TWiV 578: Prometheus project
Vincent speaks with members of Prometheus, a team of academic and industrial scientists assembled to develop antibody-based therapeutics against infections caused by tick-borne Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever virus and rodent-borne hantaviruses, for which no approved vaccines or specific drugs are available. Host: Vincent Racaniello Guests: Kartik Chandran, Zachary Bornholdt, Steven Bradfute, John Dye, Matthias Forsell, Jason McLellan, Laura Walker, and Cecelia Vial. Subscribe (free): iTunes, Google Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of TWiV! Links for this episode NIH U19 grant mechanism $22 million Prometheus g...
Source: This Week in Virology - MP3 Edition - December 15, 2019 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
"Tick Tactics" -- The Discovery Files
Scientists at the University of Cincinnati say the hungrier ticks are, the harder they try to find people or other hosts -- a finding that could have implications for the spread of tick-borne diseases such as Lyme or Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever. The researchers explain that starved ticks' metabolisms speed up, causing them to hunt more aggressively. (Source: The Discovery Files)
Source: The Discovery Files - December 8, 2018 Category: Science Authors: National Science Foundation Source Type: podcasts
" Tick Talk " -- The Discovery Files
Conclusions on blacklegged tick emergence were based on nineteen years of data collected at the Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies in Millbrook, N.Y. (Source: The Discovery Files)
Source: The Discovery Files - April 1, 2015 Category: Science Authors: National Science Foundation Source Type: podcasts
Rise in tickborne illnesses
(Source: MedlinePlus: NLM Director's Comments)
Source: MedlinePlus: NLM Director's Comments - May 15, 2006 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: National Library of Medicine Source Type: podcasts
