Virology
TWiV 548: Mice, shrews, and caterpillars
By Vincent Racaniello
https://youtu.be/l33laF8ZkPA Vincent travels to the European Congress of Virology in Rotterdam and with local co-host Marion Koopmans speaks with Martin Beer, Stephan Gunther, and Vera Ross about their careers and their work on Lassa virus, Borna virus, and insect viruses. Click arrow to play Download TWiV 548 (43 MB .mp3, 72 min) ...
Michael Rossmann, 88
By Vincent Racaniello
https://youtu.be/LJDkocKSQv8 Michael Rossmann, a leader in the use of X-ray crystallography and cry-electron microscopy to solve the structure of viruses, died on 14 May 2019 at the age of 88. I met Michael many times but had the good fortune to interview him during the preparation of the fourth edition ...
TWiV 547: Upstate virology
By Vincent Racaniello
https://youtu.be/NljaZLYtSvg Vincent travels to the University at Albany to speak with Cara, Rachel, and Alex about their careers and their work on stress granules, epitranscriptomics, and arboviruses. Click arrow to play Download TWiV 547 (58 MB .mp3, 96 min) Subscribe (free): iTunes, Google Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of TWiV! Show notes at microbe.tv/twiv
A risky vaccine
By Gertrud U. Rey
by Gertrud U. Rey Dengue fever, caused by dengue virus (DENV), is of substantial public health significance in the tropics, where the virus is spread by Aedes mosquitoes. Last week the FDA announced its approval of a first vaccine for the prevention of dengue disease in endemic areas. The vaccine approved by ...
Hepatitis delta-like virus in birds and snakes
By Vincent Racaniello
Hepatitis D virus is a unique human pathogen. With a circular, negative stranded RNA genome of ~1700 nucleotides, it is the smallest known human virus. Formation of the HDV particle depends on co-infection of cells with a helper virus, hepatitis B virus. Once thought to be specific for humans, related ...