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
TWiV 359: A Blossom by any other name
Host: Guest: Vincent speaks with Blossom about her laboratory's research on Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus, including how it transforms cells, the switch between lytic and latent replication, and its interaction...
TWiV 358: Virology and proteomics with Ileana Cristea
Host: Guest: Vincent meets up with Ileana at Princeton University to talk about how her laboratory integrates molecular virology, mass spectrometry-based proteomics, and bioinformatics to unravel the interplay between virus and...
TWiV 357: Mistletoe on the Tree of Life
Hosts: , , , , and Guest: Jens joins the TWiVomics to discuss the strengths and weaknesses of viral taxonomy, including its history and evolution, how viruses are ordered, and why T. rex was classified...
TWiV 356: Got viruses?
Hosts: , , , , and Guest: Stephanie joins the super professors to discuss the gut virome of children with serious malnutrition, caterpillar genes acquired from parasitic wasps, and the effect of adding chemokines to a...
TWiV 355: Baby's first virome
Hosts: , , , , and The TWiV team considers the effect of a Leishmaniavirus on the efficacy of drug treatment, and the human fecal virome and microbiome in twins during early infancy. Links for this...
TWiV 354: The cat in the HAART
Hosts: , , , , and The esteemed doctors of TWiV review a new giant virus recovered from the Siberian permafrost, why influenza virus gain of function experiments are valuable, and feline immunodeficiency...
TWiV 353: STING and the antiviral police
Hosts: , , , and The TWiVniacs discuss twenty-eight years of poliovirus shedding by an immunodeficient patient, and packaging of the innate cytoplasmic signaling molecule cyclic GMP-AMP in virus particles. Links for...
TWiV 352: Science art with Michele Banks
Host: Guest: Vincent meets up with Michele Banks in Washington, DC to discuss her career as a creator of science-themed art. Links for this episode (Ed Yong) (Jonathan...
TWiV 351: The dengue code
Hosts: , , , , and The Masters of the ScienTWIVic Universe discuss a novel poxvirus isolate from an immunosuppressed patient, H1N1 and the gain-of-function debate, and attenuation of dengue virus by recoding the genome. Links...
TWiV 350: Viral gene therapy with Katherine High
Host: Guest: Vincent speaks with Katherine High about her career and her work on using viral gene therapy to treat inherited disorders. This episode is drawn from one of twenty-six video interviews with leading scientists...