This Week in Virology

The entire TWiV family reviews the latest ideas about colony collapse disorder of honeybees, and resurgence of monkeypox in Africa.

Vincent and Alan discuss influenza vaccines with LJ Tan of the American Medical Association.

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’.

Vincent, Alan, Rich, Dickson, and Hamish review the three-dimensional structure of adenovirus, and the role of adenovirus type 36 in obesity.

Vincent, Alan, and Rich celebrate the 100th episode of TWiV by talking about viruses with Nobel Laureate David Baltimore.

On episode #99 of the podcast This Week in Virology , Vincent tours the 50th Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy (ICAAC), speaking with exhibitors and visitors, including Professors  Derek Smith , Michael Schmidt , Frederick Hayden , and Myra McClure . Host links Vincent Racaniello Links for this episode: 50th ICAAC ICAAC daily press conference videos (including Prof....

On episode #98 of the podcast This Week in Virology , Vincent, Alan, and Rich review the finding of murine leukemia virus-related sequences in the blood of CFS patients and healthy donors, laboratory inventories for wild poliovirus containment, weaving high-performance viral batteries into fabric for the military, and a case of human rabies in Indiana.

On episode #97 of the podcast This Week in Virology , Vincent visited Peter Sarnow and Bert Semler during a trip to California, and spoke with them about their work on internal ribosome entry, and the requirement for a cellular microRNA for hepatitis C virus replication.

On episode #96 of the podcast This Week in Virology , Vincent, Dickson, and Rich continue Virology 101 with a discussion of how viruses with DNA genomes replicate their genetic information.

On episode #95 of the podcast This Week in Virology , Vincent, Dickson, Alan, and Rich consider the end of the influenza H1N1 pandemic, dengue in Florida, vaccinia virus infection in Brazilian monkeys, and viruses in the faecal microbiota. Host links Vincent Racaniello , Dickson Despommier ,  Alan Dove , and  Rich Condit Links for this episode: WHO declares end of influenza H1N1 pandemic CDC's Flu...

On episode #94 of the podcast This Week in Virology , Vincent, Alan, and Rich speak with Ila Singh about the new human retrovirus XMRV, and how her laboratory is studying its association with prostate cancer and chronic fatigue syndrome. Host links Vincent Racaniello , Alan Dove ,  Rich Condit , and Ila Singh Links for this episode: CFIDS Association of America Discovery of XMRV ( PLoS Pathogens )...

On episode #93 of the podcast This Week in Virology , Vincent, Alan, and Rich answer listener questions about lab procedures, prokaryotes, endogenous retroviruses, the iPad and teaching, prions, mimivirus, splitting water with viruses, and the polio outbreak in Tajikistan. Host links Vincent Racaniello , Alan Dove , and  Rich Condit Links for this episode: Biomedical Advanced Research and Developm...

Vincent, Rich, Karla, and Marilyn recorded TWiV at the 29th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Virology in Bozeman, where they discussed plant viruses and how they make plants resistant to adverse conditions, and identification of dominant negative drug targets. Host links Vincent Racaniello ,  Rich Condit ,  Karla Kirkegaard , and Marilyn Roosinck Links for this episode: Lifestyles of pla...

On episode #91 of the podcast This Week in Virology , Vincent, Dickson, Alan, Rich and Welkin discuss the nature, origin, and evolution of endogenous retroviruses (ERVs), and the recent finding of endogenous filovirus genomes in mammals. Host links Vincent Racaniello , Dickson Despommier ,  Alan Dove ,  Rich Condit , and Welkin Johnson Links for this episode: Welkin blogs at Small Things Considere...

On episode #90 of the podcast This Week in Virology , Vincent, Alan, Rich and Eric discuss identification of viruses in Northeastern American bats, vaccinia virus infection after sexual contact with a military vaccinee, and identification of a new flavivirus from an Old World bat in Bangladesh. Host links Vincent Racaniello ,  Alan Dove ,  Rich Condit , and  Eric F. Donaldson Links for this episod...

