Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, Alan Dove, Rich Condit, and Grant McFadden On episode #124 of the podcast This Week in Virology, Vincent, Dickson, Alan, Rich, and Grant discuss a tanapoxvirus protein that inhibits tumor necrosis factor, purging tumors with myxoma virus, and destruction of the last known stocks of smallpox virus. [powerpress url=”http://traffic.libsyn.com/twiv/TWiV124.mp3″] Click the arrow above …
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Rich Condit, and Ed Niles On episode #120 of the podcast This Week in Virology, Vincent, Rich, and Ed discuss the transition from academic scientist to government work, the general program of drug and vaccine development in the biodefense world and at BARDA, and career opportunities for scientists in government. [powerpress url=”http://traffic.libsyn.com/twiv/TWiV120.mp3″] Click the …
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Alan Dove, and Rich Condit On episode #112 of the podcast This Week in Virology, Vincent, Alan, and Rich review the making of a virulent poxvirus by insertion of the gene encoding IL-4, and severe 2009 H1N1 influenza due to pathogenic immune complexes. [powerpress url=”http://traffic.libsyn.com/twiv/TWiV112.mp3″] Click the arrow above to play, or right-click to …
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, Alan Dove, and Rich Condit On episode #104 of the podcast This Week in Virology, the entire TWiV family reviews the latest ideas about colony collapse disorder of honeybees, and resurgence of monkeypox in Africa. [powerpress url=”http://traffic.libsyn.com/twiv/TWiV104.mp3″] Click the arrow above to play, or right-click to download TWiV #104 (70 MB .mp3, …
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Alan Dove, Rich Condit, and Eric F. Donaldson On episode #90 of the podcast This Week in Virology, Vincent, Alan, Rich and Eric discuss identification of viruses in Northeastern American bats, vaccinia virus infection after sexual contact with a military vaccinee, and identification of a new flavivirus from an Old World bat in …
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Alan Dove, Rich Condit, and Kirsten Sanford On episode #83 of the podcast This Week in Virology, Vincent, Alan, Rich, and special guest Dr. Kirsten Sanford talk about her career in science media, then consider whether smallpox eradication led to the AIDS pandemic, high fidelity RNA synthesis, and a new Ebola virus …
