This Week in Virology

Vincent Racaniello
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Nov 27, 2016 • 1h 51min

TWiV 417: O is the loneliest letter

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, Alan Dove, Rich Condit, and Kathy Spindler The Fellowship of the Virus trace the early history of HIV in North America, based on genome sequences obtained from late 1970s archival sera, which also reveal that Gaetan Dugas was not Patient Zero. Become a patron of TWiV! Links for this episode WHO: Zika virus is no longer a PHEIC World AIDS Day Early HIV/AIDS history in North America (Nature) Dugas was not AIDS patient zero (virology blog) Image credit Letters read on TWiV 417 This episode is brought to you by CuriosityStream, a subscription streaming service that offers over 1,400 documentaries and non­fiction series from the world's best filmmakers. Get unlimited access starting at just $2.99 a month, and for our audience, the first two months are completely free if you sign up at curiositystream.com/microbe and use the promo code MICROBE. Check out the graduate and postdoctoral programs at the Department of Microbiology at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. Deadline for applying to the graduate program is 1 December 2016. For more information about the Department, please visit http://bit.ly/micromssm Register for the 2017 ASM Grant Writing Online course. Weekly Science Picks Alan - VP8SGI Dickson - New leaf-shaped spider discovered Rich - Dance of Earth and Venus About the SunKathy - Cultivar Series, Mutatoes, Uli Westphal site Vincent - Kung Fu Mantis vs Jumping Spider Send your virology questions and comments to twiv@microbe.tv
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Nov 20, 2016 • 2h 7min

TWiV 416: Scattered seeds dormant

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, Alan Dove, Rich Condit, and Kathy Spindler The multi-dimensional TWiV-brane bring you the entries in the haiku/limerick contest, and explain how a giant virus infects a host within another host (it has to do with predators!). Become a patron of TWiV! Links for this episode Predators allow virus infection of endosymbiont (PNAS) Image credit Letters read on TWiV 416 This episode is brought to you by CuriosityStream, a subscription streaming service that offers over 1,400 documentaries and non­fiction series from the world's best filmmakers. Get unlimited access starting at just $2.99 a month, and for our audience, the first two months are completely free if you sign up at curiositystream.com/microbe and use the promo code MICROBE. 0:25, 1:34:40 Check out the graduate and postdoctoral programs at the Department of Microbiology at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. Deadline for applying to the graduate program is 1 December 2016. For more information about the Department, please visit http://bit.ly/micromssm 5:05 Register for the 2017 ASM Grant Writing Online course. Weekly Science Picks Alan - Cubes in Space Dickson - The Architecture of Eden by H. Pearlman and A. Whalley Rich - Studying the building blocks of life in stereo (original paper)Kathy - Ancient bottom wipes yield evidence of diseases (original paper) Vincent - Iguana vs snakes Send your virology questions and comments to twiv@microbe.tv
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Nov 13, 2016 • 1h 50min

TWiV 415: Ebola pipettors and the philosopher's clone

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Alan Dove, Rich Condit, and Kathy Spindler Guests: Jeremy Luban, Aaron Lin, and Ted Diehl Jeremy, Aaron, and Ted join the TWiV team to discuss their work on identifying a single amino acid change in the Ebola virus glycoprotein from the West African outbreak that increases infectivity in human cells. Become a patron of TWiV! Links for this episode Ebola virus glycoprotein with increased infectivity (Cell) Effect in cells of Ebola virus mutations from West African outbreak (Cell) Ebola virus in semen for over 500 days (Clin Inf Dis) Puzzling origin of 2014 Ebola virus outbreak (J Virol) Mutant Ebola virus may have caused explosive outbreak (Goats and Soda) Virus Genomics and Evolution website This episode is brought to you by CuriosityStream, a subscription streaming service that offers over 1,400 documentaries and non­fiction series from the world's best filmmakers. Get unlimited access starting at just $2.99 a month, and for our audience, the first two months are completely free if you sign up at curiositystream.com/microbe and use the promo code MICROBE. 0:25, 1:05:40 Check out the graduate and postdoctoral programs at the Department of Microbiology at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. Deadline for applying to the graduate program is 1 December 2016. For more information about the Department, please visit http://bit.ly/micromssm 1:35 Register for the 2017 ASM Grant Writing Online course. Weekly Science Picks Jeremy – Real time tracking of Ebola virus evolutionTed - The Brain Scoop Aaron - Kate Rubins sequencing DNA on ISS (video) Alan – A Sand County Almanac by Aldo Leopold Rich – Vendee GlobeKathy – Axios Vincent – Vendors from above by Loes Heerinck Send your virology questions and comments to twiv@microbe.tv
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Nov 6, 2016 • 1h 23min

