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.

Munich Symposium: Viral offense and immune defense

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I arrived in Munich, Germany today for the start of a Symposium entitled ‘Viral offense and immune defense’. It is organized by Collaborative Research Center 455 (in German, Sonderforschungsbereich, SFB 455); these are centers funded by the German Research Foundation that support collaborative research throughout the country. This meeting will highlight 21 internationally renowned speakers …

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TWiV #101: Sizing up adenovirus

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Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Alan Dove, Rich Condit, Dickson Despommier, and Hamish Young On episode #101 of the podcast This Week in Virology, Vincent, Alan, Rich, Dickson, and Hamish review the three-dimensional structure of adenovirus, and the role of adenovirus type 36 in obesity. [powerpress url=”http://traffic.libsyn.com/twiv/TWiV101.mp3″] Click the arrow above to play, or right-click to download …

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Why John Coffin doesn’t sleep well

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John Coffin, Professor of Genetics and Molecular Microbiology at Tufts University, studies the molecular biology and evolution of retroviruses. He wrote a commentary (A new virus for old diseases?) that accompanied the publication by Lombardi and colleagues of the finding of the new retrovirus XMRV in patients with chronic fatigue syndrome, and has spoken widely …

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Detecting viral proteins in infected cells or tissues by immunostaining

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Many virological techniques are based on the specificity of the antibody-antigen reaction. Examples in our virology toolbox include western blot analysis and ELISA. While very useful, these methods cannot be used to visualize viral proteins in infected cells or tissues. To do that we must turn to immunostaining. In direct immunostaining (illustrated), an antibody that …

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TWiV 100: TWiV catches a big fish

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Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Alan Dove, Rich Condit, and David Baltimore Vincent, Alan, and Rich celebrate the 100th episode of the podcast This Week in Virology by talking about viruses with Nobel Laureate David Baltimore. [powerpress url=”http://traffic.libsyn.com/twiv/TWiV100.mp3″] Click the arrow above to play, or right-click to download TWiV #100 (68 MB .mp3, 94 minutes) Subscribe to …

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