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TWiV 139: Honey, I shrunk the virus

June 26, 2011

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Alan Dove, and Dickson Despommier Vincent, Alan, and Dickson discuss the reduction in genome size of Mimivirus upon passage in amoeba, and analysis of the microbiome of honeybees. Click the arrow above to play, or right-click to download TWiV #139 (96 MB .mp3, 80 minutes). Subscribe to TWiV (free) in iTunes , [...]

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TWiV 106: Making viral DNA II

November 6, 2010

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, and Rich Condit Vincent, Dickson, and Rich continue Virology 101 with a second installment of their discussion of how viruses with DNA genomes replicate their genetic information. Click the arrow above to play, or right-click to download TWiV #106 (69 MB .mp3, 95 minutes) Subscribe to TWiV (free) in iTunes , at [...]

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TWiV 96: Making viral DNA

August 22, 2010

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, and Rich Condit Vincent, Dickson, and Rich continue Virology 101 with a discussion of how viruses with DNA genomes replicate their genetic information. Click the arrow above to play, or right-click to download TWiV #96 (65 MB .mp3, 90 minutes) Subscribe to TWiV (free) in iTunes , at the Zune Marketplace, by [...]

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TWiV 72: Bucket of bolts

March 7, 2010

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 [...]

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TWiV 60: Making viral RNA

November 29, 2009

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello and Dickson Despommier Vincent and Dick continue Virology 101 with a discussion of how RNA viruses produce mRNA and replicate their genomes. Sponsor: Try GotoMyPC free for 30 days! For this special offer, visit www.gotomypc.com/podcast Click the arrow above to play, or right-click to download TWiV #60 (51 MB .mp3, 71 minutes) [...]

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TWiV 49: Viral genomes

September 13, 2009

Hosts:Vincent Racaniello and Dick Despommier Vincent and Dick continue Virology 101 with a discussion of the seven different types of viral genomes, and how to use the pathway to mRNA to understand viral replication. Sponsor: Try GotoMyPC free for 30 days! For this special offer, visit www.gotomypc.com/podcast Click the arrow above to play, or right-click [...]

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