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 16 hours 28 minutes
episode 511: Accessory found guilty in DC
Ned Landau joins the TWiV team to discuss restriction of HIV replication by SAMHD1, and a viral antagonist that can be used to produce a dendritic cell vaccine. Hosts: , , , , and Guest: Become a of TWiV! Links for this episode ...
episode 510: Retroviruses at Cold Spring Harbor
Vincent and Dickson travel to the 44th Retrovirus meeting at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratories, where they speak with John Coffin, Stephen Hughes, Ya-Chi Ho, and Matt Takata about the meeting and their work on HIV-1. Hosts: and Guests:...
episode 509: 41,103 bases under the sea
The TWiV team considers whether those who can do, can't teach, and newly discovered viruses of planarians and Aplysia with the largest RNA genomes. Hosts: , , , and Become a of TWiV! Links for this episode ...
episode 508: Bioweapon
Jens returns to present a brief history of bioweapons, with a focus on the program in the Soviet Union, the largest ever undertaken, and his experience working in the decommissioned Soviet bioweapons laboratory known as Vector. Hosts: , , ,...
episode 507: The fusion of form and function
The TWiV team discuss the biology of Ebola viruses, and how localization of the membrane proteins of vaccinia virus drive function: the fusion machinery sits at the tips of virions, and binding proteins are at the sides. Hosts: , , , ,...
David Tuller is PACEman
David Tuller returns to provide an update of his investigative work to expose the methodological and ethical problems with the PACE trial for ME/CFS. Host: Guest: Become a of TWiV! Links for this episode by Lubet and...
episode 506: A Cafeteria full of jelly rolls
The TWiVniks explain how the three-dimensional structure of the giant Cafeteria roenbergensis virus suggests a new mode of assembly, and the apparent elimination of dengue fever in an Australian city by release of mosquitoes harboring Wolbachia....
episode 505: Rosebola
The TWiV hosts review persistence of Ebola virus after the end of the Liberian outbreak, and the potential role of two herpesviruses in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease. Hosts: , , , , and Become a of TWiV! Links for...
episode 504: Flying foxes and barking pigs
The TWiVerinos discuss Nipah virus and the recent outbreak in India, and the first cast of polio in Papua New Guinea in 18 years. Hosts: , , , , and Become a of TWiV! Links for this episode Support infection (JCM)...
episode 503: The greening of TWiV
Vincent, Rich and Kathy travel to ASV 2018 at the University of Maryland to speak with Svetlana Folimonova and Anne Simon about their work on viruses that infect plants. Hosts: , , and Guests: and Become a of TWiV! Links...