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Gesamtlänge aller Episoden: 69 days 21 hours 23 minutes
episode 525: The A Bee Cs of bee viruses
Michelle Flenniken joins TWiV to talk about honeybees and the work of her laboratory on honeybee viruses. Hosts: , , , , and Guest: Subscribe (free): , , , Become a of TWiV! Links for this episode MSU ...
episode 524: Slicing and dicing with Raul
Raul Andino joins Vincent and Amy to talk about the finding that a cricket paralysis virus protein restricts RNA-based immunity in insects by regulating the activity and stability of the Argonaute protein. Hosts: and Guest: Subscribe...
episode 523: Virology in Zürich
At the University of Zürich, Vincent speaks with virologists Cornel Fraefel, Urs Greber, and Silke Stertz about their careers and their work on AAV2, adenovirus entry, and influenza virus. Hosts: Guests: , , and Subscribe...
episode 522: Readers of the lost ORF
The TWiVsters review isolation of a naturally occurring DNA virus from fruit flies, and the cell-type specific function of a small transmembrane protein encoded in an open reading frame upstream of the enterovirus polyprotein. Hosts: , , ,...
episode 521: Spitting in the Allee
Team TWiV cover the discovery of another giant virus from 30,000 year old Siberian permafrost, and how viral aggregation accelerates the production of new infectious viruses and increases fitness, demonstrating an Allee effect. Hosts: , , ,...
episode 520: This old mouse
The TWiVidae review universal influenza vaccines that are in clinical trials, and discovery of an atypical parvovirus that causes chronic kidney disease in middle aged, immunocompromised laboratory mice. Hosts: , , , , , and Subscribe...
episode 519: Fishing for viruses in senile
The TWiVomers review a potential role for herpes simplex virus type 1 as a cause of Alzheimer's Disease, including the finding that amyloid-beta acts as an antiviral by enveloping virus particles. Hosts: , , , , and Subscribe...
episode 518: Hershey's viruses
Vincent travels to Penn State College of Medicine in Hershey, PA to speak with Nick and Leslie about their careers and their work on human cytomegalovirus and retroviruses. Host: Guests: and Subscribe (free): , , , Become...
episode 517: Just in time for Halloween
Brianne and Vincent tackle two studies that utilize infectious viruses to examine zoonotic potential of Bombali virus, a new ebolavirus from an insectivorous species in Sierra Leone, and a human mumps-like virus from an African flying fox in DRC....
episode 516: HUSH little virus, don't you transcribe
Lonya and Jeremy take the TWiV team beTWIXt primate immunodeficiency virus proteins Vpx and Vpr and how they counteract transcriptional repression of proviruses by the HUSH complex. Hosts: , , , , and Guests: and Subscribe...