TWiV 1157: Superworm liquefaction and a pandemic prophylactic

This Week in Virology

Vincent Racaniello

Vincent, Microbe, Medicine, Microbiology, Racaniello, Infection, Virus, Virology, Pathogen, Infectious, Twiv, Science & Medicine

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🗓️ 13 October 2024

⏱️ 93 minutes

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TWiV reviews Marburg virus outbreak in Rwanda, cryo-EM based discovery of a parvovirus causing black wasting disease in farmed beetles, and a mosaic nanoparticle experimental vaccine that elicits cross-reactive sarbecovirus responses in pre-vaccinated animals. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Alan Dove, and Brianne Barker Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of TWiV! Links for this episode MicrobeTV Discord Server Marburg virus disease, Rwanda (WHO) Suspected German Marburg case tests negative (Politico) Cryo-EM discovery of insect parvovirus (Cell) Mosaic sarbecovirus nanoparticle experimental vaccine (Cell) Letters read on TWiV 1157 Timestamps by Jolene. Thanks! Weekly Picks Brianne – ASM Lesson Plans Alan – A City on Mars, and this blog by a ham radio operator hit by Hurricane Helene Vincent – How to Win A Nobel Prize Listener Pick Laura – Science of Public Communication (original article) Intro music is by Ronald Jenkees Send your virology questions and comments to [email protected] Content in this podcast should not be construed as medical advice.

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0:00.0	This Week in Virology, the Podcast About Viruses, the kind that make you sick.
0:07.0	From Microbe TV, this is Tive this weekend virology, episode 1157, recorded on October 4,
0:20.0	2024.
0:22.0	I'm Vincent Rachanello and you're listening to the podcast about viruses.
0:27.0	Joining me today from Western Massachusetts, Alan Dove.
0:31.0	Good to be here.
0:32.0	And here in Western Mass it is still room temperature and dry outside.
0:38.9	That's been our weather for weeks.
0:41.2	It's 74 Fahrenheit 23c mostly cloudy it keeps getting cloudy and then not
0:46.5	raining that's just the way it is here now it's also 24c and cloudy here, but we had this hurricane crap for the last few days.
0:56.8	So this is the first sunniness we've had for a few days.
1:00.3	It's and no rain, so it's kind of nice.
1:03.0	Also joining us from Madison, New Jersey, Brie and Barker.
1:07.0	Hi, great to be here.
1:09.0	It is 75 Fahrenheit, and my app says cloudy but my eyes say sunny outside pretty nice.
1:19.6	So which one do you trust? I'm gonna go with my eyes. Go with the eyes.
1:23.2	Yeah.
1:23.8	Okay.
1:25.2	We have another compact Twive today.
1:28.0	We had one last week.
1:30.0	Me, you and Rich, was it?
1:36.9	There was three people last week don't remember but they're more nimble if you're like these discussions by the way we would love your support to maintain them. You can
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