TWiV 1183: More than 2024 viruses

This Week in Virology

Vincent Racaniello

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

4.8 • 2.2K Ratings

🗓️ 12 January 2025

⏱️ 110 minutes

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TWiV reviews some of their favorite virology stories from 2024. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Rich Condit, Kathy Spindler, and Brianne Barker Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of TWiV! Links for this episode Support science education at MicrobeTV ASV 2025 SARS-CoV-2 origins (TWiV Special) TWiV 1163: Hepadnaviridae in the heartland TWiV 1117 Pol dances with the RNA that brought it HPV vaccine success (TWiV 1083, 1151, 1159, 1173) Monkeypox (TWiV 1095, 1119, 1143, 1145, 1147) Influenza H5N1 virus (VTWiV 1113, TWiV 1131, TWiV 1173) Influenza B/Yamagata removed from vaccine (TWiV 1161) Fiasco of poliomylelitis eradication (TWiV 1091, TWiV 1125, TWiV 1105, TWiV 1151, TWiV 1145, TWiV 1147, TWiV 1161, TWiV 1143) Protective immunity isn’t just bout antibodies (TWiV 1089, 1105, 1115, 1135, 1165) Closing the toilet lid doesn’t help (TWiV 1083) Timestamps by Jolene. Thanks! Weekly Picks Brianne – Scientists put vampire bats on treadmills to learn about metabolism Kathy – Says Who?: A Kinder, Funner, Usage Guide for Everyone Who Cares About Words Rich – Mark Rober on PBS Newshour Brief But Spectacular (Wiki; Testing The World’s Smartest Crow) Vincent – How Glenn Gould Broke Classical Music 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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0:53.2	From MicrobTV, this is Twivv, this weekend virology.
0:58.5	Episode 1183, recorded on January 3rd, 2025.
1:06.4	Happy New Year, everybody.
1:08.7	I'm Vincent Rackeniello, and you're listening to the podcast All About Viruses.
1:13.9	Joining me today from Ann Arbor, Michigan, Kathy Spindler.
1:18.2	Hi, everybody.
1:18.9	Here it's 27 Fahrenheit, but it feels like 8 Fahrenheit.
1:23.3	So that comes out to be minus 3 Celsius feeling like minus 13 Celsius.
1:29.2	It's kind of cold feeling.
1:31.7	Here it's 4 degrees C and it feels like minus 2.
1:35.0	It's pretty cold.
1:37.0	Yeah.
1:37.7	But I think it's supposed to snow today or next week or whatever.
1:43.5	I don't know.
1:44.2	Also joining us from Austin, Texas, Rich Condit.
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