TWiV 32: Influenza in silico

Vincent Racaniello — Sun, 17 May 2009 20:28:56 +0000

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Alan Dove, and Raul Rabadan

Vincent, Alan, and Raul Rabadan converse about polio survivors in iron lungs, bocavirus, structure of mimivirus, and genome sequence analysis of influenza H1N1 viruses.

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Links for this episode:

Death of Marsha Mason, who lived 60 years in an iron lung

First discovery of bocavirus in human stool

Structural studies of the giant mimivirus

Pandemic potential of H1N1 influenza virus

Was swine flu a lab accident? Bloomberg and NY Times articles

Hong Kong virologist says new H1N1 strain is ‘unstable’

Article by John Barry on site of origin of 1918 influenza

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TWiV 32: Influenza in silico

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Alan Dove, and Raul Rabadan