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Episode 480
Scott Hensley joins the TWiVites to review the current influenza season and presence of the virus in exhaled breath of symptomatic cases.
Hosts: Vinc…
7 years, 11 months ago
Trypsin the flight fantastic
Episode 479
The TWiVome explores induction of antiviral responses by repeating patterns of capsids, and a fungus in the mosquito gut that aids dengue virus repli…
7 years, 11 months ago
A pox on your horse
Episode 478
The TWiV team explains how infectious horsepox virus - likely the ancestor of smallpox vaccines - was recovered from chemically synthesized DNA fragm…
7 years, 11 months ago
Raiders of the lost Arc
Episode 477
The TWiVodrome explains how a gag-like protein from a retrotransposon forms virus-like particles that carry mRNA within vesicles across the synapse.…
7 years, 11 months ago
In ACOD1 we trust
Episode 476
Nels joins the TWiV team to talk about his work on genomic accordions in vaccinia virus, hepatitis B virus in a 439 year old mummy, and viral inducti…
7 years, 11 months ago
Everything is viral
Episode 475
In the first episode for 2018, the TWiV team reviews the amazing virology stories of 2017.
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, Alan Dove, …
8 years ago
Call me fish meal
Episode 474
The TWiVanguardians take on Bodo saltans virus, a leviathan which infects an abundant flagellated eukaryote in Earth's waters.
Hosts: Vincent Racanie…
8 years ago
Assessing a risk and infecting you twice
Episode 473
The Fellowship of the Virus discuss enhancement of dengue disease in humans: the contribution of antibody concentration and increased binding to Fc r…
8 years ago
Ray Ortega in the podcaster's studio
Vincent speaks with professional podcast producer Ray Ortega about his career and the power of the podcast.
Host: Vincent Racaniello
Guest: Ray Orteg…
8 years ago
The riddle of the skinks
Episode 472
The TWiV team reveal the origin of the poxvirus membrane, and how a retrovirus drove the development of the placenta of a lizard.
Hosts: Vincent Raca…
8 years ago