TWiV 1327: Influenza viruses in the MIST

This Week in Virology

Vincent Racaniello

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

4.8 • 2.2K Ratings

🗓️ 31 May 2026

⏱️ 120 minutes

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TWiV explains research on human influenza virus transmission that reveals heterogeneous expulsion of infectious virus into air, and how gut bacteriophages dictate inflammation heterogeneity through tuning the phage-bacteria-sphingosine-intestine axis in Crohn’s disease. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Rich Condit, Brianne Barker, and Jolene Ramsey Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of TWiV! Links for this episode Support science education at MicrobeTV Positions in Rosenfeld Lab (email) NIH ousts infectious-disease leaders (Nature) Measles deaths in Bangladesh (npr) Russel Vought is going to destroy American science (Elizabeth Ginexi) Heterogeneous expulsion of infectious influenza virus into air (Cell) Gut phages and Crohn’s disease (Cell Host Microbe) MIST device (Emory) Letters read on TWiV 1327 Timestamps by Jolene Ramsey. Thanks! Picks of the Week Brianne – The Perfect Bee Language Rich – Hubble’s Messier Catalog Jolene – A different kind of power – Jacinda Ardern Vincent – Albert Sabin by Karen Torghele Listener Picks Anthony – Dr. Dakotah Tyler Marcus – Apollo Intro music is by Ronald Jenkees Send your virology questions and comments to twiv@microbe.tv 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 1327 recorded on May 29th, 2026.
0:23.3	I'm Vincent Rackeniello and you're listening to the podcast.
0:26.8	All About Viruses joining me today from College Station, Texas, Jolene Ramsey.
0:34.8	Hello, it's 87 degrees Fahrenheit outside.
0:38.7	It's really quite lovely.
0:40.4	31 degrees C.
0:42.3	The sun is just right.
0:44.2	Just a little bit of a breeze.
0:46.0	Not too humid.
0:47.7	Actually, it's wonderful beginning of summer.
0:50.8	Yeah, that's pretty miles for your place.
0:52.8	I remember when we visited.
0:53.9	Wow, it was like an oven. I didn't mind. I don't mind ovens. I'm from, well, I have Italian ancestry. But here it's 25C and mostly sunny. It's very nice here. Also joining us from Madison, New Jersey. Brianne Barker. Hi. Great to see you all. I think we have slightly different definitions of lovely
1:11.6	because I think it's lovely here at 75 Fahrenheit
1:14.9	or 24C.
1:17.5	You know how it goes lovely is in the eye of the beholden.
1:19.7	That's true.
1:21.6	And from Austin, Texas, Rich Condit.
1:24.8	Hi there, everybody.
1:26.4	We have, you know, I'm sitting here trying to do the conversion.
1:33.0	What's, would you say 31C?
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