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MWV Episode 83 - This Week in Virology 270: Live from ASM Biodefense in Washington, D.C.
MWV Episode 83 - This Week in Virology 270: Live from ASM Biodefense in Washington, D.C.
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Length:
85 minutes
Released:
Feb 2, 2014
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
Watch a live video episode of This Week in Virology (TWiV), a podcast about viruses. Started in September 2008 by Vincent Racaniello, a Higgins Professor in the Department of Microbiology and Immunology at Columbia University, the goal of the show is to have an accessible discussion about viruses that anyone can understand and enjoy. In Washington, D.C., Racaniello, co-host Condit, and guests Kawaoka and Hruby discuss antivirals against smallpox and influenza viruses H5N1 and H7N9.
Moderators:
Vincent Racaniello; Columbia Univ. Coll. of Physicians & Surgeons, NY
Richard C. Condit; Univ. of Florida, Gainesville, FL
Panelists:
Yoshihiro Kawaoka; Dept. of Pathobiological Sc., Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, Madison, WI
Dennis Hruby; SIGA Technologies, Inc., Corvallis, OR
Links for this episode
• ASM Biodefense Meeting - http://www.asmbiodefense.org/
• Influenza H5N1 transmission (Virus Res) - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23954580
• Aerosol transmission of H5N1 virus in ferrets (Nature) - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22722205
• Characterization of H7N9 virus from humans (Nature) - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23842494
• ST-246 efficacy in primates (AAC) - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24100494
• Antiviral options for biodefense (Curr Op Virol)
• ST-246 safety in humans (Antimicrob Agents Chemother)
• Gain-of-function experiments (Science) - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23929965
• Letters read on TWiV 270 - http://www.twiv.tv/twiv-270-letters/
Weekly Science Picks
Vincent - Quanta Magazine - https://www.simonsfoundation.org/quanta/
Rich - Colour is in the eye of the beholder - http://www.boreme.com/posting.php?id=30670#.UufLtBAo7VR
Listener Pick of the Week
Kehau - Beautiful but deadly viruses - http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/01/13/deadly-viruses-beautiful-photos_n_4545309.html
Send your virology questions and comments (email or mp3 file) to twiv@twiv.tv
Moderators:
Vincent Racaniello; Columbia Univ. Coll. of Physicians & Surgeons, NY
Richard C. Condit; Univ. of Florida, Gainesville, FL
Panelists:
Yoshihiro Kawaoka; Dept. of Pathobiological Sc., Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, Madison, WI
Dennis Hruby; SIGA Technologies, Inc., Corvallis, OR
Links for this episode
• ASM Biodefense Meeting - http://www.asmbiodefense.org/
• Influenza H5N1 transmission (Virus Res) - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23954580
• Aerosol transmission of H5N1 virus in ferrets (Nature) - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22722205
• Characterization of H7N9 virus from humans (Nature) - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23842494
• ST-246 efficacy in primates (AAC) - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24100494
• Antiviral options for biodefense (Curr Op Virol)
• ST-246 safety in humans (Antimicrob Agents Chemother)
• Gain-of-function experiments (Science) - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23929965
• Letters read on TWiV 270 - http://www.twiv.tv/twiv-270-letters/
Weekly Science Picks
Vincent - Quanta Magazine - https://www.simonsfoundation.org/quanta/
Rich - Colour is in the eye of the beholder - http://www.boreme.com/posting.php?id=30670#.UufLtBAo7VR
Listener Pick of the Week
Kehau - Beautiful but deadly viruses - http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/01/13/deadly-viruses-beautiful-photos_n_4545309.html
Send your virology questions and comments (email or mp3 file) to twiv@twiv.tv
Released:
Feb 2, 2014
Format:
Podcast episode
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