TWiV 414: Zika in the guys with Diamond

Host: Vincent Racaniello Guest: Michael Diamond Michael Diamond visits the TWiV studio to talk about chikungunya virus and his laboratory's work on a mouse model of Zika virus, including the recent finding of testicular damage caused by viral replication. Become a patron of TWiV! Links for this episode Chikungunya virus chronic joint disease caused by adaptive response (J Virol) Mouse model of Zika virus pathogenesis (Cell Host Micr) Zika virus infection during mouse pregnancy (Cell) Zika virus infection damages mouse testes (Nature) Uveitis and Zika virus in tears in mice (Cell Rep) This episode is brought to you by CuriosityStream, a subscription streaming service that offers over 1,400 documentaries and non­fiction series from the world's best filmmakers. Get unlimited access starting at just $2.99 a month, and for our audience, the first two months are completely free if you sign up at curiositystream.com/microbe and use the promo code MICROBE. Check out the graduate and postdoctoral programs at the Department of Microbiology at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. Deadline for applying to the graduate program is 1 December 2016. For more information about the Department, please visit http://bit.ly/micromssm Register for the 2017 ASM Scientific Writing and Publishing Online Course. Send your virology questions and comments to twiv@microbe.tv
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Oct 30, 2016 • 1h 12min

TWiV 413: Partnerships not parachutes

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Alan Dove, and Paul Duprex Guests: Ralph Baric, Felix Drexler, Marion Koopmans, and Stacey Schultz-Cherry From the EIDA2Z conference at Boston University, Vincent, Alan and Paul meet up with Ralph Baric, Felix Drexler, Marion Koopmans, Stacey Schultz-Cherry to talk about discovering, understanding, protecting, and collaborating on emerging infectious diseases. Become a patron of TWiV! Links for this episode EIDA2Z meeting MERS-CoV infection of Alpaca (EID) Origins of HAV in small mammals (PNAS) WHO recommendations on influenza vaccine composition Collaborative Cross mice Video of this episode at YouTube This episode is brought to you by CuriosityStream, a subscription streaming service that offers over 1,400 documentaries and non­fiction series from the world's best filmmakers. Get unlimited access starting at just $2.99 a month, and for our audience, the first two months are completely free if you sign up at curiositystream.com/microbe and use the promo code MICROBE. This episode is also brought to you by Drobo, a family of safe, expandable, yet simple to use storage arrays. Drobos are designed to protect your important data forever. Visit www.drobo.com to learn more. Listeners can save $100 on a Drobo system at drobostore.com by using the discount code Microbe100. Check out the graduate and postdoctoral programs at the Department of Microbiology at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. Deadline for applying to the graduate program is 1 December 2016. For more information about the Department, please visit http://bit.ly/micromssm Send your virology questions and comments to twiv@microbe.tv
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Oct 23, 2016 • 2h 1min

TWiV 412: WO, open the borders and rig the infection

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Alan Dove, Rich Condit, and Kathy Spindler Guest: Mark Fuccio The TWiVome reveal the first eukaryotic genes found in a bacteriophage of Wolbachia, and how DNA tumor virus oncogenes antagonize sensing of cytoplasmic DNA by the cell. Become a patron of TWiV! Links for this episode Zika virus in vaginal secretions (EID) Zika virus in semen (EID) Eukaryotic genes in a bacteriophage (Nat Commun) Seth Bordenstein on TWiV 332 DNA tumor virus oncogenes antagonize cGAS-STING (Science) Letters read on TWiV 412 This episode is brought to you by CuriosityStream, a subscription streaming service that offers over 1,400 documentaries and non­fiction series from the world's best filmmakers. Get unlimited access starting at just $2.99 a month, and for our audience, the first two months are completely free if you sign up at curiositystream.com/microbe and use the promo code MICROBE. This episode is also brought to you by Drobo, a family of safe, expandable, yet simple to use storage arrays. Drobos are designed to protect your important data forever. Visit www.drobo.com to learn more. Listeners can save $100 on a Drobo system at drobostore.com by using the discount code Microbe100. Weekly Science Picks Mark - EFN Enterprise Futures Network and Mission Log Podcast Alan - 2016 Wildlife Comedy Photography Rich - ZuTA, portable robotic printerKathy - How LEGO help blind people see Vincent - Airplane photos of Mike Kelley Listener Pick Hannah - Frozen Flow Glass (Instagram) Send your virology questions and comments to twiv@microbe.tv
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Oct 16, 2016 • 1h 35min

TWiV 411: Chicken runs

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Alan Dove, Rich Condit, and Kathy Spindler The TWiVeroos examine a reverse spillover of Newcastle disease virus vaccines into wild birds, and identification of a protein cell receptor for murine noroviruses. Become a patron of TWiV! Links for this episode MicrobeTV Store Florida DOH Daily Zika Update Zika virus in new Miami neighborhood (CNN, NYTimes) NDV vaccine virus in wild birds (PLoS One) Protein cell receptor for murine norovirus (Science, PNAS) Poliovirus receptor analysis (J Virol) Letters read on TWiV 411 This episode is brought to you by CuriosityStream, a subscription streaming service that offers over 1,400 documentaries and non­fiction series from the world's best filmmakers. Get unlimited access starting at just $2.99 a month, and for our audience, the first two months are completely free if you sign up at curiositystream.com/microbe and use the promo code MICROBE. This episode is also brought to you by Drobo, a family of safe, expandable, yet simple to use storage arrays. Drobos are designed to protect your important data forever. Visit www.drobo.com to learn more. Listeners can save $100 on a Drobo system at drobostore.com by using the discount code Microbe100. Weekly Science Picks Alan - Braincraft Rich - Now is the Greatest Time to Be AliveKathy - CRISPR/Cas9 by A Capella Science Vincent - Microbes After Hours: The Necromicrobiome Listener Pick Jolene - Chalk Talk Science by Dennis Mangan Send your virology questions and comments to twiv@microbe.tv
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Oct 9, 2016 • 2h 1min

