TWiV 979: Flushing out the viroids

This Week in Virology

Vincent Racaniello

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🗓️ 29 January 2023

⏱️ 108 minutes

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TWiV gives an update on poliovirus in wastewater, and reveals a vast world of viroids that infect a wide range of host species in diverse ecosystems. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Alan Dove, Rich Condit, and Kathy Spindler Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of TWiV! Links for this episode •Research assistant position at FDA (pdf) •Register for ASV 2023 •MicrobeTV Discord Server •Nick Muzyczka passes •CDC planning wastewater testing for polio (CDC) •Wastewater testing for poliovirus (MMWR) •NY state poliovirus wastewater surveillance (NYSDOH) •CDC wastewater poliovirus surveillance in select communities (CDC) •Vast world of viroid-like RNAs (Cell) •Timestamps by Jolene. Thanks! Weekly Picks Kathy – 3B new Milky Way objects, Green comet Rich – Virology under the Microscope—a Call for Rational Discourse Alan – Indie story-driven games series #3: Valiant Hearts: The Great War Vincent – Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee Meeting January 26, 2023 – pdf Listener Picks Florencia – An elegant way to stop deadly Hendra virus spillovers from bats to horses … to us (Nature article) Intro music is by Ronald Jenkees Send your virology questions and comments to [email protected]

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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-up TV, this is TWIV, this week in virology, episode 979 recorded on January 27th,
0:20.6	2023. I'm Vincent Racken-Ello, and you're listening to the podcast all about viruses.
0:27.2	Joining me today from Austin, Texas, Rich Condit.
0:31.2	Hi there, Vincent.
0:34.4	59 degrees and overcast. We've had near freezing temperatures the last couple of nights,
0:42.0	and it's going to be kind of... Well, if I look out, you know, at the bogus two week forecast,
0:48.8	we got stuff between high 40s and mid 60s and some rain, which would be good. So it's winter,
1:00.1	or what passes for winter here in Austin.
1:04.2	I'm also joining us from Ann Arbor, Michigan, Kathy Spindler.
1:08.0	Hi everybody. Here it's 27 Fahrenheit, minus three Celsius, and it's cloudy, and we got a dump
1:17.2	of about seven or so inches of snow, day before yesterday. So we have snow, but the streets are
1:24.0	cleared, sidewalks are cleared, because it's been close to 30, even above 30 yesterday, so yeah,
1:32.0	so 30. And from Western Massachusetts, Alan Does. Good to be here. It's pretty typical,
1:38.3	actually a little warmish, January day, 39 Fahrenheit, 4C, and broken overcast rolling in.
1:46.9	I think we're supposed to get a little bit of snow, but not anything that's going to stick.
1:51.6	So yeah. A couple of announcements for you before we dive into our science today.
1:58.7	The first is the research assistant position in the laboratory of Amy Rosenfeld at
2:07.4	Center for Biologics Evaluation and Review. That's at the FDA, where they do some research,
2:13.2	and maybe has a lab there. She wants an assistant to help out with work on enteroviruses,
2:20.3	genetic biochemical cell-based studies, development of animal models, will be a cell two research,
2:28.0	and the information will be on a PDF in the show notes. You can find out more about the
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