Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Michael Schmidt, and Elio Schaechter. Vincent, Michael and Elio focus on endosymbiosis: the rapid spread of Ricekttsia in whitefiles, and a metabolic patchwork in nested symbionts of mealybugs. [powerpress url="http://traffic.libsyn.com/twimshow/TWiM017.mp3"] Click the arrow above to play, or right-click to download TWiM #17 (51 MB, .mp3, 70 minutes). Subscribe to TWiM (free) on ...

In my 30-year career as a virologist I have used only computers made by Apple. Therefore I am saddened to hear of Mr. Jobs' passing today. From his 2005 commencement address at Stanford University: No one wants to die. Even people who want to go to heaven don't want to ...

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Alan Dove, and Rich Condit Vincent, Alan, and Rich review questions and comments from TWiV listeners [powerpress url="http://traffic.libsyn.com/twiv/TWiV151.mp3"] Click the arrow above to play, or right-click to download TWiV 151 (49 MB .mp3, 81 minutes). Subscribe to TWiV (free) in iTunes , at the Zune Marketplace, by the ...

Robert A. Weisberg was a Scientist Emeritus at NCI until the time of his death on 1 September 2011. Previously he was Chief of Microbial Genetics at NICHHD, a position he retired from in 2008. He was a pioneer in the study of the bacteriophage lambda. His research lead to seminal ...

One of the lessons learned from XMRV is that it's important for scientists to admit when they are wrong. That is why I took down the image originally posted with TWiV #150. I had intended for the image to be a counterpoint to T-shirts worn by CFS patients proclaiming them ...