TWiV 340: No shift, measles
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, Alan Dove, Rich Condit, and Kathy Spindler
The TWiV teams reviews a MERS-coronavirus serosurvey and an outbreak in South Korea, and constraints on measles virus antigenic variation.
Links for this episode
Richard Elliott on TWiV 177
MERS-CoV outbreak, South Korea (ProMedMail)
MERS-CoV serosurvey (Lancet Inf Dis)
Biolabs in your backyard (USA Today)
Constraints on measles virus antigenic variation (Cell Rep)
Selection bias and bombers (John D. Cook)
Virology (journal)
Image credit: Cameron Moll
Letters read on TWiV 340
Weekly Science Picks
Dickson - Singapore...
Source: This Week in Virology - MP3 Edition - June 7, 2015 Category: Virology Authors: Vincent Racaniello Source Type: podcasts
TWiV 336: Brought to you by the letters H, N, P, and Eye
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, Alan Dove, Rich Condit, and Kathy Spindler
The TWiVsters explore mutations in the interferon pathway associated with severe influenza in a child, outbreaks of avian influenza in North American poultry farms, Ebolavirus infection of the eye weeks after recovery, and Ebolavirus stability on surfaces and fluids.
This episode is sponsored by @ASM Conferences and ASM Microbe
Links for this episode
Life threatening influenza and IRF7 deficiency (Science)
Whole exome sequencing (Wikipedia)
Herpes encephalitis in children with Trif deficiency (TWiV 175)
Avian influenza in ...
Source: This Week in Virology - MP3 Edition - May 10, 2015 Category: Virology Authors: Vincent Racaniello Source Type: podcasts
Health systems resilience: The Lancet: May 7, 2015
Margaret Kruk discusses what is meant by health systems resilience and lessons learned from the Ebola outbreak. (Source: Listen to The Lancet)
Source: Listen to The Lancet - May 8, 2015 Category: Journals (General) Authors: The Lancet Source Type: podcasts
TWiV 334: In vino virus
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, Alan Dove, Rich Condit, and Kathy Spindler
The TWiVles talk about endogenous viruses in plants, sex and Ebolavirus transmission, an outbreak of canine influenza in the US, Dr. Oz, and doubling the NIH budget.
This episode is sponsored by SciMed Solutions and ASM Education.
Links for this episode
Pinot noir and viruses (Wine Spectator) 35:00
Endogenous florendoviruses (Nat Commun) 35:30
Sex and Ebolavirus transmission (WHO, CDC, NYTimes) 54:10
Ebolavirus waiting (NYTimes) 57:35
Canine influenza outbreak (ProMed, NorthStarVets) 1:01:10
Dr. Oz under fire (NYTimes...
Source: This Week in Virology - MP3 Edition - April 26, 2015 Category: Virology Authors: Vincent Racaniello Source Type: podcasts
TWiV 331: Why is this outbreak different from all other outbreaks?
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, Alan Dove, Rich Condit, and Kathy Spindler
The TWiV team discusses the possible association of the respiratory pathogen enterovirus D68 with neurological disease.
This episode is sponsored by SciMed Solutions and ASM Education.
Links for this episode
Clusters of AFP associated with enterovirus D68 (Lancet)
Novel outbreak enterovirus D68 strain (Lancet Inf Dis)
Enterovirus D68 in Norway (Euro Surveill)
Unknown enemy (Nature)
Enterovirus D68 on TWiV 302
Letters read on TWiV 331
Timestamps by Jennifer. Thank you!
Weekly Science Picks
Alan - OU0POLIO ham rad...
Source: This Week in Virology - MP3 Edition - April 5, 2015 Category: Virology Authors: Vincent Racaniello Source Type: podcasts
TWiV 328: Lariat tricks in 3D
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, Alan Dove, Rich Condit, and Kathy Spindler
The TWiVocateurs discuss how the RNA polymerase of enteroviruses binds a component of the splicing machinery and inhibits mRNA processing.
