TWiV 571: Piwi koalas
The League of Extraordinary Virologists celebrate the eradication of wild poliovirus type 3, and consider the effectiveness of an influenza vaccine produced in insect cells, and how small RNAs are protecting the Koala germline from retroviral invasion.
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, Alan Dove, Kathy Spindler, and Brianne Barker
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Links for this episode- Flublok (CDC)
- Adjuvant study of flu vaccines (NIH)
- Immunogenicity of quadrivalent Flublok (J Inf Dis)
- Monoclonal antibody response to Flublok (J Virol)
- Current flu vaccine recommendations (CDC)
- Double dose flu vaccine immunogenicity (Hum Vac Immunother)
- piRNA response on retroviral invasion of Koala genome (Cell)
- piRNAs rise to rescue Koalas (Cell)
- Image credit
- Letters read on TWiV 571
- Timestamps by Jolene. Thanks!
Brianne - The Machinery of Life by David Goodsell Alan - Pomological watercolors Dickson - Wildlife Photographer of the Year Kathy - DiversifyMicrobiology DiversifyImmunology and Marmot becomes fox food Vincent - Burnet A Life by Christopher Sexton
Listener PicksJustin - Worm with three sexes
Intro music is by Ronald Jenkees.
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