TWiV 1215: What's the worst that could happen?

This Week in Virology

Vincent Racaniello

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

4.8 • 2.2K Ratings

🗓️ 4 May 2025

⏱️ 122 minutes

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TWiV reviews universal vaccine initiative at NIAID, shut down of the Integrated Research Facility at Ft. Detrick, modeling the reemergence of infectious diseases as vaccination rates drop, and bacterial outer membrane vesicles bound to bacteriophages modulate neutrophil responses to bacterial infection. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Alan Dove, 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 Paul has Measles (YouTube, virology blog) Universal vaccine project (NIAID, CIDRAP) Measles update (US, Texas) Integrated Research Lab closed (Telegraph) Modeling reemergence of infectious diseases (JAMA) Outer membrane vesicles attached to phage (Front Cell Inf Micro) Pf phage review (Front Immunol) Letters read on TWiV 1215 Timestamps by Jolene Ramsey. Thanks! Weekly Picks Alan – A Paradise Built in Hell, by Rebecca Solnit (and here’s my review of it) Jolene – Virology course student communication projects, Spring 2025 Vincent – Vaccine Education Center 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.
0:10.3	From MicrobTV, this is Twiv. This week in Virology, episode 1215, recorded on the 2nd of May 2025.
0:22.2	I'm Vincent Dragoniello.
0:24.0	You're listening to the podcast All About Viruses.
0:27.9	Joining me today from College Station, Texas, Jolene Ramsey.
0:33.6	Howdy? Good to be here.
0:35.4	I think of all my Texas places.
0:38.3	Well, I only have two, right? There are two people in Texas that do podcasts, and they're both on Twiv. College stations.
0:45.4	You're not frequent enough for me to know it by heart. I have to kind of think a little bit, a second or two. But I got it.
0:56.2	Well, so joining us, yes, go ahead.
1:02.1	Well, here in College Station, we have weather that's very similar to the other place in Texas that records. So today, it has been a nice spring stormy day. It's sunny outside right now, but we've
1:10.7	been having sporadic thunderstorms.
1:12.7	We had an incredible lightning storm last night, and all the wildflowers are still blooming.
1:18.9	So it's a lovely weather here. Here in Chelsea, it is 28 Celsius, which is 82 degrees Fahrenheit, mostly sunny.
1:29.5	It's a very nice day, but I wouldn't know it.
1:32.3	We've been inside all day.
1:33.7	Also, joining us from Western Massachusetts, Alan Dove.
1:38.0	Good to be here.
1:38.8	It's 72 Fahrenheit 22C here, but humid 66%.
1:44.3	And we also had thunderstorms roll through last night.
1:47.7	I was sleeping soundly and was awakened by a thunder clap.
1:50.9	Oh, wow.
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