virology

TWiV 470: Just a passing phage

2 Comments / This Week in Virology / By Vincent Racaniello

The TWiV ninjas reveal that bacteriophage particles rapidly move across monolayers of eukaryotic cells from different tissues. &lt;span data-mce-type=”bookmark” style=”display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;” class=”mce_SELRES_start”&gt;&lt;/span&gt; Click arrow to play Download TWiV 470 (71 MB .mp3, 117 min) Subscribe (free): iTunes, RSS, email Become a patron of TWiV! Show …

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How a toupee compromised influenza vaccine

2 Comments / Basic virology, Information / By Vincent Racaniello

The influenza virus vaccine is frequently updated to ensure that it protects against infection with circulating virus strains. In some years the vaccine matches the circulating strains, but in others, there is a mismatch. The result is that the vaccine is less effective at protecting from infection. During the 2014-15 influenza season there was a …

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TWiV 469: Mycovirus stuffed potatoes

2 Comments / This Week in Virology / By Vincent Racaniello

The TWiV hosts discuss a plant virus that infects a fungus, and whether you need to work insane hours to succeed in science. Click arrow to play Download TWiV 469 (66 MB .mp3, 108 min) Subscribe (free): iTunes, RSS, email Become a patron of TWiV! Show notes at microbe.tv/twiv

TWiV 468: Zika by the slice

2 Comments / This Week in Virology / By Vincent Racaniello

Amy Rosenfeld joins the TWiV team to talk about her career and her work on Zika virus neurotropism using embryonic mouse organotypic brain slice cultures. Click arrow to play Download TWiV 468 (66 MB .mp3, 107 min) Subscribe (free): iTunes, RSS, email Become a patron of TWiV! Show notes at microbe.tv/twiv

Lymphocytes after dark

2 Comments / Basic virology, Information / By Vincent Racaniello

When you are infected with a microbe, pieces of the pathogen are picked up by sentinel dendritic cells and brought to local lymph nodes. There the sentinels present their gifts to lymphocytes – B (pictured; image credit) and T cells – who then decide if they are foreign, in which case an immune response begins. …

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TWiV 467: Jon and Ted’s Excellent Adventure

2 Comments / This Week in Virology / By Vincent Racaniello

Jon and Teddy Yewdell join the TWiV team to talk about their careers, their research, and the problems with biomedical research. Click arrow to play Download TWiV 467 (60 MB .mp3, 100 min) Subscribe (free): iTunes, RSS, email Become a patron of TWiV! Show notes at microbe.tv/twiv.

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