Peering inside giant planets, and fighting Ebola in the face of fake news
It’s incredibly difficult to get an inkling of what is going on inside gas giants Saturn and Jupiter. But with data deliveries from the Cassini and Juno spacecraft, researchers are starting to learn more. Science Staff Writer Paul Voosen talks with host Sarah Crespi about new gravity measurements from Cassini’s last passes around Saturn. Using these data, researchers were able to compare wind patterns on Saturn and Jupiter and measure the mass and age of Saturn’s rings. It turns out the rings are young, relatively speaking—they may have formed as recently as 10 million years ago, after dinosaurs went extinct.
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Source: Science Magazine Podcast - January 17, 2019 Category: Science Authors: Science Magazine Source Type: podcasts
Peering inside giant planets, and fighting Ebola in the face of fake news
It ’s incredibly difficult to get an inkling of what is going on inside gas giants Saturn and Jupiter. But with data deliveries from the Cassini and Juno spacecraft, researchers are starting to learn more. Science Staff Writer Paul Voosen talks with host Sarah Crespi about new gravity measurements fr om Cassini’s last passes around Saturn. Using these data, researchers were able to compare wind patterns on Saturn and Jupiter and measure the mass and age of Saturn’s rings. It turns out the rings are young, relatively speaking—they may have formed as recently as 10 million years ago, after d inosaurs went extinct.
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Source: Science Magazine Podcast - January 17, 2019 Category: Science Authors: Science Tags: Scientific Community Source Type: podcasts
Peering inside giant planets, and fighting Ebola in the face of fake news
It ’s incredibly difficult to get an inkling of what is going on inside gas giants Saturn and Jupiter. But with data deliveries from the Cassini and Juno spacecraft, researchers are starting to learn more. Science Staff Writer Paul Voosen talks with host Sarah Crespi about new gravity measurements fr om Cassini’s last passes around Saturn. Using these data, researchers were able to compare wind patterns on Saturn and Jupiter and measure the mass and age of Saturn’s rings. It turns out the rings are young, relatively speaking—they may have formed as recently as 10 million years ago, after d inosaurs went extinct. Me...
Source: Science Magazine Podcast - January 17, 2019 Category: Science Authors: Science Tags: Scientific Community Source Type: podcasts
TWiV 528: Our annual recapsidation
In the first episode for 2019, the TWiV team reviews the amazing virology stories of the past year. 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 Please take the TWiV listener survey ASV 2019 Satellite Symposia Crowdfunding for EV-D68 research TWiV World Tour 2018 t-shirt (Amazon) Cool virology from 2018 Viruses behind AD? TWiV 505, TWiV 519, clinical trial one and two Wolbachia-mosquito release halts dengue (TWiV 506); World Mosquito Program Evolutionary history of RNA...
Source: This Week in Virology - MP3 Edition - January 6, 2019 Category: Virology Authors: Vincent Racaniello Source Type: podcasts
TWiV 527: City mouse, country mouse
The TWiV team summarizes the discovery of Sin Nombre virus, and presents evidence that neurotropic flaviviruses can cause intestinal dysmotility syndromes after systemic infection of mice. 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 Please take the TWiV listener survey ASV 2019 Satellite Symposia Crowdfunding for EV-D68 research Outbreak (exhibit, TWiV 501) Four Corners hantavirus outbreak (Wikipedia) Death at the Corner (Atlantic) Hantavirus infection by US state (CD...
Source: This Week in Virology - MP3 Edition - December 30, 2018 Category: Virology Authors: Vincent Racaniello Source Type: podcasts
TWiV 520: This old mouse
The TWiVidae review universal influenza vaccines that are in clinical trials, and discovery of an atypical parvovirus that causes chronic kidney disease in middle aged, immunocompromised laboratory mice. 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 PhD and postdoctoral programs at Dept of Microbiology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai MSc program Molecular Biology and Pathology of Viruses, Univ College London Virology Comics on sale (Amazon) Ou...
Source: This Week in Virology - MP3 Edition - November 18, 2018 Category: Virology Authors: Vincent Racaniello Source Type: podcasts
TWiV 515: When virus is in retrograde
The TWiV team notes the passing of Tom Steitz, an outbreak of acute flaccid myelitis in the US, a continuing Ebola virus outbreak in DRC, respiratory vaccinia due to inhalation of ground up rabbit skin, and how a human papillomavirus capsid protein directs virus-containing endosomes towards the nucleus. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, Alan Dove, Kathy Spindler, and Brianne Barker Subscribe (free): iTunes, Google Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of TWiV! Links for this episode Sea Phages program and application materials Tom Steitz, 78 (NY Times) AFM outbreak, US (CIDRAP) AFM surveillance (CDC) Ac...
