September 2011

Live chat on XMRV and chronic fatigue syndrome

Science Live, the weekly chat at Science magazine, will tackle XMRV and chronic fatigue syndrome on Thursday, 22 September. From the Science Live webpage: Two years ago, Science published a paper suggesting that a mouse retrovirus called XMRV might be involved in chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS), a debilitating disease with no known cause. The study …

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TWiV 149: Live at ICAAC in the Windy City

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Rich Condit, Mark Pallansch, and Trine Tsouderos Vincent, Rich, Mark, and Trine discuss science and medicine in journalism and the eradication of poliovirus at the 51st Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy (ICAAC). [powerpress url=”http://traffic.libsyn.com/twiv/TWiV149.mp3″] Click the arrow above to play, or right-click to download TWiV 149 (62 MB .mp3, 86 …

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Viral desserts

At the Harvard Virology Program Retreat for 2011, the students ran a viral dessert contest. I posted some of the images at VirusTalk. Have a look at them – they are truly delicious.

TWiP 30: Global infectious disease control with Charles Knirsch

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello and Dickson Despommier Vincent and Dickson have a broad-ranging conversation with Charles Knirsch of Pfizer, Inc. about how public-private partnerships can function to control and eliminate infectious diseases. [powerpress url=”http://traffic.libsyn.com/twip/TWiP030.mp3″] Click the arrow above to play, or right-click to download TWiP #30 (61 MB .mp3, 85 minutes). Links for this episode: Ivan’s images (one, two, three, …

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TWiV and TWiM live at ICAAC in Chicago

The Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy (ICAAC) is the annual infectious diseases meeting of the American Society for Microbiology. This year the meeting will take place in Chicago, Illinois, and both This Week and Virology and This Week in Microbiology will be broadcast live from the meeting.  TWiV will air on Saturday, September 17, at …

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Bernard F. Erlanger, 88

We note the passing of Bernard F. Erlanger, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus of Microbiology & Immunology at Columbia University Medical Center. Bernie, as he was known to his colleagues, joined our department in 1952 after earning his Ph.D. in biochemistry at Columbia University in 1951, and remained a member of the department until he passed away on September 8, 2011. Dr. …

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