Podcast Episodes

Our annual recapsidation

Episode 528

In the first episode for 2019, the TWiV team reviews the amazing virology stories of the past year.

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, Al…

7 years ago

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City mouse, country mouse

Episode 527

The TWiV team summarizes the discovery of Sin Nombre virus, and presents evidence that neurotropic flaviviruses can cause intestinal dysmotility synd…

7 years ago

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In the beginning there was pol

Episode 526

The TWiV hosts discuss the distribution of prions in the eyes of patients with sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jacob disease, and the origins and evolution of R…

7 years ago

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Vaccines Did Not Cause Rachel's Autism

Vaccine scientist, pediatrician, and autism dad Peter Hotez talks about his new book, Vaccines Did Not Cause Rachel's Autism.

Host: Vincent Racaniell…

7 years ago

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The A Bee Cs of bee viruses

Episode 525

Michelle Flenniken joins TWiV to talk about honeybees and the work of her laboratory on honeybee viruses.

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Alan Dove, Rich…

7 years ago

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Slicing and dicing with Raul

Episode 524

Raul Andino joins Vincent and Amy to talk about the finding that a cricket paralysis virus protein restricts RNA-based immunity in insects by regulat…

7 years, 1 month ago

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Virology in Zürich

Episode 523

At the University of Zürich, Vincent speaks with virologists Cornel Fraefel, Urs Greber, and Silke Stertz about their careers and their work on AAV2,…

7 years, 1 month ago

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Readers of the lost ORF

Episode 522

The TWiVsters review isolation of a naturally occurring DNA virus from fruit flies, and the cell-type specific function of a small transmembrane prot…

7 years, 1 month ago

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Spitting in the Allee

Episode 521

Team TWiV cover the discovery of another giant virus from 30,000 year old Siberian permafrost, and how viral aggregation accelerates the production o…

7 years, 1 month ago

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This old mouse

Episode 520

The TWiVidae review universal influenza vaccines that are in clinical trials, and discovery of an atypical parvovirus that causes chronic kidney dise…

7 years, 1 month ago

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