Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchGorilla COVID with Nadine Lamberski
Episode 745
Nadine Lamberski joins TWiV to discuss an outbreak of COVID-19 among gorillas at the San Diego Zoo, and the use of a spike protein-based vaccine to i…
4 years, 10 months ago
COVID-19 clinical update #58 with Dr. Daniel Griffin
Episode 744
In COVID-19 clinical update #58, Daniel Griffin provides the latest update on the J&J vaccine pause, healthcare worker deaths, children and COVID, ph…
4 years, 10 months ago
Shape-shifting viruses
Episode 743
The TWiVsters explain how the shape of pleomorphic virus particles – spherical or filamentous – determines the probability of virus attachment and fu…
4 years, 10 months ago
De-fusing COVID-19
Episode 742
TWiV reviews a drug screen for inhibitors of syncytium formation, the fusing of cells caused by SARS-CoV-2, which reveals that the process is regulat…
4 years, 10 months ago
COVID-19 clinical update #57 with Dr. Daniel Griffin
Episode 741
In COVID-19 clinical update #57, Daniel Griffin covers children and MIS-C, school opening plans, transmission event with masks, fomite transmission, …
4 years, 10 months ago
Complementation will get you everywhere
Episode 740
The Guardians of the TWiV-o-verse discuss the process of codon deoptimization for the production of experimental infectious attenuated viral vaccines…
4 years, 10 months ago
COVID-19 convalescent plasma with Arturo Casadevall
Episode 739
Arturo Casadevall joins TWiV to discuss the use of convalescent plasma to treat COVID-19, including a history of the process, how plasma is prepared …
4 years, 11 months ago
COVID-19 clinical update #56 with Dr. Daniel Griffin
Episode 738
In COVID-19 clinical update #56, Daniel Griffin note increasing hospitalization in children and young adults, Pfizer vaccine efficacy results in 12-1…
4 years, 11 months ago
SARS-CoV-2 in NYC wastewater
Episode 737
John, Monica, and Davida join TWiV to discuss development of a method to detect SARS-CoV-2 in raw sewage from all 14 of New York City’s treatment pla…
4 years, 11 months ago
Rhapsody in T with Alessandro Sette
Episode 736
Alessandro Sette joins TWiV to discuss the role of T cells in COVID-19, the finding that amino acid changes in SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern have a …
4 years, 11 months ago