On epside #236 of the science show This Week in Virology, Vincent, Alan and Kathy review novel approaches to preventing influenza virus infection.
You can find TWiV #236 at www.microbe.tv/twiv.
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Microbes After Hours: West Nile virus
This discussion of West Nile virus was recorded at the headquarters of the American Society for Microbiology during a “Microbes After Hours” event on May 6, 2013. The speakers are Dr. Lyle Petersen Lyle R. Petersen, M.D., M.P.H., director of the Division of Vector-Borne Diseases at CDC, and Dr. Roberta DeBiasi, MD, FIDSA, Associate Professor of Pediatrics at George Washington University School of Medicine, Acting Chief and Attending Physician in the Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases at Children’s National Medical Center, and investigator at Children’s Research Institute in the Center for Translational Science in Washington, D.C.
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TWiP 41: Flying and crawling beasts
On episode #41 of the science show This Week in Parasitism, Vincent and Dickson review medically important arthropods.
You can find TWiP #41 at microbeworld.org/twip.
TWiV 168: Super CalTech prophylaxis and ferret runny noses
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, Rich Condit, Alan Dove, and Welkin Johnson
Welkin joins the TWiV team for a discussion of HIV prophlaxis using vectored antibodies, and the influenza H5N1 virus studies in ferrets that were not redacted.
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Links for this episode:
- Vectored HIV immunoprophylaxis (Nature)
- Vectored immunoprophylaxis – the Movie (YouTube)
- Adeno-associated virus (Wikipedia)
- In vitro evolution of H5N1 towards human receptor specificity (Virology)
- Endogenous viral genes non-essential in chicken (Nature)
- Rates of HIV transmission per coital act (J Inf Dis)
- TWiV on Facebook
- Letters read on TWiV 168
Weekly Science Picks
Welkin – Virtual PI (Nature)
Dickson – Drain the Ocean
Rich – Nova: To the Moon
Alan -Â Robert Falcon Scott on Twitter and the Terra Nova expedition
Vincent – Hello, Mr. Chips (I, Cringely)
Listener Pick of the Week
Charlotte – And the Band Played On
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TWiP 28: Medical entomology with Robert W. Gwadz
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello and Dickson Despommier
On episode #28 of the podcast This Week in Parasitism, Vincent and Dickson discuss medical entomology with Robert W. Gwadz, Assistant Chief of the Laboratory of Malaria and Vector Research at NIAID.
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Links for this episode:
- NIAID Laboratory of Malaria and Vector research
- Tunicate
- Hildegard of Bingen
- TWiP 9: Mala aria
- Dickson’s lecture on the malarias (19 MB .mov)
- Letters read on TWiP 28
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TWiP 2: General parasitism
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello and Dickson Despommier
On episode 2 of the podcast “This Week in Parasitism”, Vincent and Dick classify parasites according to whether or not they are transmitted by a vector, then consider the implications of long-lived parasites.
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