TWiV 885: Russian bats and Ankara vectors

This Week in Virology

Vincent Racaniello

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

4.8 • 2.2K Ratings

🗓️ 7 April 2022

⏱️ 104 minutes

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TWiV reveals an ACE2-dependent sarbecovirus from Russian bats that is not inhibited by anti-SARS-CoV-2 antibodies, and a modified vaccinia virus Ankara vectored vaccine that protects nonhuman primates from Delta infection. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Rich Condit, and Brianne Barker Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of TWiV! Links for this episode Sarbecovirus from Russian bat (bioRxiv) MVA vectored COVID vaccine (Sci Immunol) Letters read on TWiV 885 Timestamps by Jolene. Thanks! Weekly Picks Brianne – The Search for a Model Octopus That Won’t Die After Laying Its Eggs Rich – Vaccine Pioneers and Opponents with Paul Offit (Podcast: Connected by Controversy by Chris White) and The Cutter Incident by Paul Offit Vincent – Simply Put: Vaccines Save Lives Listener Picks Rich – ‘Stolen’ Charles Darwin notebooks left on library floor in pink gift bag Neva – Elin Thomas, UK textile artist Viki – History of English Podcast Intro music is by Ronald Jenkees Send your virology questions and comments to twiv@microbe.tv

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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 micro TV, this is Twiv this week in virology, episode 885 recorded on April 5th, 2022.
0:20.6	I'm Vincent Racken, yellow and you're listening to the podcast all about viruses.
0:25.5	Joining me today from Austin, Texas, Rich Condit.
0:28.8	Hi there. How you doing?
0:31.4	It is. Get this 92 degrees.
0:36.3	It's crazy and sunny. Yeah, it actually is crazy because tomorrow it's going to be like 75.
0:42.8	It's weird, 11 C. So I'm still wearing like a down jacket and a scarf.
0:49.6	Also joining us from Madison, New Jersey, Bri and Barker.
0:53.1	Hi, it's great to be here and see you guys. It is 56 Fahrenheit, 13 C here.
1:00.4	So slightly colder than with Rich. But sunny.
1:04.8	I think it was sunny when I got here. Yeah, I do have to put a webcam in the other window so I can
1:10.9	look out because you know, it's what I used to do at Columbia. Look at the window, but can't do it
1:17.0	anymore. But it gets kind of warmish during the day. Warmish. What is it? 50s and you're
1:24.4	far in it, right? 50s. Yeah. And then it goes down cool at night.
1:29.3	All right, we have a couple of papers for your learning today. And one is a pre-print
1:35.9	in bioarchive cold and ACE2-dependent Sarebeco virus in Russian bats is resistant to SARS-CoV-2 vaccines.
1:44.2	This goes with our interest in bats and what viruses they have and where they're located.
1:51.5	So this comes from Tulane University and Washington State University. You know, they always say,
2:02.3	you don't have to say Washington State because Washington is different from Washington DC, but they
2:08.0	have Washington State in their name. How about that? I guess New Jersey, I guess state universities have
2:12.3	that in you. Yeah, I think a different, like JPM from UW. Washington University. Anyway, Stephanie
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