This week€™s addition to the virology toolbox was written by Chris Upton The Jalview package: a multiple alignment editor. This software is primarily aimed at the alignment of protein sequences. Some of the key features are: It allows you to edit the alignment It has functions to display associated protein structures It can connect to …
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Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Alan Dove, and LJ Tan On Episode 103 of the podcast This Week in Virology, Vincent and Alan discuss influenza vaccines with LJ Tan of the American Medical Association. [powerpress url=”http://traffic.libsyn.com/twiv/TWiV103.mp3″] Click the arrow above to play, or right-click to download TWiV #103 (56 MB .mp3, 77 minutes) Subscribe to TWiV (free) in …
The need to re-formulate the influenza virus vaccine in response to viral antigenic drift and shift makes for complex logistics of vaccine production and administration. Surveillance programs must be conducted each year to identify strains that are likely to predominate and cause disease. Wouldn€™t it be simpler if a single vaccine could be developed that …
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Andrew Baker, Karl-Klaus Conzelmann, Peter Palese, and Katharina Eisenächer Episode #102 of the podcast This Week in Virology is a conversation about the RNA sensor RIG-I, adenovirus gene therapy, a universal influenza vaccine, and rabies virus, recorded in Munich, Germany at the SFB455 symposium ‘Viral offense and immune defense€™. [powerpress url=”http://traffic.libsyn.com/twiv/TWiV102.mp3″] Click the arrow above to …
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Alan Dove, Rich Condit, Dickson Despommier, and Hamish Young On episode #101 of the podcast This Week in Virology, Vincent, Alan, Rich, Dickson, and Hamish review the three-dimensional structure of adenovirus, and the role of adenovirus type 36 in obesity. [powerpress url=”http://traffic.libsyn.com/twiv/TWiV101.mp3″] Click the arrow above to play, or right-click to download …
John Coffin, Professor of Genetics and Molecular Microbiology at Tufts University, studies the molecular biology and evolution of retroviruses. He wrote a commentary (A new virus for old diseases?) that accompanied the publication by Lombardi and colleagues of the finding of the new retrovirus XMRV in patients with chronic fatigue syndrome, and has spoken widely …
