Virology
Zika virus infection causes neurological deficits without microcephaly
By Vincent Racaniello
Children who are exposed to Zika virus in utero may develop structural defects of the cranium such as microcephaly. Now we understand that even children born to Zika virus infected mothers may develop neurodevelopmental and neurosensory deficiencies in the second year of life - in the absence of microcephaly. During ...
TWiV 555: Fidelity and the single cell
By Vincent Racaniello
From ASM Microbe 2019, Vincent, Brianne and Calvin meet up with Craig Cameron to discuss his career and his work exploring RNA-dependent RNA synthesis and single cell virology. https://youtu.be/QJ4EOuuhEgo Click arrow to play Download TWiV 555 (46 MB .mp3, 76 min) Subscribe (free): iTunes, Google Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of TWiV! Show notes at microbe.tv/twiv
When Viruses get Naked
By Gertrud U. Rey
by Gertrud U. Rey Some viruses have a lipid envelope surrounding their protein capsid, which they get from the host cell membrane during the budding process. The envelope acts as an anchor for viral glycoproteins, which facilitate entry of the newly budded virus into a new cell by recognizing and ...
TWiM 199: PhD Balance
By Vincent Racaniello
https://youtu.be/wok9xh5aNyY I don't often post episodes of This Week in Microbiology here, but this one is different because it touches all fields of science. We had two guests in this episode, recorded at ASM Microbe 2019. First, Susanna L. Harris talked about her bout with depression in graduate school, and ...
TWiV 554: Full fathom five thy viromes lie
By Vincent Racaniello
A trio of TWiVers reports on influenza in Australia, how a host protein impacts bird to human movement of influenza virus, and marine DNA viral diversity in the oceans from pole to pole. Click arrow to play Download TWiV 554 (48 MB .mp3, 79 min) Subscribe (free): iTunes, Google Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of TWiV! Show notes ...