TWiV #85 - Hepatitis C virus with Professor Michael Gale

Freelance science journalist Tim Requarth joins the TWiVers to explain why scientists should stop thinking that explaining science will fix  information illiteracy. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Alan Dov...

21 Maj 20171h 56min

The Beacons of Viral Education (aka the TWiVoners) reveal a cost of being a male mouse - the Y chromosome regulates their susceptibility to influenza virus infection. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Alan D...

14 Maj 20171h 59min

No problem being nice to Dickson in this episode, because he's absent for a discussion of a new giant virus that replicates in the cytoplasm yet transiently accesses the nucleus to bootstrap infection...

7 Maj 20171h 59min

Paul Bieniasz joins the TWiV team to talk about the co-option, millions of years ago, of an endogenous retrovirus envelope protein by hominid ancestors for host defense against viral infection. Hosts:...

30 Apr 20172h 1min

On the eve of the March for Science, the TWiV team gathers at ASM Headquarters in Washington, DC with guests Stefano and Susie to talk about the state of science communication. Hosts: Vincent Racaniel...

23 Apr 20171h 42min

The TWiVsters reveal new giant viruses that argue against a fourth domain of life, and discovery of viruses in the oceanic basement. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, Rich Condit, and Kat...

16 Apr 20171h 44min

Host: Vincent Racaniello Guests: Susan Daniel, Colin Parrish, and Gary Whittaker At Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, Vincent speaks with Susan, Colin, and Gary about the work of their laborator...

9 Apr 20171h 38min

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, Alan Dove, Rich Condit, and Kathy Spindler The TWiVome discuss the blood virome of 8,420 humans, and thoroughly geek out on a paper about the number of p...

2 Apr 20172h