Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Alan Dove, and Kathy Spindler Vincent, Alan, Kathy, and Dickson discuss identification of a cell receptor for the coronavirus-EMC, and the role of interferon-epsilon in protecting the female reproductive tract. Click arrow to play Download TWiV 224 (69 MB .mp3, 95 min) Subscribe (free): iTunes, RSS, email Links for this episode: Dipeptidyl peptidase 4 is [...]
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Alan Dove, and Kathy Spindler Vincent, Alan, and Kathy discuss how coagulation factor X binding to adenovirus activates the innate immune system, and a novel polyomavirus associated with brain tumors in raccoons. Click arrow to play Download TWiV 214 (56 MB .mp3, 78 min) Subscribe to TWiV (free): iTunes, RSS feed, email Links for this episode: [...]
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Alan Dove, Dickson Despommier, and Kathy Spindler Vincent, Alan, Dickson, and Kathy discuss how the innate immune response to viral infection influences the production of pluripotent stem cells, and the diverse mobilome of giant viruses. Click the arrow above to play, or right-click to download TWiV 206 (72 MB .mp3, 100 minutes). Subscribe [...]
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Alan Dove, Rich Condit, and Kathy Spindler Vincent, Alan, Rich, and Kathy review fatal avian influenza virus in harbor seals, and poxvirus deployment of genomic accordions to counter antiviral defenses. Click the arrow above to play, or right-click to download TWiV 198 (71 MB .mp3, 99 minutes). There once was a virus named pox [...]
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Rich Condit, and Kathy Spindler Vincent, Rich, and Kathy discuss Cotia virus, a new poxvirus, Orf virus infections associated with handling goats and lamb, and the innate immune response to prions. Click the arrow above to play, or right-click to download TWiV 181 (74 MB .mp3, 103 minutes). Subscribe to TWiV (free) in [...]
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Alan Dove, and Matt Frieman Vincent, Alan, and Matt discuss herpes simplex encephalitis in children with innate immune deficiency, and the local response to microneedle-based influenza skin immunization. Click the arrow above to play, or right-click to download TWiV 175 (57 MB .mp3, 80 minutes). Subscribe to TWiV (free) in iTunes , at [...]
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Rich Condit, Alan Dove, Dickson Despommier, Jeremy Luban, and Gabriel Victora A large TWiV panel remembers Ralph Steinman, and considers a new innate sensor of retroviral capsids. Photograph of a dendritic cell (green) interacting with T cells (cyan) near a blood vessel by Gabriel Victora. Please help us by taking our listener survey. [...]
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Alan Dove, and Rich Condit Vincent, Alan, and Rich review an outbreak of rabies in arctic foxes and reindeer in Norway, and a prion that makes you go antiviral. Click the arrow above to play, or right-click to download TWiV 153 (55 MB .mp3, 92 minutes). Subscribe to TWiV (free) in iTunes , [...]
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello and Raul Andino Vincent meets up with Raul Andino in San Francisco to discuss the RNAi-based antiviral defense system of Drosophila, the fruit fly, and how it is antagonized by viruses. Click the arrow above to play, or right-click to download TWiV #138 (53 MB .mp3, 73 minutes). Subscribe to TWiV (free) in iTunes [...]
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Michael Katze, Michael Gale, Deborah Fuller, and Shawn Iadonato A conversation about careers in virology, systems biology, innate immunity, and antiviral research recorded at the University of Washington in Seattle. Click the arrow above to play, or right click to download TWiV #121 (65 MB .mp3, 90 minutes). Subscribe to TWiV (free) in [...]