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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Links for this episode:

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!]

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TWiV 47: Vertical vaccine farm

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello and Dick Despommier