TWiV 1221: Nonsense mediated decay

This Week in Virology

Vincent Racaniello

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

4.8 • 2.2K Ratings

🗓️ 25 May 2025

⏱️ 119 minutes

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TWiV reviews cuts in National Science Foundation budgets, cuts to Harvard University grants, judge blocks ban on Harvard enrolling international students, DOGE ordered cuts of NIH grants, endemic coronavirus infection induces Fc receptor binding antibodies to SARS-CoV-2, and inherited IFNAR1 deficiency causing adverse reactions to measles and yellow fever infectious vaccines. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Alan Dove, and Angela Mingarelli Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of TWiV! Links for this episode Support science education at MicrobeTV NSF funding cut to lowest level (NY Times) 1,000 grants cut at Harvard University (Nature) Administration ban on international students at Harvard blocked (CNN) DOGE killed NIH grants (Nature) Endemic coronavirus infection induces FcR binding antibodies to SARS-CoV-2 (J Virol) IFNAR1 deficiency and severe reaction to measles and yellow fever vaccines (J Exp Med) Letters read on TWiV 1221 Timestamps by Jolene Ramsey. Thanks! Weekly Picks Angela – Contact lenses that give people infrared vision — even with their eyes shut (one, two) Alan – Autocrats are afraid of you – see the graphic, especially. Vincent – How One Company Secretly Poisoned The Planet 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.
0:10.4	From MicrowTV, this is Twib, or Twiv, because there's really no syllables in Twiv.
0:18.9	This week in Virology, episode 1221, recorded on May 23, 2025.
0:27.1	I'm Vincent Dracan Yellow, and you're listening to the podcast all about viruses.
0:33.1	Joining me today from Western Massachusetts, Alan Dove.
0:36.9	Good to be here, and it is cloudy and rainy here, as it has been for the past couple of days,
0:42.8	which was good.
0:43.7	We needed some rain for springtime, but I'm supposed to clear up.
0:47.2	It's 52 Fahrenheit 11C.
0:50.3	Hmm.
0:51.4	The 15C and cloudy here in Chelsea, also joining us from Montreal, Canada, Angela Mingarelli.
1:00.4	Hello, everyone. It is also cloudy and kind of cold. It is 48F and 9 degrees Celsius. There was like a
1:09.4	glimpse of what could be summer last week, and then suddenly it got
1:13.2	freezing again.
1:13.8	I turned off all the heaters in my house, and then two days ago, it was freezing again.
1:18.8	I had to turn them back on.
1:20.6	But next week is supposed to be nice and warm again, so we're looking forward to that.
1:25.3	We've been flipping back and forth between heat and AC here, too.
1:28.9	To play at July, it'll be very hot in Montreal, right?
1:31.7	Yes, for ASV.
1:33.7	Yeah.
1:34.9	Very hot.
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