colony collapse disorder

TWiV 139: Honey, I shrunk the virus

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Alan Dove, and Dickson Despommier Vincent, Alan, and Dickson discuss the reduction in genome size of Mimivirus upon passage in amoeba, and analysis of the microbiome of honeybees. [powerpress url=”http://traffic.libsyn.com/twiv/TWiV139.mp3″] Click the arrow above to play, or right-click to download TWiV #139 (96 MB .mp3, 80 minutes). Subscribe to TWiV (free) in …

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TWiV 116: Cocaine, colonies, and chickens

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Alan Dove, and Rich Condit On episode #116 of the podcast This Week in Virology, Vincent, Dickson, Alan, and Rich review an adenovirus-based vaccine strategy against drug addiction, a field trial of RNAi to prevent Israeli acute paralysis virus infection in honeybees, and suppression of avian influenza transmission in transgenic chickens. [powerpress url=”http://traffic.libsyn.com/twiv/TWiV116.mp3″] Click the …

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TWiV 46: Virus entry into cells

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello and Dick Despommier In episode #46 of the podcast “This Week in Virology”, Vincent and Dick continue virology 101 with a discussion of virus entry into cells, then answer reader email on colony collapse disorder and viruses that confer a benefit to their host. [powerpress url=”http://traffic.libsyn.com/twiv/TWiV046.mp3″] Click the arrow above to play, …

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