Podcast Episodes

41,103 bases under the sea

Episode 509

The TWiV team considers whether those who can do, can't teach, and newly discovered viruses of planarians and Aplysia with the largest RNA genomes.

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7 years, 4 months ago

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Bioweapon

Episode 508

Jens returns to present a brief history of bioweapons, with a focus on the program in the Soviet Union, the largest ever undertaken, and his experien…

7 years, 4 months ago

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The fusion of form and function

Episode 507

The TWiV team discuss the biology of Ebola viruses, and how localization of the membrane proteins of vaccinia virus drive function: the fusion machin…

7 years, 4 months ago

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David Tuller is PACEman

David Tuller returns to provide an update of his investigative work to expose the methodological and ethical problems with the PACE trial for ME/CFS.…

7 years, 4 months ago

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A Cafeteria full of jelly rolls

Episode 506

The TWiVniks explain how the three-dimensional structure of the giant Cafeteria roenbergensis virus suggests a new mode of assembly, and the apparent…

7 years, 5 months ago

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Rosebola

Episode 505

The TWiV hosts review persistence of Ebola virus after the end of the Liberian outbreak, and the potential role of two herpesviruses in the pathogene…

7 years, 5 months ago

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Flying foxes and barking pigs

Episode 504

The TWiVerinos discuss Nipah virus and the recent outbreak in India, and the first cast of polio in Papua New Guinea in 18 years.

Hosts: Vincent Raca…

7 years, 5 months ago

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The greening of TWiV

Episode 503

Vincent, Rich and Kathy travel to ASV 2018 at the University of Maryland to speak with Svetlana Folimonova and Anne Simon about their work on viruses…

7 years, 5 months ago

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Texas road phage

Episode 502

The TWiV team travels to Texas A&M University, home of the Center for Phage Technology, where they speak with Ry Young and Jason Gill about their wor…

7 years, 6 months ago

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Outbreak

Episode 501

Vincent visits the Smithsonian Institution and speaks with Sabrina Sholts, Jon Epstein, and Ed Niles about the exhibit Outbreak: Epidemics in a Conne…

7 years, 6 months ago

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