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TWiV 247: Today’s weather in virology 26 Aug 2013 | 06:18 am

On episode #247 of the science show This Week in Virology, Ian Lipkin joins Vincent, Alan, Rich, and Kathy to describe how his laboratory is searching for the origin of MERS-coronavirus. You can find...

Part of MERS-CoV nucleotide sequence found in a bat 22 Aug 2013 | 10:33 pm

What is wrong with this paragraph from today’s New York Times that describes the origin of the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) coronavirus: Health officials confirmed Wednesday that bats in S...

Virologia en Español Clase #6 – Síntesis de RNA 20 Aug 2013 | 08:19 pm

Discutiremos acerca de los procesos y las enzimas que participan en la síntesis de RNA a partir de templados de RNA y como la síntesis de RNA se utiliza para maximizar la capacidad codificante del gen...

Threading the NEIDL – the trailer 20 Aug 2013 | 07:08 pm

Ray Ortega of the American Society for Microbiology has created a beautiful one-minute trailer for our documentary visit to a BSL-4 facility, ‘Threading the NEIDL‘.

TWiV 246: Pandora, pandemics, and privacy 19 Aug 2013 | 12:44 am

On episode #246 of the science show This Week in Virology, Vincent, Alan, Rich, and Kathy discuss the huge Pandoravirus, virologists planning H7N9 gain of function experiments, and limited access to t...

Influenza H7N9 gain of function experiments on Dispatch Radio 14 Aug 2013 | 08:03 am

I spoke with Robert Herriman, executive editor of The Global Dispatch, about the proposed avian influenza H7N9 virus gain of function experiments on Dispatch Radio.

TWiV 245: Writing Principles of Virology 12 Aug 2013 | 03:00 am

On episode #245 of the science show This Week in Virology, the authors of the popular textbook Principles of Virology discuss how the book was conceived and written. You can find TWiV #245 at www.twi...

Virologists plan influenza H7N9 gain of function experiments 7 Aug 2013 | 11:05 pm

A group of virologists lead by Yoshihiro Kawaoka and Ron Fouchier have sent a letter to Nature and Science outlining the experiments they propose to carry out with influenza H7N9 virus. Avian influen...

TWiV 244: Back in the CVVR 5 Aug 2013 | 05:57 am

Episode #244 of the science show This Week in Virology was recorded before an audience at the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, where Vincent and Alan spoke with Dan and Jeff about AIDS vaccines. ...

Pandoravirus, bigger and unlike anything seen before 2 Aug 2013 | 01:26 am

The discovery of the giant Mimivirus and Megavirus amazed virologists (and also many others). Their virions (750 nanometers) and DNA genomes (1,259,000 base pairs) were the biggest ever discovered, sh...

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