Source: This Week in Virology - MP3 Edition - October 14, 2018 Category: Virology Authors: Vincent Racaniello Source Type: podcasts
TWiV 507: The fusion of form and function
The TWiV team discuss the biology of Ebola viruses, and how localization of the membrane proteins of vaccinia virus drive function: the fusion machinery sits at the tips of virions, and binding proteins are at the sides. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, Alan Dove, Rich Condit, Kathy Spindler, and Brianne Barker Become a patron of TWiV! Links for this episode Support Viruses & Cells Gordon Conference Outbreak at the Smithsonian Outbreak (TWiV 501) Latest Ebola virus outbreak, DRC (WHO) Summary of Ebola virus outbreaks (CDC) Ebola virus nomenclature (ICTV) Ebola virus distribution map (CDC) Polarization o...
Source: This Week in Virology - MP3 Edition - August 19, 2018 Category: Virology Authors: Vincent Racaniello Source Type: podcasts
TWiV 506: A Cafeteria full of jelly rolls
The TWiVniks explain how the three-dimensional structure of the giant Cafeteria roenbergensis virus suggests a new mode of assembly, and the apparent elimination of dengue fever in an Australian city by release of mosquitoes harboring Wolbachia. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, Alan Dove, and Brianne Barker Become a patron of TWiV! Links for this episode Support Viruses & Cells Gordon Conference New DRC Ebola strains distinct (Outbreak News) Immunizations for new DRC Ebola outbreak (The Scientist) Structure of Cafeteria roenbergensis virus (Sci Rep) Chuan (River) Xiao laboratory CroV movies Scaled deplo...
Source: This Week in Virology - MP3 Edition - August 12, 2018 Category: Virology Authors: Vincent Racaniello Source Type: podcasts
TWiV 505: Rosebola
The TWiV hosts review persistence of Ebola virus after the end of the Liberian outbreak, and the potential role of two herpesviruses in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, Alan Dove, Rich Condit, Kathy Spindler and Brianne Barker Become a patron of TWiV! Links for this episode Support Viruses & Cells Gordon Conference Trump picks science advisor (Scientist) Hendra vaccine: no effect on horses racing (Aust Vet J) Persistence of Ebola virus (Lancet Inf Dis) New Ebolavirus outbreak (Telegraph) Alzheimer's disease and herpesviruses (Neuron) Herpesviruses, beta-amyloid an...
Source: This Week in Virology - MP3 Edition - August 5, 2018 Category: Virology Authors: Vincent Racaniello Source Type: podcasts
TWiV 504: Flying foxes and barking pigs
The TWiVerinos discuss Nipah virus and the recent outbreak in India, and the first cast of polio in Papua New Guinea in 18 years. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, Alan Dove, Rich Condit, and Brianne Barker Become a patron of TWiV! Links for this episode Support Viruses & Cells Gordon Conference TWiV 501: Outbreak Nipah virus infection (JCM) Anatomy of an outbreak (The Hindu) Do we need to worry about Nipah virus? (Tufts Now) Nipah virus infection of bats (EID) Papua New Guinea no longer polio-free (virology blog) WHO polio endgame (polioeradication) Letters read on TWiV 504 Weekly Science Picks Alan - G...
Source: This Week in Virology - MP3 Edition - July 29, 2018 Category: Virology Authors: Vincent Racaniello Source Type: podcasts
End of the Ebola outbreak in DRC
On the day the WHO announced the end of the Ebola outbreak in the DRC,Lancet editor Pam Das speaks with Mike Ryan, Assistant DG for Emergency Preparedness and Response at the WHO, and David Heymann, head of Chatham House Global Health, about how the outbreak was contained and what lessons were learned. (Source: Listen to The Lancet)
Source: Listen to The Lancet - July 24, 2018 Category: General Medicine Authors: The Lancet Source Type: podcasts
TWiV 501: Outbreak
Vincent visits the Smithsonian Institution and speaks with Sabrina Sholts, Jon Epstein, and Ed Niles about the exhibit Outbreak: Epidemics in a Connected World. Host: Vincent Racaniello Guests: Sabrina Sholts, Jon Epstein, and Ed Niles Become a patron of TWiV! Links for this episode Sabrina Sholts Jonathan Epstein EcoHealth Alliance Outbreak at the Smithsonian ASM partners with Smithsonian (bLog Phase) Vincent as museum object (AMNH) Video of this episode (coming soon) Intro music is by Ronald Jenkees. Send your virology questions and comments to twiv@microbe.tv (Source: This Week in Virology - MP3 Edition)
Source: This Week in Virology - MP3 Edition - July 8, 2018 Category: Virology Authors: Vincent Racaniello Source Type: podcasts
