talk about his efforts of the past year to expose the methodological and ethical problems with the PACE and Lightning trials for therapy of ME/CFS. Host: Vincent Racaniello Guest: David Tuller Subscribe (free): iTunes, Google Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of TWiV! Intro music is by Ronald Jenkees. Send your virology questions and comments to twiv@microbe.tv

Sep 1, 2019 • 1h 31min
TWiV 563: BLT on mice
The TWiVologists consider whether to receive an influenza vaccine in August (in the northern hemisphere), and mice implanted with human lung fragments for studying microbial pathogens. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Alan Dove, Kathy Spindler, and Brianne Barker Subscribe (free): iTunes, Google Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of TWiV! Links for this episode Waning of influenza vaccine protection (Clin Inf Dis) Precision mouse models for microbial pathogenesis (Nat Biotech) Letters read on TWiV 563 Timestamps by Jolene. Thanks! Weekly Science Picks Brianne - Why we need to increase diversity in the immunology research community Alan - Stock photos of vaccination that don't suck Kathy- Sample size calculator Vincent- How Economics Shapes Science by Paula Stephan Listener Picks Melinda - Zome Tools Intro music is by Ronald Jenkees. Send your virology questions and comments to twiv@microbe.tv

Aug 25, 2019 • 2h 7min
TWiV 562: Take a breath
TWiV travels to Rutgers University to speak with Brad, Kay, Siobain, and Kim about their careers and their work on viruses of plants, fungi, bacteria, diatoms, and coccolithophores. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, and Brianne Barker Guests: Brad Hillman, Kay Bidle, Siobain Duffy, and Kim Thamatrakoln Subscribe (free): iTunes, Google Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of TWiV! Links for this episode Viruses of plant-interacting fungi (Adv Virus Res) Why are RNA virus mutation rates so damn high? (PLoS Biol) CRESS viruses (Adv Virus Res) Coccolithovirus facilitation of carbon export in North Atlantic (Nat Micro) Silicon limitation facilitates virus infection of marine diatoms (Nat Micro) Timestamps by Jolene. Thanks! Intro music is by Ronald Jenkees. Send your virology questions and comments to twiv@microbe.tv

Aug 18, 2019 • 1h 33min
TWiV 561: Hot or not
The Autonomous CollecTWiVe reveal two effective treatments for Ebolavirus infection, how a virus in a fungus confers heat tolerance to a plant, and dampened inflammation as a mechanism for bat tolerance to viral infection. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Alan Dove, and Brianne Barker Subscribe (free): iTunes, Google Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of TWiV! Links for this episode Two new and effective Ebolavirus treatments (NIH, Nature) A virus in a fungus in a plant (Science) Dampened NLRP3-mediated inflammation in bats (Nat Micro) Bat tolerance to virus infection (Nat Micro) Image credit Letters read on TWiV 561 Timestamps by Jolene. Thanks! Weekly Science Picks Brianne - Deaf student makes sign language terms to communicate science Alan - Show Your Stripes Vincent- Sixty Years of Discovery Listener Picks Eric - This drug could end HIV - why hasn't it? Intro music is by Ronald Jenkees. Send your virology questions and comments to twiv@microbe.tv

Aug 11, 2019 • 1h 1min
TWiV 560: CEIRS, influenza and company
From the meeting of the Centers of Excellence for Influenza Research and Surveillance, Vincent speaks with Alan, Florian and Jennifer about their careers, the purpose of CEIRS, universal influenza vaccines, and cellular responses to infection in pediatric populations. Host: Vincent Racaniello Guests: Alan Embry, Florian Krammer, and Jennifer Nayak Become a patron of TWiV! Links for this episode NIAID CEIRS 12th CEIRS meeting summary (pdf) Antibody response to influenza virus (Nat Rev Micro) Influenza virus CD4 T cells in children and young adults (Sci Rep) Timestamps by Jolene. Thanks! Intro music is by Ronald Jenkees. Send your virology questions and comments to twiv@microbe.tv


