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TWiV 47: Vertical vaccine farm

Vincent Racaniello — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 14:44:10 +0000

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello and Dick Despommier

Vincent and Dick discuss influenza virus-like particle vaccines produced in insect and plant cells, rapid sharing of influenza research, and answer listener questions about cytomegalovirus, viral evolution and symbiosis and much more.

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A Farm on Every Floor

Influenza virus-like particles in insect and plant cells

PLoS Currents: Influenza

Transmission of 2009 H1N1 influenza virus to turkeys [Thanks Debbie!]

Baxter produces Vero cell H1N1 vaccine [Thanks Peter!]

Boundaries of Darwinism podcast [Thanks David!]

Phages in human intestine: papers one, two, three [Thanks Terry!]

Post-exposure varicella vaccine [Thanks Patricia!]

Open science movement here, here, here, and here [Thanks Jim!]

Graduate programs in virology [Thanks Greggory and Blake!]

Post-exposure Marburg and Ebola vaccines [Thanks John!]

Vaccinia infection in the laboratory [Thanks Russ!]

Animations of bacteriophage T4 life cycle [Thanks Jim!]

Weekly Science Picks
Vincent Bionumbers
Dick Ocean: An Illustrated Atlas by Sylvia A. Earle, Linda K. Glover

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TWiV 44: No hysteria

Vincent Racaniello — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 13:57:23 +0000

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dick Despommier, Alan Dove, and Jennifer Drahos

Vincent, Dick, Alan, and Jennifer Drahos consider Marburg virus in Egyptian fruit bats, bacterial citrus pathogen found in shipping facility, canine parvovirus in Michigan, Relenza-resistant influenza virus, new HIV from gorillas, and public engagement on H1N1 immunization program.

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Isolation of Marburg virus from Egyptian fruit bats

Inspectors find bacterial citrus pathogen in California

Parvovirus killing hundreds of dogs in Michigan

Relenza-resistant H1N1 identified in Australia (press and journal article)

New HIV from gorilla

CDC wants public comment on H1N1 vaccination

Original antigenic sin (article 1 and article 2)

Dr. Stanley Plotkin on Meet the Scientist (thanks Peter!)

audioBoo (iPhone app – thanks Jim!)

Audio clips (first and second) from the podcast No Agenda (thanks peripatetic apoplectic!)

Weekly Science Picks
Jennifer Piled Higher and Deeper (PhD Comics)
Vincent Giant Microbes (thanks Stephen!)
Dick Virology in the 21st Century
Alan Annals of the Former World by John McPhee

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