This Week in Virology

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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Gesamtlänge aller Episoden: 69 days 13 hours 52 minutes

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episode 548: Mice, shrews, and caterpillars


Vincent travels to the European Congress of Virology in Rotterdam and with local co-host Marion Koopmans speak with Martin Beer, Stephan Gunther, and Vera Ross about their careers and their work on Lassa virus, Borna virus, and insect viruses....


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 May 19, 2019  1h11m
 
 

episode 547: Upstate virology


Vincent travels to the University at Albany to speak with Cara, Rachel, and Alex about their careers and their work on stress granules, epitranscriptomics, and arboviruses. Host:  Guests: , , and Subscribe (free): , , , ...


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 May 12, 2019  1h35m
 
 

episode 546: Delta blues and chitlins


The un-encapsidated TWiV Humans discuss finding hepatitis D virus-related sequences in birds and snakes, and fatal swine acute diarrhoea syndrome caused by a coronavirus of bat origin. Hosts: , , , , and Subscribe...


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 May 5, 2019  2h2m
 
 

episode 545: Biocrimes and misdemeanors


Jens Kuhn returns to TWiV to explain Select Agents, Priority Pathogens, Australia List Pathogens, Risk Group Agents, biosafety, biosecurity, and biosurety. Hosts: , , , and Guest: Subscribe (free): , , ,  Become...


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 April 28, 2019  1h44m
 
 

episode 544: Immunogaga


The TWiV team reveals the repertoire of anti-viral antibodies in newborn humans, and a complement protein that binds the adenovirus capsid and prevents release of the viral DNA. Hosts: , , , and Subscribe (free): , , , ...


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 April 21, 2019  1h47m
 
 

episode 543: Stoned and senile


The TWiV team discusses Medusavirus, isolated from a hot spring in Japan, and induction of neurodegeneration by recurrent herpes simplex virus 1 infection of mice. Hosts: , , , , , and Subscribe (free): , , ,  Become...


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 April 14, 2019  1h48m
 
 

episode 542: Inside Microbiotix


Vincent travels to Microbiotix, Inc, a biopharmaceutical company in Worcester, MA to speak with four members of the company about their discovery and development of small molecule drugs that target serious infectious diseases. Host:  Guests:...


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 April 7, 2019  1h5m
 
 

episode 541: Cloaking devices


The TWiVers present mitoviruses, which infect mitochondria, and how quasi-enveloped hepatitis A virus gets naked again. Hosts: , , , and Subscribe (free): , , ,  Become a  of TWiV! Links for this episode ...


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 March 31, 2019  1h28m
 
 

episode 540: Wascally wiruses


The TWiVstars reveal the diversity of herpes simplex virus type 2 in a neonatal population, and parallel adaptation of rabbits in three countries to myxoma virus. Hosts: , , , , and  Subscribe (free): , , ,  Become...


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 March 24, 2019  1h48m
 
 

episode 539: TWiV 539: Multitudes contain me


The TWiV hosts present two potentially seminal papers, on long-distance chemoattraction of a host by a chlorovirus, and replication of a nanovirus across multiple cells in a plant. Hosts: , , , , and Subscribe (free): , , , ...


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 March 17, 2019  1h41m