Virology
Behind the scenes: TWiV 200 at the NEIDL
By Vincent Racaniello
We celebrated the 200th episode of TWiV by visiting the National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratories at Boston University Medical Center, where we met with Elke, Paul, and Ron to talk about building and working in a BSL4 facility. It was an amazing visit that will be fully documented in an ...
TWiV 200: Threading the NEIDL
By Vincent Racaniello
On episode #200 of the science show This Week in Virology, Vincent, Alan, and Rich visit the National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratories at Boston University Medical Center, where they meet with Elke, Paul, and Ron to talk about building and working in a BSL4 facility. You can find TWiV #200 at ...
Thirty years in my laboratory at Columbia University
By Vincent Racaniello
Thirty years ago this month I arrived in the Department of Microbiology at Columbia University's College of Physicians and Surgeons (P&S) to start my own laboratory. Thirty is not only a multiple of ten (which we tend to celebrate), but also a long time to be at one place. It's ...
TWiV Special: A paradigm for pathogen de-discovery
By Vincent Racaniello
On this special episode of the science show This Week in Virology, Vincent and Ian review a multicenter blinded analysis which finds no association between chronic fatigue syndrome/myalgic encephalomyelitis and XMRV or polytropic murine leukemia virus. You can find this TWiV Special at www.microbe.tv/twiv.
TWiV 199: Of mice, ticks, and pigs
By Vincent Racaniello
On episode #199 of the science show This Week in Virology, Vincent, Alan, Rich, and Kathy discuss recent outbreaks of hantavirus pulmonary syndrome in Yosemite National Park and novel swine-origin influenza in the US midwest, and isolation of the Heartland virus from two patients in Missouri with severe febrile illness. ...
