TWiV 1031: Death on the West Nile
TWiV notes the passing of virologist Michael BA Oldstone, a study to assess the performance of rapid antigen tests to detect symptomatic and asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infection, and the presence of antibodies to type I interferons in ~40% of patients with West Nile virus encephalitis. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Rich Condit, and Alan Dove Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of TWiV! Links for this episode MicrobeTV Discord Server MicrobeTV store at Cafepress Position in Rosenfeld Laboratory (pdf) XKCD on antivaxxers RFK Jr. CDC or FDA head? (Politico) Performance of rapid...
Source: This Week in Virology - MP3 Edition - July 30, 2023 Category: Virology Authors: Vincent Racaniello Source Type: podcasts

TWiV 1015: Soldiers & Scientists at USAMRIID
Vincent and Rich travel to Ft. Detrick to visit USAMRIID and speak with Todd, Crystal, John and Jay about their careers, their research, and the mission of the US Army Medical Institute of Infectious Diseases. Host: Vincent Racaniello and Rich Condit Guests: Todd Bell, Crystal Burke, John Dye, and Jay Hooper Opinions, interpretations, conclusions, and recommendations are those of the panelists and no official endorsement by the U.S. Army should be inferred. Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of TWiV! Links for this episode MicrobeTV Discord Server USAMRIID Mpox virus in tes...
Source: This Week in Virology - MP3 Edition - June 11, 2023 Category: Virology Authors: Vincent Racaniello Source Type: podcasts

TWiV 981: Tastes like chikungunya
TWiV explains the recent meeting of the National Science Advisory Board for Biosecurity (NSABB) where stricter guidelines for research involving human, animal, and plant pathogens were considered, and how the consumption of viruses by small protists returns energy to food chains. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, Alan Dove, Rich Condit, and Kathy Spindler Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of TWiV! Links for this episode •Research assistant position at FDA (pdf) •Register for ASV 2023 •MicrobeTV Discord Server •NSABB proposed oversight framework (pdf) ...
Source: This Week in Virology - MP3 Edition - February 5, 2023 Category: Virology Authors: Vincent Racaniello Source Type: podcasts

JAMA Neurology : Autoimmune Encephalitis Misdiagnosis in Adults
Interview with Eoin P. Flanagan, MD, author of Autoimmune Encephalitis Misdiagnosis in Adults. Hosted by Cynthia E. Armand, MD. Related Content: Autoimmune Encephalitis Misdiagnosis in Adults (Source: JAMA Specialty Journals Author Interviews)
Source: JAMA Specialty Journals Author Interviews - November 28, 2022 Category: General Medicine Authors: The JAMA Network Source Type: podcasts

TWiV 950: Prion diseases with Richard Knight
From the European Society for Clinical Virology 2022 Conference in Manchester UK, Vincent speaks with Richard Knight about prion diseases and the outbreak of bovine spongiform encephalitis that led to cases of variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease in humans. Host: Vincent Racaniello Guest: Richard Knight Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of TWiV! Links for this episode National CJD Research and Surveillance Unit Clinical diagnosis of human prion disease (Prog Mol Biol Trans Sci) Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (Handbook Clin Viral) Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (Adv Exp Med Bi...
Source: This Week in Virology - MP3 Edition - October 30, 2022 Category: Virology Authors: Vincent Racaniello Source Type: podcasts

JAMA Neurology : Use and Safety of Immunotherapeutic Management of N-Methyl-D-Aspartate Receptor Antibody Encephalitis
Interview with Ming Lim, MD, PhD, and Sarosh R. Irani, MD, PhD, authors of Use and Safety of Immunotherapeutic Management of N-Methyl-d-Aspartate Receptor Antibody Encephalitis: A Meta-analysis (Source: JAMA Specialty Journals Author Interviews)
Source: JAMA Specialty Journals Author Interviews - September 20, 2021 Category: General Medicine Authors: The JAMA Network Source Type: podcasts

TWiV 746: Encephalitis viruses dine on caveolae
Team TWiV explains how alphaviruses like Western equine encephalitis virus cross into the brain from capillaries by caveolin-mediated transcytosis, and reveal scientists’ incentives and attitudes towards public communication. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, Kathy Spindler, and Brianne Barker Subscribe (free): iTunes, Google Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of TWiV! Links for this episode Viral brain entry by transcytosis across endothelial cells (mBio) Scientists attitudes towards public communication (PNAS) Letters read on TWiV 746 Timestamps by Jolene. Thanks! Weekly Picks Dickson – NASA in...
Source: This Week in Virology - MP3 Edition - April 22, 2021 Category: Virology Authors: Vincent Racaniello Source Type: podcasts

TWiV 746: Encephalitis viruses dine on caveoli
Team TWiV explains how alphaviruses like Western equine encephalitis virus cross into the brain from capillaries by caveolin-mediated transcytosis, and reveal scientists’ incentives and attitudes towards public communication. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, Kathy Spindler, and Brianne Barker Subscribe (free): iTunes, Google Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of TWiV! Links for this episode Viral brain entry by transcytosis across endothelial cells (mBio) Scientists attitudes towards public communication (PNAS) Letters read on TWiV 746 Timestamps by Jolene. Thanks! Weekly Picks Dickson – NASA in...
Source: This Week in Virology - MP3 Edition - April 22, 2021 Category: Virology Authors: Vincent Racaniello Source Type: podcasts

