TWiV 1980: AI builds better viruses
TWiV reviews global measles outbreaks, toilet-generated aerosols that spread viruses, highly effective prevention of invasive cervical cancer by HPV vaccination, and design of improved adenovirus-associated viral vectors using machine learning. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, Alan Dove, and Rich Condit Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of TWiV! Links for this episode MicrobeTV Discord Server MicrobeTV store at Cafepress Become a member of ASV (asv.org) Research assistant position in Rosenfeld Lab CBER/FDA (pdf) The New City by Dickson Despommier Jay Nel...
Source: This Week in Virology - MP3 Edition - January 28, 2024 Category: Virology Authors: Vincent Racaniello Source Type: podcasts
TWiV 999: Vaccinated to the nines
TWiV notes Ashish Jha’s call for doctors to combat a vacuum of medical information while ignoring our contributions, China CDC’s surveillance of SARS-CoV-2 at the Huanan Seafood Market, and an experimental infectious attenuated COVID-19 vaccine that elicits superior mucosal and systemic immunity in hamsters. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, Alan Dove, Kathy Spindler, and Brianne Barker Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of TWiV! Links for this episode Register for ASV 2023 MicrobeTV Discord Server Jha ignores TWiV contribution to disseminating science i...
Source: This Week in Virology - MP3 Edition - April 9, 2023 Category: Virology Authors: Vincent Racaniello Source Type: podcasts
TWiV 933: Island-hopping bats
TWiV discusses a new henipavirus from fruit bats in Madagascar, and attenuation of SARS-CoV-2 Omicron disease in mice caused by genome mutations outside of the spike protein coding region. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, Kathy Spindler, and Brianne Barker Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of TWiV! Links for this episode Research assistant position at FDA (pdf) Beijerinck virology prize (KNAW) Nipah virus vaccine (TWiV 618) Novel henipavirus from Madagascar (J Viral) Spike-independent Omicron attenuation in mice (Cell Rep) Letters read on TWiV 933 Timestamps...
Source: This Week in Virology - MP3 Edition - September 4, 2022 Category: Virology Authors: Vincent Racaniello Source Type: podcasts
Prevalence and treatment of precocious puberty
Precocious puberty, that is puberty that starts before age 8 in girls and 9 in boys seems to be on the rise, but whether that ’s because of an increase in incidence, or greater attention is unknown - what we do know that precocious puberty in girls is commonly idiopathic, while in boys is a red flag for pathology. But either way ther first point of... (Source: The BMJ Podcast)
Source: The BMJ Podcast - January 28, 2020 Category: General Medicine Authors: BMJ talk medicine Source Type: podcasts
Prevalence and treatment of precocious puberty
Precocious puberty, that is puberty that starts before age 8 in girls and 9 in boys seems to be on the rise, but whether that ’s because of an increase in incidence, or greater attention is unknown - what we do know that precocious puberty in girls is commonly idiopathic, while in boys is a red flag for pathology. But either way ther first point of call is the GP.
In this podcast, Steven Bradley GP, and Neil Lawrence, p aediatric trainee join us to discuss how common precocious puberty is, how GPs should respond to a family presenting with it, and if intimate examination is actually warranted in primary care.
Read the...
Source: The BMJ Podcast - January 28, 2020 Category: General Medicine Authors: BMJ talk medicine Source Type: podcasts
Prevalence and treatment of precocious puberty
Precocious puberty, that is puberty that starts before age 8 in girls and 9 in boys seems to be on the rise, but whether that’s because of an increase in incidence, or greater attention is unknown - what we do know that precocious puberty in girls is commonly idiopathic, while in boys is a red flag for pathology. But either way ther first point of call is the GP.
In this podcast, Steven Bradley GP, and Neil Lawrence, paediatric trainee join us to discuss how common precocious puberty is, how GPs should respond to a family presenting with it, and if intimate examination is actually warranted in primary care.
Read the f...
Source: The BMJ Podcast - January 28, 2020 Category: General Medicine Authors: BMJ Group Source Type: podcasts
19 December 2019: The three-body problem, and festive fun
We’ve launched our 2019 listener survey. We want to know what you think of the show to help us make a great podcast. You can find the survey here. Thanks!This week, a solution to a centuries-old physics problem, and holiday shenanigans.In this episode:00:51 Disentangling three bodiesResearchers have been working to unpick a problem that has stumped scientists since the 1600s. Research Article: Stone and Leigh08:50 Frosty the SnowmanThe first of our festive science songs, about how a certain snowman is faring under climate change. Scroll to the transcript section below for the lyrics.11:00 Festive quiz showOur r...
