Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, Alan Dove, and Rich Condit
The TWiV team reviews the discovery of old vials of smallpox virus at NIH, anthrax and influenza mishaps at CDC, the baby who was not cured of HIV, Cambridge Working Group, and sacking of NSABB members.
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Alan - Optivisor
Rich – Noller lab ribosome movies
Vincent - Creepy dreadful wonderful parasites
Dickson - National Center for Science Education
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Mark - The Machinery of Life by David Goodsell
Basel - iBioEducation
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Host: Vincent Racaniello
Guests: Melissa Churchill, Alex Khromykh, Gilda Tachedjian, and Paul Young
Vincent visits Melbourne, Australia and speaks with Melissa, Alex, Gilda, and Paul about their work on HIV infection of the central nervous system, West Nile virus, microbicides for HIV, and the Koala retrovirus.
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Host: Vincent Racaniello
Guests: Wade Blair, Matt Dickson, Nicole Kallewaard-Lelay, and Ken Miller
Vincent visits Medimmune and speaks with Wade, Matt, Nicole, and Ken about why they work in industry and their daily roles in a biotechnology company.
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Host: Vincent Racaniello
Guests: Janet Butel and Rick Lloyd
Vincent meets up with Janet Butel and Rick Lloyd at Baylor College of Medicine to talk about their work on polyomaviruses and virus induced stress.
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Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, Alan Dove, and Kathy Spindler
Vinny and the capsids answer listener questions about the definition of life, state vaccination laws, the basic science funding problem, viral ecology, inactivation of viruses by pressure, and much more.
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Alan - The Science of Good Cooking
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Kathy - Daily overview
Dickson - Girl rising
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Johnye - Ri channel
Ricardo – Open spin microscope (Nikon gallery, plans)
Chris – The microbiome game
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Host: Vincent Racaniello
Guests: XJ Meng and Sarah McDonald
Vincent meets up with XJ and Sarah at Virginia Tech to talk about their work on viruses of swine and rotaviruses.
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