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TWiV reviews pause in the use of Chikungunya vaccine, HHS to stop recommending COVID shots for pregnant women and children, molecular basis for shifted receptor recognition by an encephalitic alphavirus, and evolution of koala retrovirus transcriptional silencing in wild koalas.

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello and Rich Condit


  • Infectious Disease Puscast #80
    on May 13, 2025

    On episode #80 of the Infectious Disease Puscast, Daniel and Sara review the infectious disease literature for the weeks of 4/24/25 – 5/7/25. Hosts: Daniel […]

  • TWiP 258: The deeper, the rounder
    on May 13, 2025

    TWiP describes how a gut commensal protozoan influences respiratory disease outcomes by shaping pulmonary immunity, and body shape variation in lice that […]

  • TWiM 331: Radar love in bacteria
    on April 27, 2025

    TWiM explains how to recode E. coli so it uses only one stop codon, and an exploration of the mechanisms of bacterial adhesion within dental plaque. Hosts: […]

  • TWiN 59: AI co-scientist
    on April 2, 2025

    Tim explains AI co-scientist, a tool released by Google, which it hopes to help scientists generate hypotheses and research proposals, and to accelerate the […]

  • TWiEVO 112: Sex-Z cephalopods
    on March 27, 2025

    Nels and Vincent explain the ancient evolutionary origin of sex in cephalopods. Hosts: Nels Elde and Vincent Racaniello Click arrow to playDownload TWiEVO […]