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TWiV 54: Professor Lynn Enquist, virology luminary

by Vincent Racaniello on October 18, 2009

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello and Lynn Enquist

Vincent speaks with Lynn Enquist about his career in virology, moving from academia to industry and back. Along the way he did pioneering research on bacteriophage, participated in the birth of recombinant DNA technology, and studied herpesviruses.
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TWiV 10: Bats, elephants, and AIDS

by Vincent Racaniello on December 4, 2008

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello and Dickson Despommier
Guest: Alan Dove
Vincent, DIck, and Alan chat about reconstruction of a bat SARS-like coronavirus, herpesviruses that are killing elephants in zoos, and a plan to eradicate AIDS in ten years.
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The Virology Network at socialmedian.com.
The bat SARS-like coronavirus: scientific article in PNAS, and the Wired Science article.
NY Times Editorial on eradicating [...]

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TWiV 5: Herpesviruses

by Vincent Racaniello on October 23, 2008

Host: Vincent Racaniello
Special guest: Saul Silverstein
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Dickson Despommier is away this week at Pop!Tech.
CDC pages on herpes and zoster (shingles).
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