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TWiV 502: Texas road phage Jul 13, 2018

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The TWiV team travels to Texas A&M University, home of the Center for Phage Technology, where they speak with Ry Young and Jason Gill about their work on viruses that infect bacteria.

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Alan Dove, Rich Condit, and Kathy Spindler

Guests: Jason Gill and Ry Young

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Center for Phage Technology at TAMU
Personalized phage therapy (PNAS)
Phage for biolipid extraction (Sci Rep)
Viral protein antibiotic (Nat Micro)
Acinetobacter phage depolymerase (J Virol)
Structure of phage Qβ (PNAS)
Video of this episode (YouTube)

Intro music is by Ronald Jenkees.

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TWiV 501: Outbreak Jul 08, 2018

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Vincent visits the Smithsonian Institution and speaks with Sabrina Sholts, Jon Epstein, and Ed Niles about the exhibit Outbreak: Epidemics in a Connected World.

Host: Vincent Racaniello

Guests: Sabrina Sholts, Jon Epstein, and Ed Niles

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Sabrina Sholts
Jonathan Epstein
EcoHealth Alliance
Outbreak at the Smithsonian
ASM partners with Smithsonian (bLog Phase)
Vincent as museum object (AMNH)
Video of this episode (YouTube)

Intro music is by Ronald Jenkees.

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TWiV 500: Keep virology weird Jul 01, 2018

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The entire TWiV team visits The University of Texas in Austin to record episode #500 with guests Jinny Suh, Jason McClellan, and Jon Huibregtse.

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, Alan Dove, Rich Condit, and Kathy Spindler

Guests: Jinny Suh, Jason McClellan, and Jon Huibregtse

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A big list of science podcasts
Immunize Texas
McClellan Lab
Huibregtse Lab
John Ring LaMontagne Center for Infectious Disease
Video of this episode (YouTube)

Weekly Science Picks

Alan - The Airplane Cabin Microbiome Rich - Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI)(wiki) Dickson - The Big Five Mass Extinctions Kathy - Virus scarves at Red Bubble phage-specific variety Vincent - Science podcasts

Listener Pick

Maureen- 12 year old takes on Flint's Water Crisis

Intro music is by Ronald Jenkees.

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TWiV 499: Good virologists go to Halifax Jun 24, 2018

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Vincent and Alan travel to the Canadian Society for Virology meeting in Halifax, Nova Scotia to speak with Nathalie and Craig about their vision for the society, and with Kate and Ryan about their careers and their research.

Hosts: Vincent Racanielloand Alan Dove

Guests: Nathalie Grandvaux, Craig McCormick, Kate O'Brien, and Ryan Noyce

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TWiV 2018 World Tour
CSV 2018
To wheeze or not to wheeze (Lancet Respir Med)
Synthetic infectious horsepox (PLoS One)

Intro music is by Ronald Jenkees.

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TWiV 498: Salivating at ASM Microbe Jun 17, 2018

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Vincent, Kathy and Rich travel to ASM Microbe 2018 in Atlanta where they speak with Stacy Horner and Ken Stapleford about their careers and their research.

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Rich Condit, and Kathy Spindler

Guests: Stacy Hornerand Ken Stapleford

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TWiV 2018 World Tour
RNA modifications go viral(Plos Path)
N6-methyladenosinein flavivirus genomes (Cell Host Micr)
Chikungunya virus evolution(Cell Host Micr)

Intro music is by Ronald Jenkees.

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TWiV 497: Europic 2018 Jun 10, 2018

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At Europic 2018, a meeting on picornaviruses in the Netherlands, Vincent speaks with Sasha Gorbalenya, Jim Hogle, Ann Palmenberg and Frank van Kuppeveld about their careers and their research.

Hosts: Vincent Racanielloand Rich Condit

Guests: Sasha Gorbalenya, Jim Hogle, Ann Palmenberg, and Frank van Kuppeveld

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Intro music is by Ronald Jenkees.

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TWiV 496: Vaccines work, whether or not you believe in them Jun 03, 2018

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Vincent and Rich recorded this episode at Vaccines in the 21st Century, a meeting held at the University of California, Irvine, where they spoke with Stacy Schultz-Cherry, Douglas Diekema, and Andrew Noymer about vaccine facts and fiction.

Hosts: Vincent Racanielloand Rich Condit

Guests: Stacey Schultz-Cherry, Douglas Diekema, and Andrew Noymer

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ASM Microbe 2018
Support Viruses & Cells Gordon Conference
Faculty positions at Icahn School of Medicine
International dsRNA Virus Symposium
Dummheit (Healthc Policy)
Universal influenza vaccine (mBio)
Vaccine personal belief exemptions (Ann Rev Pub Health)

Intro music is by Ronald Jenkees.

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TWiV 495: Influenza virus keeps its ion channel 20 May 27, 2018

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The TWiVerati follow up on the Ebola virus outbreak, virulence of Ebola-Makona, and reveal how a parasitoid is revealed to hyperparasitoids, and binding of influenza virus to a calcium ion channel to mediate influenza virus entry.

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Alan Dove, and Kathy Spindler

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ASM Microbe 2018
Support Viruses & Cells Gordon Conference
Faculty positions at Icahn School of Medicine
International dsRNA Virus Symposium
Tracing Ebola virus contacts(CIDRAP)
WHO FAQ Ebola virus vaccine(WHO)
Nipah virusoutbreak (CIDRAP)
Revealingparasitoid to hyperparasitoid (PNAS)
Hyperparasitoidvideo (YouTube)
Calcium channeland influenza virus entry (Cell Host Microbe)
Letters readon TWiV 495

Weekly Science Picks

Alan - National Cryptologic Museum Rich - Science is mostly about staring Dickson - New Zealand gloworms Kathy - Openingof Smithsonian Outbreak; conference advice General ASV Vincent - ICTV online

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TWiV 494: Ebola Makona is the opposite of hakuna matata May 20, 2018

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Vincent, Kathy, and Alan review the ongoing outbreak of Ebola virus in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and the finding that mutations identified in the 2015 West African epidemic do not alter pathogenesis in animals.

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Alan Dove, and Kathy Spindler

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ASM Microbe 2018
Support Viruses & Cells Gordon Conference
Faculty positions at Icahn School of Medicine
International dsRNA Virus Symposium
New Ebola virus outbreakin DRC (WHO)
Ebola virus case in urban area of DRC(WHO)
Ebola virus outbreak not PHEIC(WHO)
Ebola virus vaccinearrives in DRC (CIDRAP)
Recent Ebola-Makona mutationsdo not alter pathogenesis (Cell Rep)
Letters readon TWiV 494

Weekly Science Picks

Alan - Happy 35th birthday, PCR Kathy- Everything can be a speaker Vincent - Ocean rise due to rocks(debunked); Gates advises Trump on viruses

Listener Pick

Noah- David Baltimore on iBiology

Intro music is by Ronald Jenkees.

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TWiV 493: Condit is on drugs and norovirus is lit May 13, 2018

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The TWiVerati discuss the FDA Advisory Committee deliberation on the anti-poxvirus drug tecovirimat, and immune cells in gut-associated lymphoid tissue as the major target during acute murine norovirus infection.

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, Alan Dove, Rich Condit, and Kathy Spindler

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