This Week in Virology » bacteria

TWiV 154: Symbiotic safecrackers

Vincent Racaniello — Sun, 23 Oct 2011 18:56:18 +0000

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Alan Dove, and Rich Condit

Vincent, Alan, and Rich are very enthusiastic about two studies that show how gut bacteria help viral invaders.

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Links for this episode:

TWiV154 transcript (pdf)
Retrovirus transmission dependent on commensal microbiota (Science)
Intestinal microbiota promote enteric virus replication (Science)
TWiV 3D timeline (9 MB .mv4 – thanks, Ricardo)
Faleye’s photos at VirusTalk
TWiV on Facebook
Letters read on TWiV 154

Weekly Science Picks

Alan – SciWriteLabs
Vincent – Take as directed

Listener Pick of the Week

Tony – Introduction to AI online course

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TWiV 142: Viral oinkotherapy

Vincent Racaniello — Sun, 17 Jul 2011 12:25:37 +0000

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Rich Condit, and Alan Dove

Vincent, Rich, and Alan discuss a method for identifying viruses of individual environmental bacteria, and the using a picornavirus for oncotherapy.

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Links for this episode:

Probing individual bacteria for their viruses (Science)
Looking in vivo at virus-bacterium interactions (ScienceDaily)
Integrated fluidic circuit (Fluidigm)
Oncotherapy with Seneca Valley Virus (Clin Cancer Res)
Epidemiology of Seneca Valley virus (pdf)
Senecavirus at ViralZone
Small cell lung cancer (NCBI)
ECOG performance status
RECIST
TWiV on Facebook
Letters read on TWiV 142

Weekly Science Picks

Alan – Germlines podcast
Rich – science360
Vincent – Google+

Listener Pick of the Week

Angus – Science Weekly with Alok Jha

TWiV 110: CSI virology

Vincent Racaniello — Sun, 05 Dec 2010 12:55:08 +0000

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, Alan Dove, and Rich Condit

Vincent, Alan, Rich, and Dickson discuss bacteria that can utilize arsenic in place of phosphorus, the passing of Frank Fenner, polio outbreak in The Congo, solving criminal cases of HIV transmission, and classifying viruses by capsid structure.

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Links for this episode:

Bacteria that utilize arsenic (Ed Yong’s view)
Frank Fenner passes away
Smallpox and its eradication – the ‘red book’ (pdf)
Polio outbreak in The Congo (virus isolation)
Solving criminal cases with HIV evolution (press release)
Definition of paraphyly
Order to the viral universe
International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV)
TWiV on Facebook
Letters read on TWiV 110

Weekly Science Picks

Dickson – CDC’s West Nile virus case count for 2010
Rich – The red bees of Red Hook
Alan – Arsenic-based life at XKCD
Vincent – PLoS iPad app

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TWiV 99: ICAAC Boston 2010

Vincent Racaniello — Mon, 20 Sep 2010 01:45:02 +0000

Host: Vincent Racaniello

On episode 99 of the podcast This Week in Virology, Vincent tours the 50th Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy (ICAAC) in Boston, speaking with exhibitors and visitors, including Professors Derek Smith, Michael Schmidt, Frederick Hayden, and Myra McClure.

Many thanks to Chris Condayan and Ray Ortega of the American Society for Microbiology for recording and editing this episode.

Click the arrow above to play, or right-click to download TWiV #99 (45 MB .mp3, 62 minutes)

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Links for this episode:

50th ICAAC
ICAAC daily press conference videos (including Prof. Myra McClure)
Antigenic cartography
Antimicrobial properties of copper
Video of this episode – download .mp4 (1.99 GB) or .wmv (935 MB) or view below

TWiV 72: Bucket of bolts

Vincent Racaniello — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 02:24:29 +0000

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, Alan Dove, and Rich Condit

This week the TWiV team explains CRISPR/Cas, the immune system of bacteria and archaea, how novel viruses are discovered by deep sequencing of small RNAs, and the relationship between dry weather and outbreaks of West Nile virus infection.

This episode is sponsored by Data Robotics Inc. Use the promotion code VINCENT to receive $50 off a Drobo or $100 off a Drobo S.

Win a free Drobo S! Contest rules here.

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Links for this episode:

Review on the CRISPR/cas system of bacteria and archaea
Virus discovery by sequencing small virus-derived RNAs (paper one and two)
Dry weather induces outbreaks of West Nile virus infection (paper and comment form)
Vaccine needle size matters
Participate in the Personal Genome Project

Weekly Science Picks

Dickson Scientist as Chef by Dickson Despommier (pdf)
Alan Networked Organisms and Habitats (NOAH) iPhone app
Rich Never Cry Wolf by Farley Mowat
Vincent The Dish