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TWiV 90: Guano happens

Vincent Racaniello — Sun, 11 Jul 2010 12:10:42 +0000

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Alan Dove, Rich Condit, and Eric F. Donaldson

Vincent, Alan, Rich and Eric discuss identification of viruses in Northeastern American bats, vaccinia virus infection after sexual contact with a military vaccinee, and identification of a new flavivirus from an Old World bat in Bangladesh.

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Links for this episode:

Vaccinia virus infection after sexual contact with vaccinee
Smallpox vaccination overview
Smallpox vaccine lesions (jpg)
Smallpox hospital, Roosevelt Island, NY (photo 1, photo 2)
Isolation of a flavivirus from bats in Bangladesh (PLoS Pathogens)
Review on hepatitis G virus
Dickson has been teaching at Singularity University and fishing in Bozeman MT (jpg)
Letters read on TWiV 90

Weekly Science Picks

Eric – Year of Darwin by Sean Carroll
Rich – March of the Penguins
Alan – Standing-height desks
Vincent – DengueWatch (thanks Richard!)

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TWiV 65: Matt’s bats

Vincent Racaniello — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 23:43:18 +0000

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Alan Dove, and Matthew Frieman

Vincent, Alan, and Matt discuss a project to study the RNA virome of Northeastern American bats, failure to detect XMRV in UK chronic fatigue syndrome patients, and DNA of bornavirus, an RNA virus, in mammalian genomes.

This episode is sponsored by Data Robotics Inc. To receive $50 off a Drobo or $100 off a Drobo S, visit drobostore.com and use the promotion code VINCENT.

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Links for this episode:

Mist net Indigo Tunnel, Western Maryland Railway (jpg)
Eric Donaldson and Amy Haskew with bat in holding bag (jpg)
XMRV not detected in UK chronic fatigue syndrome patients (virology blog)
Bornavirus DNA in the mammalian genome
Arenavirus DNA can be integrated into the cell genome
Rabid raccoons in Central Park, NYC

Weekly Science Picks
Matt 100 Incredible lectures from the world’s top scientists
Alan The Amateur Scientist CD
Vincent The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot

TWiV 28: SARS

Vincent Racaniello — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 15:34:08 +0000

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dick Despommier, Alan Dove, and Eric F. Donaldson

Vincent, Dick, Alan, and Eric F. Donaldson discuss a new test for influenza H5N1, poliovirus in Minnesota, Koala retrovirus, batteries made from viruses, and SARS.

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Click the arrow above to play, or right-click to download TWiV #28 (51 MB .mp3, 74 minutes)

Links for this episode:

New rapid test for influenza H5N1 based on PDZ binding. Definition of ELISA.

Poliovirus isolated from Minnesotan (article 1 and 2)

Koala retrovirus: Japan story and review article

Batteries made from viruses (cathode and anode). Image of phage M13.

iMoleBuilder (iTunes link and review at Sunset Lake Software)

Discovery of Norwalk virus

Regulatin’ Genes (YouTube link)

Science blog of the week: The Great Beyond by Nature
Science podcast pick of the week: Sorting Out Science
Science book of the week: A Slot Machine, A Broken Test Tube by S.E. Luria (out of print – check your library)

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