Author name: Vincent Racaniello

I'm Professor of Microbiology and Immunology at Columbia University in New York. I run a research lab where we study poliovirus, rhinovirus, and other RNA viruses. I also love teaching about viruses - check out virology.ws, microbe.tv, or iTunes University for some of my offerings. I want to be Earth's virology professor.

TWiP 24: Onchocerca volvulus, a vector-borne, filarial nematode

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Hosts: Vincent Racaniello and Dickson Despommier On episode #24 of the podcast This Week in Parasitism, Vincent and Dickson discuss the life cycle and pathogenesis of Onchocerca volvulus, the vector-borne filarial nematode parasite that causes onchocerciasis, or river blindness. [powerpress url=”http://traffic.libsyn.com/twip/TWiP024.mp3″] Click the arrow above to play, or right-click to download TWiP #24 (59 MB .mp3, 82 minutes). …

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TWiV 126: Wart’s up, doc?

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Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, Alan Dove, Rich Condit, and Michelle Ozbun On episode #126 of the podcast This Week in Virology, virologist Michelle Ozbun and the TWiV team review the biology of human papillomaviruses. [powerpress url=”http://traffic.libsyn.com/twiv/TWiV126.mp3″] Click the arrow above to play, or right-click to download TWiV #126 (69 MB .mp3, 96 minutes). Subscribe to TWiV (free) …

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TWiM 3: Anthrax, genomics, and the FBI inquiry

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Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Cliff Mintz, Jo Handelsman, and Ronald Atlas. On episode #3 of the podcast This Week in Microbiology, Vincent, Jo, Cliff, and Ron explore the genome analysis done in support of the Amerithrax investigation, and an insecticidal enterotoxin-deficient mutant of Bacillus thurigiensis. [powerpress url=”http://traffic.libsyn.com/twimshow/TWiM003.mp3″] Click the arrow above to play, or right-click to …

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TWiV 125 – TWiV infects FiB

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Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, Alan Dove, Rich Condit, and Marc Pelletier This Week in Virology and Futures in Biotech join together in a science mashup to talk about a virophage at the origin of DNA transposons, and unintended spread of a recombinant retrovirus. [powerpress url=”http://traffic.libsyn.com/twiv/TWiV125.mp3″] Click the arrow above to play, or right-click to download TWiV #125 …

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