Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchShape-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…
5 years, 1 month 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…
5 years, 1 month 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, …
5 years, 1 month 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…
5 years, 2 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 …
5 years, 2 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…
5 years, 2 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…
5 years, 2 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 …
5 years, 2 months ago
COVID-19 clinical update #55 with Dr. Daniel Griffin
Episode 735
In COVID-19 clinical update #55, Daniel Griffin reviews recommendations for keeping transmission low in school settings, optimal testing strategies f…
5 years, 2 months ago
Weiss hath no furin like a virus scorned
Episode 734
Susan Weiss returns to TWiV to discuss coronavirus entry into cells and the role of spike protein cleavage by proteases, why lab escaped hypotheses f…
5 years, 2 months ago