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.

Trial By Error, Continued: The Dutch Studies (Again!), and an Esther Crawley Bonus

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By David Tuller, DrPH David Tuller is academic coordinator of the concurrent masters degree program in public health and journalism at the University of California, Berkeley. Wow, the research from the CBT/GET crowd in The Netherlands never ceases to amaze. Like the work of their friends in the U.K., each study comes up with new …

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TWiM 140: Small town, big science

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At the Hamilton, Montana Performing Arts Center, Vincent speaks with three local high school graduates and two high school teachers about how Rocky Mountain Laboratories influenced school science programs and opened up career opportunities. You can find TWiM #140 at microbe.tv/twim, or listen and watch here. [powerpress url=”http://traffic.libsyn.com/twimshow/TWiM140.mp3″] Right click to download TWiM#140 (47 MB .mp3, 78 minutes) Subscribe to …

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TWiV Special: Gary Nabel on World AIDS Day 2016

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For World AIDS Day 2016, Vincent speaks with Gary Nabel, Chief Scientific Officer at Sanofi and former Director of the Vaccine Research Institute of NIAID, about his career and his work on HIV vaccines. You can find this TWiV Special at microbe.tv/twiv, or listen and watch here. [powerpress url=”http://traffic.libsyn.com/twiv/TWiV-special-nabel.mp3″] Click arrow to play Download this TWiV Special (25 MB …

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Trial By Error, Continued: A Follow-Up Post on FITNET-NHS

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By David Tuller, DrPH David Tuller is academic coordinator of the concurrent masters degree program in public health and journalism at the University of California, Berkeley. Last week’s post on FITNET-NHS and Esther Crawley stirred up a lot of interest. I guess people get upset when researchers cite shoddy evidence from poorly designed trials to …

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TWiV 417: O is the loneliest letter

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The Fellowship of the Virus trace the early history of HIV in North America, based on genome sequences obtained from late 1970s archival sera, which also reveal that Gaetan Dugas was not Patient Zero. You can find TWiV #417 at microbe.tv/twiv, or listen below. [powerpress url=”http://traffic.libsyn.com/twiv/TWiV417.mp3″] Click arrow to play Download TWiV 417 (67 MB .mp3, 111 min) …

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Trial By Error, Continued: The New FITNET Trial for Kids

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By David Tuller, DrPH David Tuller is academic coordinator of the concurrent masters degree program in public health and journalism at the University of California, Berkeley. The past year has been a disaster for proponents of the PACE trial. They have faced growing international resistance to their exaggerated claims that cognitive behavior therapy and graded …

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