Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchSeeing the lineages for the variants
Episode 64
Nels and Vincent consider evolution of antibody immunity to SARS-CoV-2, and update the situation on novel virus variants of concern with potentially …
5 years, 1 month ago
Year of the coronavirus
Episode 63
Nels and Vincent wrap up 2020 with a discussion of novel variants of SARS-CoV-2 that have emerged in the United Kingdom and South Africa, how to int…
5 years, 2 months ago
Army ants with Daniel Kronauer
Episode 62
Daniel joins Nels and Vincent to discuss his new book on army ants, the wickedest insects ever to roam the planet, and his research on them and clona…
5 years, 3 months ago
Shot and chaser of SARS-CoV-2 evolution
Episode 61
Nels and Vincent discuss an opinion piece on 12 evolutionary insights into how the COVID-19 pandemic is shaping human nature, and prolonged SARS-CoV-…
5 years, 4 months ago
Five years of TWiEVO on the future of our past
Episode 60
On the fifth anniversary of TWiEVO, Nels and Vincent invite 12 evolutionary biologists to describe exciting future directions for the field and their…
5 years, 5 months ago
The hypothesis giving tree
Episode 59
Nels and Vincent answer listener questions and discuss a newly discovered virus of amoeba with a nearly complete ORFan genome: none of the proteins e…
5 years, 6 months ago
Not all coronaviruses ACE2 the test
Episode 58
Simon and Heather join TWiEVO to discuss their analysis of the evolutionary history of ACE2 usage by coronaviruses in the Sarbecovirus genus.
Hosts: …
5 years, 7 months ago
SARS-CoV-2 receptor binding evolution blooms
Episode 57
Jessie, Allie and Tyler join Nels and Vincent to describe their work on deep mutational scanning of the SARS-CoV-2 receptor binding domain.
Hosts: Ne…
5 years, 8 months ago
Revising the drafts of coronavirus evolution
Episode 56
Nels and Vincent continue their discussion of SARS-CoV-2 evolution, including understanding recurrent mutations in the viral genome, and the potentia…
5 years, 9 months ago
Coronavirus evolution from soup to nuts
Episode 55
Nels and Vincent continue their discussion of SARS-CoV-2 evolution, with a report that the coronavirus proofreading enzyme stimulates RNA recombinati…
5 years, 10 months ago