Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Alan Dove, and Dickson Despommier Vincent, Alan, and Dickson discuss the reduction in genome size of Mimivirus upon passage in amoeba, and analysis of the microbiome of honeybees. [powerpress url=”http://traffic.libsyn.com/twiv/TWiV139.mp3″] Click the arrow above to play, or right-click to download TWiV #139 (96 MB .mp3, 80 minutes). Subscribe to TWiV (free) in …
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello and Raul Andino Vincent meets up with Raul Andino in San Francisco to discuss the RNAi-based antiviral defense system of Drosophila, the fruit fly, and how it is antagonized by viruses. [powerpress url=”http://traffic.libsyn.com/twiv/TWiV138.mp3″] Click the arrow above to play, or right-click to download TWiV #138 (53 MB .mp3, 73 minutes). Subscribe to TWiV …
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Alan Dove, Rich Condit, Dickson Despommier, Amit Kapoor, and Ian Lipkin The TWiV team speaks with Amit Kapoor and Ian Lipkin about how they discovered canine hepacivirus, and its implications for the origin and evolution of hepatitis C virus. [powerpress url=”http://traffic.libsyn.com/twiv/TWiV137.mp3″] Click the arrow above to play, or right-click to download TWiV #137 …
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Alan Dove, Rich Condit, and Stephen Goff Retrovirologist Stephen Goff joins Vincent, Rich, and Alan for a discussion of recent papers on the retrovirus XMRV and its association with chronic fatigue syndrome and prostate cancer. [powerpress url=”http://traffic.libsyn.com/twiv/TWiV136.mp3″] Click the arrow above to play, or right-click to download TWiV #136 (61 MB .mp3, 84 minutes). …
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Roger Hendrix, Rachel Katzenellenbogen, and Harmit Malik Vincent and guests Rachel Katzenellenbogen, Roger Hendrix, and Harmit Malik recorded TWiV #135 live at the 2011 ASM General Meeting in New Orleans, where they discussed transformation and oncogenesis by human papillomaviruses, the amazing collection of bacteriophages on the planet, and the evolution of genetic conflict between virus and host. …
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Rich Condit, Dickson Despommier, Alan Dove, and Stephanie Karst Vincent, Rich, Alan, and Dickson review noroviruses with Stephanie Karst, PhD. [powerpress url=”http://traffic.libsyn.com/twiv/TWiV134.mp3″] Click the arrow above to play, or right-click to download TWiV #134 (68 MB .mp3, 94 minutes). Subscribe to TWiV (free) in iTunes , at the Zune Marketplace, by the RSS feed, by email, or listen …