Links for this episode
Viral polymerase binds Prp8 to inhibit mRNA splicing (PLoS Path)
Prp8 protein of the spliceosome (RNA)
Nuclear entry of poliovirus RdRp (Virol)
RNA processing (TWiV 216)
Measles in USA (CDC)
Principles of Microbial Diversity
Journal of Microbiology & Biology Education
Letters read on TWiV 3...
Source: This Week in Virology - MP3 Edition - March 15, 2015 Category: Virology Authors: Vincent Racaniello Source Type: podcasts
International donations to the Ebola virus outbreak: too little, too late?
Karen Gr épin, assistant professor of global health policy at New York University, has been examining the pledges made by the international community to help fight the ebola virus outbreak - was it really too little, too late?
Read her full analysis:http://www.bmj.com/content/350/bmj.h376 (Source: The BMJ Podcast)
Source: The BMJ Podcast - February 4, 2015 Category: General Medicine Authors: BMJ talk medicine Source Type: podcasts
International donations to the Ebola virus outbreak: too little, too late?
Karen Grépin, assistant professor of global health policy at New York University, has been examining the pledges made by the international community to help fight the ebola virus outbreak - was it really too little, too late?
Read her full analysis:
http://www.bmj.com/content/350/bmj.h376 (Source: The BMJ Podcast)
Source: The BMJ Podcast - February 4, 2015 Category: Journals (General) Authors: BMJ talk medicine Source Type: podcasts
International donations to the Ebola virus outbreak: too little, too late?
Karen Gr épin, assistant professor of global health policy at New York University, has been examining the pledges made by the international community to help fight the ebola virus outbreak - was it really too little, too late?
Read her full analysis:
http://www.bmj.com/content/350/bmj.h376 (Source: The BMJ Podcast)
Source: The BMJ Podcast - February 4, 2015 Category: General Medicine Authors: BMJ talk medicine Source Type: podcasts
International donations to the Ebola virus outbreak: too little, too late?
Karen Grépin, assistant professor of global health policy at New York University, has been examining the pledges made by the international community to help fight the ebola virus outbreak - was it really too little, too late?
Read her full analysis:
http://www.bmj.com/content/350/bmj.h376 (Source: The BMJ Podcast)
Source: The BMJ Podcast - February 4, 2015 Category: General Medicine Authors: BMJ Group Source Type: podcasts
TWiV 322: Postcards from the edge of the membrane
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, Alan Dove, and Kathy Spindler
The TWiVodes answer listener email about hantaviruses, antivirals, H1N1 vaccine and narcolepsy, credibility of peer review, Bourbon virus, influenza vaccine, careers in virology, and much more.
Links for this episode
Bourbon virus (NY Times)
Thogotovirus (ViralZone)
Drug induced apoptosis and HIV infection (PLoS One)
Mumps cases and outbreaks (CDC)
Opossums as pets? (doc)
Cat found
Letters read on TWiV 322
Weekly Science Picks
Alan - Boom by Tony HorowitzKathy -...
Source: This Week in Virology - MP3 Edition - February 1, 2015 Category: Virology Authors: Vincent Racaniello Source Type: podcasts
TWiV 319: Breaking breakbone
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, Alan Dove, Rich Condit, and Kathy Spindler
The TWiVers review the outcomes of two recent phase 3 clinical trials of a quadrivalent dengue virus vaccine in Asia and Latin America.
Links for this episode
Efficacy of dengue vaccine (NEJM)
Preventing dengue (NEJM)
Dengue viruses (Scitable)
Intention to treat (Wikipedia)
Image credit: Jean-Yves Sgro
Letters read on TWiV 319
Weekly Science Picks
Alan - The Toaster Project by Thomas ThwaitesRich - SpaceX reusable rocket (SpaceX)Kat...
Source: This Week in Virology - MP3 Edition - January 11, 2015 Category: Virology Authors: Vincent Racaniello 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
