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This Week in Microbiology is a podcast about unseen life on Earth hosted by Vincent Racaniello and friends. Following in the path of his successful shows 'This Week in Virology' (TWiV) and 'This Week in Parasitism' (TWiP), Racaniello and guests produce an informal yet informative conversation about microbes which is accessible to everyone, no matter what their science background.
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TWiV 1007: Fragile DNA, viruses, cancer
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TWiV explains genetic changes in nOPV2 strains that paralyzed children, outbreak of raccoon distemper in Toronto, EcoHealth Alliance gets its NIH grant back, and breakage at chromosomal fragile sites caused by the EBNA1 protein of Epstein-Barr virus as a mechanism for carcinogenesis.
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Rich Condit, Kathy Spindler, and Angela Mingarelli
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- Research assistant position at FDA (pdf)
- MicrobeTV Discord Server
- nOPV2 after two years (Polioeradication)
- Raccoon distemper in Toronto (CityNews Everywhere)
- NIH reinstates EcoHealth grant (Nature)
- Chromosomal breakage by EBNA1 (Nature)
- Agent of chromosomal instability (Nature)
- Timestamps by Jolene. Thanks!
Angela – Night Science Kathy – Kermit, Jim Henson, Rainbow Connection Rich – Alexander Skarsgård Explains the Answer to Everything Vincent – Beyond the Noise with Dr. Paul Offit
Intro music is by Ronald Jenkees
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