The Lancet: January 30, 2015
NIH budget shrinks despite Ebola emergency funds: Susan Jaffe talks to NIH Director Francis Collins (Source: Listen to The Lancet)
Source: Listen to The Lancet - January 30, 2015 Category: Journals (General) Authors: The Lancet Source Type: podcasts
Listen to The Lancet: 30 January
NIH budget shrinks despite Ebola emergency funds: Susan Jaffe talks to NIH Director Francis Collins (Source: Listen to The Lancet)
Source: Listen to The Lancet - January 30, 2015 Category: Journals (General) Authors: The Lancet Source Type: podcasts
Nature Podcast: 6 August 2015
This week, lessons to learn from the Ebola epidemic, the reproductive habits of ancient organisms, and how the nuclear bomb changed the stories we tell about scientists. (Source: Nature Podcast)
Source: Nature Podcast - January 26, 2015 Category: Science Authors: Nature Publishing Group Source Type: podcasts
Nature Podcast: 23 April 2015
This week, a new treatment for Ebola, the making of the Tibetan plateau, and could bees be addicted to pesticides? (Source: Nature Podcast)
Source: Nature Podcast - January 26, 2015 Category: Science Authors: Nature Publishing Group Source Type: podcasts
Perils and Pluses of 'Compassionate Use'
When a person is dying, there may be lots of pressure to give access to drugs still in development. This happened during the recent Ebola outbreak. But there are serious pros and cons to doing this. (Source: Medscape Pediatrics Podcast)
Source: Medscape Pediatrics Podcast - January 6, 2015 Category: Pediatrics Authors: Medscape Source Type: podcasts
TWiV 318: Last year in virology
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Alan Dove, Rich Condit, and Kathy Spindler
The TWiV gang reviews ten fascinating, compelling, and riveting virology stories from 2014.
Ten virology stories of 2014
Ebola virus outbreak (TWiV 314, 309, 308, 307, 306, 305, 304, 303, 302, 298, 297, 283)
Directional uncoating of rhinovirus RNA (TWiV 267)
Pandemic pathogen controversy (TWiV 287)
Viral evolution (TWiV 275)
Borna virus inhibition by endogenous DNA (TWiV 303)
MERS-CoV in dromedary camels (TWiV special, TWiV 287)
Oncolytic...
Source: This Week in Virology - MP3 Edition - January 4, 2015 Category: Virology Authors: Vincent Racaniello Source Type: podcasts
Interview with Tom Frieden, MD, MPH
Tom Frieden, MD, MPH, Director, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, talks with Howard Bauchner, MD, Editor in Chief of JAMA, about the Ebola crisis and the CDC’s response (originally posted on 10-23-2014). (Source: JAMA Author Interviews)
Source: JAMA Author Interviews - December 23, 2014 Category: Journals (General) Authors: The JAMA Network Source Type: podcasts
Interview with Dr Aiah A. Gbakima
Dr Aiah A. Gbakima, editor in chief of the Sierra Leone Journal of Biomedical Research, talks about confronting the Ebola outbreak in Sierra Leone (originally posted on 10-2-2014). (Source: JAMA Author Interviews)
Source: JAMA Author Interviews - December 23, 2014 Category: Journals (General) Authors: The JAMA Network Source Type: podcasts
TWiV 315: Must be something in the water
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Alan Dove, Rich Condit, and Kathy Spindler
Vincent, Alan, Rich and Kathy association of a virus with sea star melting disease, and the finding of a phycodnavirus in the oropharynx of humans with altered cognitive functions.
Links for this episode
National Influenza Immunization Week (CDC)
Densovirus associated with sea star wasting disease (PNAS)
A virus that melts sea stars (virology blog)
Chlorovirus in human oropharynx (PNAS)
Algal virus in humans (virology blog)
Image credit
Letters read on TWiV 315
Weekly Science Picks
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Source: This Week in Virology - MP3 Edition - December 13, 2014 Category: Virology Authors: Vincent Racaniello Source Type: podcasts
Travel to West Africa? Don't Neglect Malaria Prevention
If travel can't be postponed, travelers to West Africa must guard not only against Ebola but against malaria, too. (Source: Medscape Infectious Disease Podcast)
Source: Medscape Infectious Disease Podcast - December 10, 2014 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Medscape Source Type: podcasts
TWiV 314: Einstein goes viral
Host: Vincent Racaniello
Guests: Kartik Chandran, Ganjam Kalpana, and Margaret Kielian
Vincent travels to Albert Einstein College of Medicine where he speaks with Kartik, Ganjam, and Margaret about their work on Ebolavirus entry, a tumor suppressor that binds the HIV-1 integrase, and the entry of togaviruses and flaviviruses into cells.
Links for this episode
Antibodies that protect against Sudan virus (ACS Chem Biol)
Ebola virus entry requires NPC1 (EMBO J)
A toggle switch for virus entry (Nat Comm)
Imaging alphavirus exit (J Virol)
Defects in HIV-1 unable to interact with INI1 (Retrovirol)
Cell cycle arr...
Source: This Week in Virology - MP3 Edition - December 7, 2014 Category: Virology Authors: Vincent Racaniello Source Type: podcasts
TWiV 314: Einstein goes viral
Host: Vincent Racaniello
Guests: Kartik Chandran, Ganjam Kalpana, and Margaret Kielian
Vincent travels to Albert Einstein College of Medicine where he speaks with Kartik, Ganjam, and Margaret about their work on Ebolavirus entry, a tumor suppressor that binds the HIV-1 integrase, and the entry of togaviruses and flaviviruses into cells.
Links for this episode
Antibodies that protect against Sudan virus (ACS Chem Biol)
Ebola virus entry requires NPC1 (EMBO J)
A toggle switch for virus entry (Nat Comm)
Imaging alphavirus exit (J Virol)
Defects in HIV...
Source: This Week in Virology - MP3 Edition - December 7, 2014 Category: Virology Authors: Vincent Racaniello Source Type: podcasts
TWiV 314: Einstein goes viral
Host: Vincent Racaniello
Guests: Kartik Chandran, Ganjam Kalpana, and Margaret Kielian
Vincent travels to Albert Einstein College of Medicine where he speaks with Kartik, Ganjam, and Margaret about their work on Ebolavirus entry, a tumor suppressor that binds the HIV-1 integrase, and the entry of togaviruses and flaviviruses into cells.
Links for this episode
Antibodies that protect against Sudan virus (ACS Chem Biol)
Ebola virus entry requires NPC1 (EMBO J)
A toggle switch for virus entry (Nat Comm)
Imaging alphavirus exit (J Virol)
Defects in HIV-1 unable to interact with INI1 (Retrovirol)
Cell cycle arr...
Source: This Week in Virology - MP3 Edition - December 7, 2014 Category: Virology Authors: Vincent Racaniello Source Type: podcasts
