TWiV 750: To err is viral
The TWiVmeisters discuss how copy-back defective viral genomes might modulate the clinical outcome of respiratory syncytial virus infection, and detection of antibodies to henipa- and filo-like viruses in Trinidad bats. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, Alan Dove, Rich Condit, and Kathy Spindler Subscribe (free): iTunes, Google Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of TWiV! Links for this episode Vaccine education town halls (ASV) RSV cpDVG may influence clinical outcome (Nat Micro) Henipa- and filo-like viruses in Trinidad bats (J Inf Dis) Nice image of cpDVG generation Letters read on TWiV 750 Timesta...
Source: This Week in Virology - MP3 Edition - May 2, 2021 Category: Virology Authors: Vincent Racaniello Source Type: podcasts

JAMA Dermatology : Association Between Atopic Dermatitis and Educational Attainment in Denmark
Interview with Sinead M. Langan, PhD, author of Association Between Atopic Dermatitis and Educational Attainment in Denmark (Source: JAMA Specialty Journals Author Interviews)
Source: JAMA Specialty Journals Author Interviews - April 14, 2021 Category: General Medicine Authors: The JAMA Network Source Type: podcasts

TWiV 740: Complementation will get you everywhere
The Guardians of the TWiV-o-verse discuss the process of codon deoptimization for the production of experimental infectious attenuated viral vaccines, and how a respiratory syncytial virus with 619 base changes was rescued by genomes with very large internal deletions. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, Rich Condit, Kathy Spindler, and Brianne Barker Subscribe (free): iTunes, Google Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of TWiV! Links for this episode NIDO 2021 Symposium ASV hosts free COVID-19 Vaccine Education Town Halls (register here) Research position in Spindler laboratory Attenuation of poliovirus...
Source: This Week in Virology - MP3 Edition - April 8, 2021 Category: Virology Authors: Vincent Racaniello Source Type: podcasts

TWiV 739: COVID-19 convalescent plasma with Arturo Casadevall
Arturo Casadevall joins TWiV to discuss the use of convalescent plasma to treat COVID-19, including a history of the process, how plasma is prepared and tested, why it is difficult to conduct randomized clinical trials, how this treatment has fared and his hopes for the future. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Alan Dove, Rich Condit, and Brianne Barker Guest: Arturo Casadevall Subscribe (free): iTunes, Google Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of TWiV! Links for this episode Victory for Scientific Pragmatism (New Atlantis) Convalescent plasma levels and risk of COVID-19 death (NEJM) COVID-19 convalescent plasma safety ...
Source: This Week in Virology - MP3 Edition - April 4, 2021 Category: Virology Authors: Vincent Racaniello Source Type: podcasts

Fighting outbreaks with museum collections, and making mice hallucinate
Podcast Producer Meagan Cantwell talks with Pamela Soltis, a professor and curator with the Florida Museum of Natural History at the University of Florida and the director of the University of Florida Biodiversity Institute, about how natural collections at museums can be a valuable resource for understanding future disease outbreaks. Read the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine report Biological Collections: Ensuring Critical Research and Education for the 21st Century. This segment is part of our coverage of the 2021 AAAS Annual Meeting. Also on this week ’s show, Katharina Schmack, a research ass...
Source: Science Magazine Podcast - April 1, 2021 Category: Science Authors: Science Tags: Scientific Community Source Type: podcasts

Fighting outbreaks with museum collections, and making mice hallucinate
Podcast Producer Meagan Cantwell talks with Pamela Soltis, a professor and curator with the Florida Museum of Natural History at the University of Florida and the director of the University of Florida Biodiversity Institute, about how natural collections at museums can be a valuable resource for understanding future disease outbreaks. Read the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine report Biological Collections: Ensuring Critical Research and Education for the 21st Century. This segment is part of our coverage of the 2021 AAAS Annual Meeting. Also on this week’s show, Katharina Schmack, a research...
Source: Science Magazine Podcast - April 1, 2021 Category: Science Authors: Science Magazine Source Type: podcasts

Fighting outbreaks with museum collections, and making mice hallucinate
Podcast Producer Meagan Cantwell talks with Pamela Soltis, a professor and curator with the Florida Museum of Natural History at the University of Florida and the director of the University of Florida Biodiversity Institute, about how natural collections at museums can be a valuable resource for understanding future disease outbreaks. Read the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine report Biological Collections: Ensuring Critical Research and Education for the 21st Century. This segment is part of our coverage of the 2021 AAAS Annual Meeting. Also on this week’s show, Katharina Schmack, a research ass...
Source: Science Magazine Podcast - April 1, 2021 Category: Science Authors: Science Magazine Source Type: podcasts

TWiV 737: SARS-CoV-2 in NYC wastewater
John, Monica, and Davida join TWiV to discuss development of a method to detect SARS-CoV-2 in raw sewage from all 14 of New York City’s treatment plants, and its use to determine the presence of the genome throughout the pandemic and detection of genome mutations from variants of concern. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, Rich Condit, and Kathy Spindler Guest: John Dennehy, Davida Smyth, and Monica Trujillo Subscribe (free): iTunes, Google Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of TWiV! Links for this episode Protocol for detecting SARS-CoV-2 RNA in wastewater (medRxiv) Mutations from VOC in NYC wastew...
Source: This Week in Virology - MP3 Edition - April 1, 2021 Category: Virology Authors: Vincent Racaniello Source Type: podcasts

Fighting outbreaks with museum collections, and making mice hallucinate
Podcast Producer Meagan Cantwell talks with Pamela Soltis, a professor and curator with the Florida Museum of Natural History at the University of Florida and the director of the University of Florida Biodiversity Institute, about how natural collections at museums can be a valuable resource for understanding future disease outbreaks. Read the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine report Biological Collections: Ensuring Critical Research and Education for the 21st Century. This segment is part of our coverage of the 2021 AAAS Annual Meeting. Also on this week’s show, Katharina Schmack, a research as...
Source: Science Magazine Podcast - March 31, 2021 Category: Science Authors: Science Tags: Scientific Community Source Type: podcasts

TWiV 736: Rhapsody in T with Alessandro Sette
Alessandro Sette joins TWiV to discuss the role of T cells in COVID-19, the finding that amino acid changes in SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern have a negligible impact on T cell reactivity in convalescent patients and vaccinees, and whether a next generation vaccine should include more viral proteins than spike. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Alan Dove, Rich Condit, and Kathy Spindler Guest: Alessandro Sette Subscribe (free): iTunes, Google Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of TWiV! Links for this episode Little impact of SARS-CoV-2 variants on T cell reactivity (bioRxiv) NIDO 2021 Symposium Postdoctoral position at ...
Source: This Week in Virology - MP3 Edition - March 28, 2021 Category: Virology Authors: Vincent Racaniello Source Type: podcasts