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Interview with Thomas London

18 April 2016 by Vincent Racaniello

A major new feature of the fourth edition of Principles of Virology is the inclusion of 26 video interviews with leading scientists who have made significant contributions to the field of virology. These in-depth interviews provide the background and thinking that went into the discoveries or observations connected to the concepts being taught in this text. Students will discover the personal stories and twists of fate that led the scientists to work with viruses and make their seminal discoveries.

For the chapter on Infections of Populations, Vincent spoke with Thomas London, MD, of the Fox Chase Cancer Center, about his career and his work on hepatitis B virus.

Filed Under: Basic virology, Information Tagged With: Fox Chase Cancer Center, hepadnavirus, hepatitis b virus, hepatocellular carcinoma, Principles of Virology, textbook, Thomas London, video, viral, virology, virus, viruses

TWiV 105: Finches score again

31 October 2010 by Vincent Racaniello

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, Alan Dove, and Rich Condit

On episode #105 of the podcast This Week in Virology, Vincent, Dickson, Alan, and Rich review eradication of rinderpest, endogenous hepatitis B virus in the zebra finch genome, and identification of the cell receptor for an extinct retrovirus.

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Click the arrow above to play, or right-click to download TWiV #105 (66 MB .mp3, 92 minutes)

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Links for this episode:

  • Eradication of rinderpest
  • Rinderpest in the Merck Veterinary Manual
  • Rinderpest summary (pdf)
  • Manual on the preparation of rinderpest contingency plans
  • Walter Plowright obituary
  • The Plowright vaccine
  • Measles evolution from rinderpest
  • Endogenous hepadnaviruses in the genome of the zebra finch (PLoS One)
  • Receptor for an extinct retrovirus (PNAS)
  • Vertical farm: NPR post and YouTube video
  • Letters read on TWiV 105

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Dickson – Winged Migration
Alan – Web-accessible shortwave receivers
Rich – Personal Genome Project
Vincent –
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Send your virology questions and comments (email or mp3 file) to twiv@microbe.tv or leave voicemail at Skype: twivpodcast. You can also post articles that you would like us to discuss at microbeworld.org and tag them with twiv.

Filed Under: This Week in Virology Tagged With: endogenous virus, eradication, hepadnavirus, hepatitis b virus, morbillivirus, receptor, retrovirus, rinderpest, viral, virology, virus, zebra finch

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