TWiV 746: Encephalitis viruses dine on caveolae
Team TWiV explains how alphaviruses like Western equine encephalitis virus cross into the brain from capillaries by caveolin-mediated transcytosis, and reveal scientists’ incentives and attitudes towards public communication. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, Kathy Spindler, and Brianne Barker Subscribe (free): iTunes, Google Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of TWiV! Links for this episode Viral brain entry by transcytosis across endothelial cells (mBio) Scientists attitudes towards public communication (PNAS) Letters read on TWiV 746 Timestamps by Jolene. Thanks! Weekly Picks Dickson – NASA in...
Source: This Week in Virology - MP3 Edition - April 22, 2021 Category: Virology Authors: Vincent Racaniello Source Type: podcasts

TWiV 707: COVID-19 clinical update #45 with Dr. Daniel Griffin
In COVID-19 clinical update #45, Daniel Griffin discusses J&J Ad26 vaccine results, reactogenicity after the second dose of mRNA vaccines, expansion of vaccine eligibility, and the finding that encephalitis after SARS-CoV-2 infection is a cytokine release syndrome. Hosts: Daniel Griffin and Vincent Racaniello Subscribe (free): iTunes, Google Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of TWiV! Links for this episode J&J Ad26 vaccine phase 1/2 results (NEJM) SARS-CoV-2 encephalitis is a cytokine release syndrome (CID) Letters read on TWiV 707 Timestamps by Jolene. Thanks! Intro music is by Ronald Jenkees Send your questio...
Source: This Week in Virology - MP3 Edition - January 16, 2021 Category: Virology Authors: Vincent Racaniello Source Type: podcasts

TWiV 577: Virologie structurale with F élix Rey
Vincent speaks with Félix Rey about his career and his work on solving structures of a variety of viruses and the insights learned about viral membrane fusion and antibody-mediated neutralization. Subscribe (free): iTunes, Google Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of TWiV! Links for this episode Unité de Virologie Structurale Tick-borne encephalitis glycoprotein structure (Nature) HCV RNA polymerase structure (PNAS) Flavivirus structural heterogeneity (Curr Op Viral) Antibody responses to flaviviruses (EMBO Rep) Covalently linked dengue envelope dimers (Nat Comm) Timestamps by Jolene. Thanks! Intro music is by ...
Source: This Week in Virology - MP3 Edition - December 8, 2019 Category: Virology Authors: Vincent Racaniello Source Type: podcasts

TWiV 567: Outbreaks and a breakout
The TWiV team covers outbreaks of eastern equine encephalitis virus in the US and poliovirus in the Philippines, and explain how a chemokine induced by HIV-1 infection helps release more virus particles from cells. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, Alan Dove, Rich Condit, Kathy Spindler, and Brianne Barker Subscribe (free): iTunes, Google Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of TWiV! Links for this episode Poliomyelitis returns to the Philippines (Mashable, virology blog) EEE in the USA (Am J Trop Med Hyg) Chemokine helps HIV-1 release (eLIFE) Image credit Letters read on TWiV 567 Timestamps by Jolene....
Source: This Week in Virology - MP3 Edition - September 29, 2019 Category: Virology Authors: Vincent Racaniello Source Type: podcasts

TWiV 458: Saliva of the fittest
The TWiVians present an imported case of yellow fever in New York City, and explain how a dengue virus subgenomic RNA disrupts immunity in mosquito salivary glands to increase virus replication. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, Alan Dove, Rich Condit, and Kathy Spindler Become a patron of TWiV! Links for this episode ASM Conference on Viral Manipulation of Nuclear Processes Roger W. Hendrix, 74 (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette) Roger Hendrix video on TWiV #135 Yellow fever in traveler returning from Peru (MMWR) Dengue subgenomic RNA in mosquito salivary gland (PLoS Path) Image credit Letters read on TWiV 458 Thi...
Source: This Week in Virology - MP3 Edition - September 9, 2017 Category: Virology Authors: Vincent Racaniello Source Type: podcasts

TWiV 453: Neurovirology with Diane Griffin
From the Vector-Borne Viruses Symposium in Hamilton, Montana, Dickson and Vincent speak with Diane Griffin about her career and her work on understanding viral infections of the central nervous system. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello and Dickson Despommier Guest: Diane Griffin   Become a patron of TWiV! Links for this episode Vector-Borne Viruses Symposium Diane Griffin Adoptive immunization of immunosuppressed mice infected with Sindbis virus Role of the immune response in age-dependent resistance of mice to encephalitis due to Sindbis virus Antibody-mediated clearance of alphavirus infection from neurons Persistence of v...
Source: This Week in Virology - MP3 Edition - August 6, 2017 Category: Virology Authors: Vincent Racaniello Source Type: podcasts

January 12 2016 Issue
1) Neurology® Clinical Practice: Anti-GAD syndrome with concomitant cerebellar ataxia, stiff-person syndrome, and limbic encephalitis2) What's Trending: Current exciting projects at the AAN3) Topic of the month: Endovascular Stroke Therapy This podcast for the Neurology Journal begins and closes with Dr. Robert Gross, Editor-in-Chief, briefly discussing highlighted articles from the print issue of Neurology. In the second segment Dr. Alex Menze interviews Dr. Sara Schaefer about her Neurology: Clinical Practice paper on anti-GAD syndrome with concomitant cerebellar ataxia, stiff-person syndrome, and limbic encephalitis. D...
Source: Neurology Podcast - January 11, 2016 Category: Neurology Authors: American Academy of Neurology Source Type: podcasts