Episode #237 of the science show This Week in Virology was recorded at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle, WA, where Vincent and Rich met up with Michael to talk about his work on the molecular and evolutionary basis of HIV replication and pathogenesis. You can find TWiV #237 at www.microbe.tv/twiv.
Two back-to-back papers were published last week that provide a detailed analysis of what it would take for avian influenza H5N1 and H7N9 viruses to switch to human receptors. Influenza virus initiates infection by attaching to the cell surface, a process mediated by binding of the viral hemagglutinin protein (HA) to sialic acid. This sugar …
Episode #234 of the science show This Week in Virology was recorded before an audience at the 2013 General Meeting of the American Society for Microbiology in Denver, Colorado. Vincent and Kathy spoke with Nels Elde and Tom Shenk about their work on the evolution of virus-host conflict and how viruses influence the cell metabolome. You can …
from Brian Foley: 18th International BioInformatics Workshop on Virus Evolution and Molecular Epidemiology University of Florida, Emerging Pathogens Institute Gainesville, Florida, USA August 25th – August 30th, 2013 Bioinformatics Methods Applied to Virology and Epidemiology Announcing the organization of the international workshop on Virus Evolution and Molecular Epidemiology (VEME) in 2013, hosted by the Emerging …
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What better way to start 2013 than with a meaningful quote from Jon Yewdell: We might think we know how Nature should work, and we certainly gain insight into Nature by using our logical powers (endowed by Nature) to predict how Nature might work, but ultimately, we have to understand the way Nature does work. …
On episode #205 of the science show This Week in Virology, Vincent is joined by special guest Harmit Malik to discuss his work on the evolution of genetic conflict. You can find TWiV #205 at www.microbe.tv/twiv.