Source: Nature Podcast - December 18, 2019 Category: Science Authors: Springer Nature Limited Source Type: podcasts
19 December 2019: A solution to the three-body problem, and festive fun
We’ve launched our 2019 listener survey. We want to know what you think of the show to help us make a great podcast. You can find the survey here. Thanks!This week, a solution to a centuries-old physics problem, and holiday shenanigans.In this episode:00:51 Disentangling three bodiesA problem that has stumped scientists since the 1600s has a probabilistic solution. Research Article: Stone and Leigh08:50 Frosty the SnowmanThe first of our festive science songs, about how a certain snowman is faring under climate change. Scroll to the transcript section below for the lyrics.11:00 Festive quiz showOur reporte...
Source: Nature Podcast - December 18, 2019 Category: Science Authors: Springer Nature Limited Source Type: podcasts
19 December 2019: The three-body problem, and festive fun
We’ve launched our 2019 listener survey. We want to know what you think of the show to help us make a great podcast. You can find the survey here. Thanks!This week, a solution to a centuries-old physics problem, and holiday shenanigans.In this episode:00:51 Disentangling three bodiesResearchers have been working to unpick a problem that has stumped scientists since the 1600s. Research Article: Stone and Leigh08:50 Frosty the SnowmanThe first of our festive science songs, about how a certain snowman is faring under climate change. Scroll to the transcript section below for the lyrics.11:00 Festive quiz showOur r...
Source: Nature Podcast - December 18, 2019 Category: Science Authors: Springer Nature Limited Source Type: podcasts
TWiV 451: Expectorate the unexpected
The TWiV scientists reveal that mosquitoes transmit different West Nile virus populations with each blood meal, only to have the diversity purged in a bird host.Hosts: Vincent Racaniello,Alan Dove,Rich Condit, andKathy Spindler Become a patron of TWiV!Links for this episodeDriving past a milestone (TWiP 100)Debug Fresno (Verily blog)What could possibly go wrong? (TWiV 388)Chestnut blight (ProMedMail)Hypovirusmolecular biology (Adv Virus Res)Mosquitoes transmitunique WNV populations (Cell Rep)Teaching science using pseudoscienceImage creditLetters read on TWiV 451Weekly Science PicksKathy -Approaching Jupiter andMic...
Source: This Week in Virology - MP3 Edition - July 23, 2017 Category: Virology Authors: Vincent Racaniello Source Type: podcasts
Research Summaries: Self-Discipline Gives Girls the Edge: Gender in Self-Discipline, Grades, and Achievement Test Scores
Today’s post summarizes a paper by Angela Duckworth and Martin Seligman, that parses the same set of data, as obtained in their earlier paper (see research summary of that paper here), to come up with new insights about gender differences in self-control and scholastic achievement.
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Girls, typically outperform boys when it comes to getting good grades overall and within each subject. this is true of US; however from what I have seen of Indian board results, the same is true of almost every board exam in India, be it CBSE, ICSE or State Boards.
The girls however do not outperfor...
Source: The Mouse Trap - July 16, 2017 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: sandygautam Tags: Research Summaries Angela Duckworth IQ Martin Seligman self-control Source Type: podcasts
"Women deliver, and not only babies"
Katja Iversen, CEO of Women Deliver, joins Rebecca Coombes to explain why the UN sustainable development goals are unachievable if we don't empower women and girls to take control of their health, wellbeing, and reproductive rights.
http://womendeliver.org/ (Source: The BMJ Podcast)
Source: The BMJ Podcast - May 16, 2016 Category: Journals (General) Authors: BMJ talk medicine Source Type: podcasts
"Women deliver, and not only babies"
Katja Iversen, CEO of Women Deliver, joins Rebecca Coombes to explain why the UN sustainable development goals are unachievable if we don't empower women and girls to take control of their health, wellbeing, and reproductive rights.http://womendeliver.org/ (Source: The BMJ Podcast)
Source: The BMJ Podcast - May 16, 2016 Category: General Medicine Authors: BMJ talk medicine Source Type: podcasts
"Women deliver, and not only babies"
Katja Iversen, CEO of Women Deliver, joins Rebecca Coombes to explain why the UN sustainable development goals are unachievable if we don't empower women and girls to take control of their health, wellbeing, and reproductive rights.
http://womendeliver.org/ (Source: The BMJ Podcast)
Source: The BMJ Podcast - May 16, 2016 Category: General Medicine Authors: BMJ talk medicine Source Type: podcasts
”Women deliver, and not only babies”
Katja Iversen, CEO of Women Deliver, joins Rebecca Coombes to explain why the UN sustainable development goals are unachievable if we don't empower women and girls to take control of their health, wellbeing, and reproductive rights.
http://womendeliver.org/ (Source: The BMJ Podcast)
Source: The BMJ Podcast - May 16, 2016 Category: General Medicine Authors: BMJ Group Source Type: podcasts
