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 23: Strongyloides stercoralis, a most unusual parasite

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Hosts: Vincent Racaniello and Dickson Despommier On episode 23 of the podcast This Week in Parasitism, Vincent and Dickson review the life cycle and pathogenesis of the world’s most unusual parasite, Strongyloides stercoralis. [powerpress url=”http://traffic.libsyn.com/twip/TWiP023.mp3″] Click the arrow above to play, or right-click to download TWiP #23 (74 MB .mp3, 103 minutes) TWiP is brought …

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Authenticity of XMRV integration sites

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Integration of retroviral DNA into the cellular genome is essential for the production of new infectious particles. A strong argument that the novel human retrovirus XMRV is not a laboratory contaminant is the finding that viral DNA is integrated in chromosomal DNA of prostate tumors. Nucleotide sequence analyses of 14 integration sites in prostate tumor DNAs …

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TWiV 122: More fun than a monkey full of viruses

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Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, Alan Dove, Rich Condit, and Welkin Johnson On episode #122 of the podcast This Week in Virology, the complete TWiV crew teams up with Welkin Johnson to explore the other AIDS epidemic, infection of monkeys with simian immunodeficiency virus, and its restriction by the cellular protein TRIM5. [powerpress url=”http://traffic.libsyn.com/twiv/TWiV122.mp3″] Click the arrow …

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TWiV 121: Huskies go viral

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Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Michael Katze, Michael Gale, Deborah Fuller, and Shawn Iadonato Episode #121 of the podcast This Week in Virology is a conversation about careers in virology, systems biology, innate immunity, and antiviral research recorded at the University of Washington in Seattle. [powerpress url=”http://traffic.libsyn.com/twiv/TWiV121.mp3″] Click the arrow above to play, or right-click to download …

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