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TWiV 276: Ramblers go viral

16 March 2014 by Vincent Racaniello

On episode #276 of the science show This Week in Virology, Vincent meets up with Susan Baker and Tom Gallagher at Loyola University to talk about their work on coronaviruses.

You can find TWiV #276 at www.microbe.tv/twiv.

Filed Under: This Week in Virology Tagged With: antiviral, coronavirus, entry, MERS, mouse hepatitis virus, protease, receptor, SARS, vaccine, viral, virology, virus

TWiV 243: Live from ASV at Penn State

28 July 2013 by Vincent Racaniello

On this episode of the science show This Week in Virology, which was recorded before a large enthusiastic audience at the annual meeting of the American Society for Virology, Vincent, Rich, and Kathy speak with Rebecca and Christiane about their work on metapneumoviruses and noroviruses.

You can find TWiV #243 at www.microbe.tv/twiv.

Filed Under: This Week in Virology Tagged With: entry, fusion, gastroenteritis, metapneumovirus, mouse model, norovirus, paramyxovirus, pathogenesis, viral, virology, virus

TWiV 226: Taking the viral A train with Terry Dermody

31 March 2013 by Vincent Racaniello

On episode #226 of the science show This Week in Virology, Vincent and Dickson speak with Terry Dermody about his career in medicine and virology.

You can find TWiV #226 at www.microbe.tv/twiv.

Filed Under: This Week in Virology Tagged With: Chikungunya virus, entry, pathogenesis, receptor, reovirus, Terry Dermody, viral, virology, virus

TWiV 89: Where do viruses vacation?

4 July 2010 by Vincent Racaniello

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello and Alan Dove

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.

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Links for this episode:

  • Conflicting XMRV papers on hold
  • Leak of PNAS paper
  • CDC study on XMRV in CFS patients (Retrovirology) and Science update
  • Where influenza viruses travel in the off season (EurekaAlert! and PLoS Pathogens)
  • NPR article on Ebola siRNA treatment (thanks, Andreas!)
  • Priming mechanism for reovirus entry (thanks, Agyeman-Badu!)
  • Wired article on science PR (thanks, Dan!)
  • Letters read on TWiV 89

Weekly Science Picks

Alan – Tree of Life graphic
Vincent
– TEDx Oil Spill

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Filed Under: This Week in Virology Tagged With: CFS, chronic fatigue syndrome, Ebola, ebolavirus, entry, H1N1, influenza, mecfs, pandemic, reassortment, reovirus, retrovirus, seasonal influenza, siRNA, swine, swine flu, viral, virology, virus, xmrv

Virology lecture #5: Attachment and entry

5 February 2010 by Vincent Racaniello


Download: .wmv (386 MB) | .mp4 (131 MB)

There are some errors in this lecture – I’ll correct them during the next session.

Visit the virology W3310 home page for a complete list of course resources.

Filed Under: Basic virology, Information Tagged With: attachment, clathrin, endocytosis, entry, glycoprotein, HA, receptor, sialic acid, viral, virology, virus

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