This Week in Virology

The TWiV hosts discuss the distribution of prions in the eyes of patients with sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jacob disease, and the origins and evolution of RNA viruses. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Alan Dove, ...

23 Des 20181h 44min

Vaccine scientist, pediatrician, and autism dad Peter Hotez talks about his new book, Vaccines Did Not Cause Rachel's Autism. Host: Vincent Racaniello Guest: Peter Hotez Subscribe (free): iTunes, Goo...

19 Des 201819min

Michelle Flenniken joins TWiV to talk about honeybees and the work of her laboratory on honeybee viruses. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Alan Dove, Rich Condit, Kathy Spindler, and Brianne Barker Guest: ...

16 Des 20181h 38min

Raul Andino joins Vincent and Amy to talk about the finding that a cricket paralysis virus protein restricts RNA-based immunity in insects by regulating the activity and stability of the Argonaute pro...

12 Des 20181h 16min

At the University of Zürich, Vincent speaks with virologists Cornel Fraefel, Urs Greber, and Silke Stertz about their careers and their work on AAV2, adenovirus entry, and influenza virus. Hosts: Vinc...

9 Des 20181h 17min

The TWiVsters review isolation of a naturally occurring DNA virus from fruit flies, and the cell-type specific function of a small transmembrane protein encoded in an open reading frame upstream of th...

2 Des 20181h 47min

Team TWiV cover the discovery of another giant virus from 30,000 year old Siberian permafrost, and how viral aggregation accelerates the production of new infectious viruses and increases fitness, dem...

25 Nov 20181h 54min

The TWiVidae review universal influenza vaccines that are in clinical trials, and discovery of an atypical parvovirus that causes chronic kidney disease in middle aged, immunocompromised laboratory mi...

18 Nov 20181h 55min