On episode #89 of the podcast This Week in Virology , Vincent and Alan review recent findings on the association of the retrovirus XMRV with ME/CFS, reassortment of 2009 pandemic H1N1 influenza virus in swine, and where influenza viruses travel in the off-season. Host links Vincent Racaniello and Alan Dove Links for this episode: Conflicting XMRV papers on hold Leak of PNAS paper CDC study on XMRV...

On episode #88 of the podcast This Week in Virology , Vincent, Alan, and Marc discuss using a virus for beetle control, RNA based gene therapy for AIDS, and reconstitution of a endogenous human retrovirus. Host links Vincent Racaniello , Alan Dove , and Marc Pelletier Links for this episode: Controlling the palm rhinoceros beetle with a virus The virologist in the Hawaiian shirt Information on Orc...

On episode #87 of the podcast This Week in Virology , Vincent, Alan, and Rich hear from Professor Graham Hatfull how students in the Phage Hunters Integrating Research and Education (PHIRE) program learn about scientific inquiry by doing research on bacteriophages. Host links Vincent Racaniello , Rich Condit , Alan Dove , and Graham Hatfull Links for this episode: Bacteriophage Research: Gateway t...

On episode #86 of the podcast This Week in Virology , Vincent and Rich travel to the Blood Systems Research Institute in San Francisco to speak with Eric Delwart about his work on virus discovery. Host links Vincent Racaniello , Rich Condit , and Eric Delwart Links for this episode: List of Dr. Delwart's open-access journal articles ( pdf ) - to find each one, type PMID # into PubMed CDC says don'...

On episode #85 of the podcast This Week in Virology , Vincent and Michael Gale discuss the origin, pathogenesis, prevention, of hepatitis C virus, and how it evades innate immune responses. Host links Vincent Racaniello and Michael Gale Links for this episode: The Gale Laboratory at the University of Washington Incredible view from the Gale laboratory ( jpg ) Evasion and disruption of innate immun...

On episode #84 of the podcast This Week in Virology , Vincent and Rich spoke with Dave Bloom and Grant McFadden about their work on herpesviruses and poxviruses in this episode recorded before an audience at the University of Florida, Gainesville - home of the Gators . Host links Vincent Racaniello , Rich Condit , Dave Bloom , and Grant McFadden Links for this episode: Epigenetic modulation of her...

On episode #83 of the podcast This Week in Virology , Vincent, Alan, Rich, and special guest Dr. Kirsten Sanford talk about her career in science media, then consider whether smallpox eradication led to the AIDS pandemic, high fidelity RNA synthesis, and a new Ebola virus vaccine. Host links Vincent Racaniello , Alan Dove , Rich Condit , and Kirsten Sanford Links for this episode: Does smallpox va...

On episode #82 of the podcast This Week in Virology , Vincent and Rich talk about how thymic selection of T cells might lead to better control of HIV-1 infection, and a mouse model for severe antibody-induced dengue virus disease. Host links Vincent Racaniello and Rich Condit Links for this episode: Effect of thymic selection of T-cells on control of AIDS Mouse model of antibody-induced severe den...

On episode #81 of the podcast This Week in Virology , Vincent and Rich answer listener questions on viruses and gluten allergy, RNA silencing, influenza virus, herpes simplex virus, HIV/AIDS, chronic fatigue syndrome, manicure salons, and the koala tea of Marseilles. Host links Vincent Racaniello and Rich Condit Links for this episode: Virus infections and gluten intolerance on TWiS (thanks Jesper...

On episode #80 of the podcast This Week in Virology , Vincent, Alan, and Rich speak with Michael Bouchard about hepatitis B virus discovery, replication, and pathogenesis. Host links Vincent Racaniello , Alan Dove , Rich Condit , and Michael Bouchard Links for this episode: The enigmatic X gene of hepatitis B virus Tableau public (thanks Ricardo!) Molecular phylogeny of Archaea from soil (thanks E...