TWiV 1253: Harvard virology is not retreating

This Week in Virology

Vincent Racaniello

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

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🗓️ 14 September 2025

⏱️ 70 minutes

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Vincent travels to Waterville Valley, NH to attend the Harvard virology retreat, where he speaks with Aaron Schmidt, Ben Gewurz, and Tatum Sass about their careers and their research on influenza virus, Epstein-Barr virus, and CAR-T cells. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello Guests: Aaron Schmidt, Ben Gewurz, and Tatum Sass Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of TWiV! Links for this episode Support science education at MicrobeTV Harvard Program in Virology Conserved sites on H1 and H3 HA (Sci Adv) Antigenic drift expands viral escape (Immunity) EBV LMP1 drives B cell oncometabolism (PLoS Path) Timestamps by Jolene Ramsey. Thanks! 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.
0:10.0	Hello, Harvard Virology! Wow, I say jump, you say how high, right?
0:29.0	That's great.
0:30.2	From MicrobTV, this is Twib, this week in virology, episode 1253, recorded on September 12th, 2025.
0:42.5	I'm Vincent Rackeniel, and you're listening to the podcast, All About Viruses.
0:48.2	1253, that's my birthday.
0:50.6	January 2nd, 1953.
0:53.2	We are in Waterville Valley, New Hampshire
0:56.5	for the Harvard Virology Retreat.
1:01.1	And I was last here at the retreat,
1:03.6	not in this location,
1:04.9	but the Harvard Virology retreat in 2011.
1:08.4	And one of my guests in the audience, David Knaip, and Phil Kranzush was another.
1:17.6	That was fun. Now I'm back. And thank you for having us back. I guess you like Twiv.
1:23.6	This may be the last one though.
1:25.6	My guest today from Harvard University, Aaron Schmidt, welcome.
1:36.3	Thank you, Vincent, and thank you very much for accepting our invitation to come here to be our keynote speaker for our retreat.
1:43.3	I drove up with Aaron, so he's obviously an okay driver, right?
1:48.2	Also joining us in the middle, a G-S-5, or G-5.
1:51.9	Is it G-5 or G-S?
1:53.7	G.
1:54.0	G is the government-level thing.
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