On episode #262 of the science show This Week in Virology, Vincent returns to the University of Wisconsin €“ Madison to speak with Ann Palmenberg about her career in virology. You can find TWiV #262 at www.microbe.tv/twiv.
On episode #256 of the science show This Week in Virology, Vincent, Dickson, Alan, Rich, and Kathy review two papers that present evidence for RNA interference as an antiviral immunity mechanism in mammals. You can find TWiV #256 at www.microbe.tv/twiv.
During a discussion about blogging on the Coast to Coast Bio Podcast, it was suggested that science professors should spend more time writing about their research – by explaining what problems they are trying to solve, how they approach them, and why they are interesting. My goal here at virology blog is mainly to teach …
Viruses are known to evade the early, or innate, host defenses by interfering with the sensing of infection, production of IFN, and synthesis and activity of ISGs. Today we’ll examine the evidence that the function of one or more ISGs is blocked in poliovirus-infected cells. When IFN is added to the medium of cultured cells, hundreds of …
