TWiV 1181: Seek and ye shall find, coronaviruses and phage

This Week in Virology

Vincent Racaniello

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

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🗓️ 5 January 2025

⏱️ 113 minutes

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TWiV discusses an outbreak of influenza H5N1 that killed over half of the great cats at a Washington sanctuary, origin and cross-species transmission of bat coronaviruses in China, and the diverse and abundant phages that enter cells via receptors encoded on conjugative plasmids. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Rich Condit, and Jolene Ramsey Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of TWiV! Links for this episode Support science education at MicrobeTV ASV 2025 H5N1 virus kills great cats at Washington sanctuary (CNN) Macroevolution of bat coronaviruses in China (Nat Comm) EcoHealth Alliance funding suspended (Science) Conjugative plasmids support diverse and abundant phages (Nat Comm) Letters read on TWiV 1181 Timestamps by Jolene. Thanks! Weekly Picks Rich – Pareidolia (wiki) Jolene – Pathways to Science database Vincent – Wendy Carlos and Switched-On Bach Listener Picks Arjan – Gutsick Gibbon’s YouTube channel Alan – 2024 Nobel Prize Lectures in Chemistry 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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0:56.6	This week in Virology, episode 11, 81, recorded on December 27, 2024.
1:07.0	I'm Vincent Rackiniello, and you're listening to the podcast All About Viruses.
1:11.6	Joining me today from College Station, Texas, Jolene Ramsey.
1:16.5	Howdy?
1:17.6	Good to be here.
1:18.6	Gosh, we have two Texans here today.
1:23.2	Also joining us from Austin, Texas, Rich Condit.
1:26.6	Howdy.
1:29.6	Speaking of Texas.
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