TWiV 410: Hurricane Zika

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Alan Dove, Rich Condit, and Kathy Spindler Guests: Sharon Isern and Scott Michael Sharon and Scott join the TWiV team to talk about their work on dengue antibody-dependent enhancement of Zika virus infection, and identifying the virus in mosquitoes from Miami. Become a patron of TWiV! Links for this episode Live at Florida Gulf Coast University (TWiV #111) Florida DOH Daily Zika Update Regional Zika update, Americas (PAHO, WHO) NJ Zika Bill Dengue virus antibodies enhance Zika virus infection (bioRxiv) First detection of Zika virus in Brazilian A. aegyptii (Mem Inst Oswaldo Cruz) 2017 ASM Scientific Writing and Publishing Online Course Letters read on TWiV 410 This episode is brought to you by CuriosityStream, a subscription streaming service that offers over 1,400 documentaries and non­fiction series from the world's best filmmakers. Get unlimited access starting at just $2.99 a month, and for our audience, the first two months are completely free if you sign up at curiositystream.com/microbe and use the promo code MICROBE. This episode is also brought to you by Drobo, a family of safe, expandable, yet simple to use storage arrays. Drobos are designed to protect your important data forever. Visit www.drobo.com to learn more. Listeners can save $100 on a Drobo system at drobostore.com by using the discount code Microbe100. Weekly Science Picks Sharon - Zika virus comics and cartoons and Florida weekly arbovirus reportsScott - Real-time tracking of Zika virus evolution Alan - Evolution of antibiotic resistance on a mega plate Rich - WindytvKathy - Zika virus map and timeline Vincent - Ohsumi Nobel advanced information and HR 5325 funding breakdown Send your virology questions and comments to twiv@microbe.tv
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Oct 2, 2016 • 2h 4min

TWiV 409: A Nef is enough

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, Alan Dove, Rich Condit, and Kathy Spindler Guest: Jeremy Luban Jeremy joins the TWiVeroids to tell the amazing story of how the function of the HIV-1 protein called Nef was discovered and found to promote infection by excluding the host protein SERINC from virus particles. Become a patron of TWiV! Links for this episode No recovery in PACE trial (virology blog) The real PACE data (virology blog) Contagious Thinking Florida DOH daily Zika update Congress does not fail on Zika (NPR) Nef history (Luban lab) Nef excludes SERINC from virions (Nature) SERINC counters Nef (Nature) ASM Grant Writing Online Course Letters read on TWiV 409 This episode is brought to you by CuriosityStream, a subscription streaming service that offers over 1,400 documentaries and non­fiction series from the world's best filmmakers. Get unlimited access starting at just $2.99 a month, and for our audience, the first two months are completely free if you sign up at curiositystream.com/microbe and use the promo code MICROBE. 0:25, 28:50 This episode is also brought to you by Drobo, a family of safe, expandable, yet simple to use storage arrays. Drobos are designed to protect your important data forever. Visit www.drobo.com to learn more. Listeners can save $100 on a Drobo system at drobostore.com by using the discount code Microbe100. Weekly Science Picks Alan - Migration in MotionDickson - Beautiful Chemistry Rich - XKCD Timeline of Earth Temperature Kathy - Vaccine Heroes from Vaccine Education CenterJeremy - CIDRAP posters and Demon in the Freezer Vincent - People Peas and Pathogens Listener Picks Matlock - Science isn't broken Send your virology questions and comments to twiv@microbe.tv
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Sep 25, 2016 • 1h 9min

TWiV 408: Boston Quammens

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello and Alan Dove Guest: David Quammen Four years after filming 'Threading the NEIDL', Vincent and Alan return to the National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratory BSL4 facility at Boston University where they speak with science writer David Quammen. Watch this episode at YouTube Become a patron of TWiV! Links for this episode David Quammen's website Spillover by David Quammen Threading the NEIDL (TWiV 200) The NEIDL at Boston University This episode is brought to you by CuriosityStream, a subscription streaming service that offers over 1,400 documentaries and non­fiction series from the world's best filmmakers. Get unlimited access starting at just $2.99 a month, and for our audience, the first two months are completely free if you sign up at curiositystream.com/microbe and use the promo code MICROBE. This episode is also brought to you by Drobo, a family of safe, expandable, yet simple to use storage arrays. Drobos are designed to protect your important data forever. Visit www.drobo.com to learn more. Listeners can save $100 on a Drobo system at drobostore.com by using the discount code Microbe100. Send your virology questions and comments to twiv@microbe.tv

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