TWiV 520: This old mouse
The TWiVidae review universal influenza vaccines that are in clinical trials, and discovery of an atypical parvovirus that causes chronic kidney disease in middle aged, immunocompromised laboratory mice.
Hosts:\xa0Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, Alan Dove,\xa0Rich Condit, \xa0Kathy Spindler, and Brianne Barker
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Links for this episode- PhD and postdoctoral programs at Dept of Microbiology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
- MSc program\xa0Molecular Biology and Pathology of Viruses, Univ College London
- Virology Comics on sale (Amazon)
- Outbreak at the Smithsonian
- NIAID strategic plan for universal influenza vaccine
- Fauci article on universal influenza vaccine (J Inf Dis)
- Severe 2017-18 flu season (CDC)
- Progress on universal influenza vaccine (The Scientist)
- Influenza vaccine is safe for those with egg allergies
- Atypical parvovirusdrives mouse kidney disease (Cell)
- Contagious Thinking: Visible Viruses AR app
- Letters read on TWiV 520
- Timestamps by Jolene. Thanks!
Brianne - Nebula Genomics: a new start-up offering free genome sequencing (with a catch)
Alan-\xa0GRE scores are\xa0poor predictorof degree completion
Rich-\xa0The Science Mill(video)
Dickson- The 12 cranial nerves (mnemonic)
Kathy-\xa0NAS report on Sexual Harassment of Women (free pdf)\xa0Iceberg figure
Vincent\xa0-\xa0The Tangled Tree\xa0by David Quammen and TWiEVO #37
Mark- Weekly US Map: Influenza Summary
Intro music is by\xa0Ronald Jenkees.
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