TWiV 1189: Viruses making waves

This Week in Virology

Vincent Racaniello

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🗓️ 2 February 2025

⏱️ 93 minutes

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TWiV notes the HHS communication pause, and describes research showing that rotavirus viroporin activity is necessary for intracellular calcium signals that contribute to viral pathogenesis, and control of human orthrflavivirus vaccine challenge by T cells in the absence of neutralizing antibodies. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Alan Dove, 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 Rotavirus viroporin activity, calcium waves, and pathogenesis (Sci Adv) T cells control human orthoflavivirus challenge (Nat Micro) Letters read on TWiV 1189 Timestamps by Jolene Ramsey. Thanks! Weekly Picks Brianne – The Perfect Cacio e Pepe Recipe, According to Science (primary article here) Kathy – Dragonflies Loop-the-Loop Alan – My Beloved Monster, by Caleb Carr Vincent – Why Did the FDA Ban Red Dye #3 Listener Picks Anne – Japan’s 65-Foot Towering Snow Walls 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.
0:10.2	From MicrowTV, this is Twiv. This Week in Virology, episode 1189, recorded on January 24, 2025. I'm Vincent Rackeniello and you're listening to the podcast
0:26.1	All About Viruses. Joining me today from Madison, New Jersey, Brianne Barker. Hi. It's great to be here.
0:34.2	It's currently sunny and it's, I mean, it's 30 Fahrenheit, which is much warmer than it has been.
0:40.7	And it's going to stay that way for a little while. Yeah, like a few days. Right now it's zero here.
0:48.7	But like next week, minus 5C, minus 11, minus 15, minus 8.
0:55.1	It's ridiculous.
0:56.7	It's not getting above freezing for a while.
1:00.5	Also joining us from Western Massachusetts, Alan Dove.
1:04.4	Good to be here.
1:05.2	It is a balmy 32 Fahrenheit zero Celsius here, right at the freezing mark.
1:11.5	I don't think we've hit this in over a week.
1:15.4	Recalibrating our expectations of weather.
1:18.7	Balmy.
1:19.2	32 is balmy.
1:20.4	Also joining us from Ann Arbor, Michigan, Kathy Spindler.
1:24.7	Hi, everybody here.
1:25.8	It's 20.
1:27.0	It feels like 13.
1:28.6	Those are in Fahrenheit.
1:30.2	And in Celsius, it's minus 9.
1:33.3	It feels like minus 15.
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