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.

Now playing: Viral plaque formation

One of the most important procedures in virology is measuring the virus titer €“ the concentration of viruses in a sample. A widely used approach for determining the quantity of infectious virus is the plaque assay. In this technique, the spread of progeny viruses released by individually infected cells is restricted to neighboring cells by …

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TWiP 4: Trichinella life cycle

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello and Dickson Despommier On episode 4 of the podcast “This Week in Parasitism”, Vincent and Dick trace the life cycle of Trichinella spiralis in an infected host. [powerpress url=”http://traffic.libsyn.com/twip/TWiP004.mp3″] Click the arrow above to play, or right-click to download TWiP is brought to you by the American Society for Microbiology at Microbeworld.org. …

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