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TWiV 1343: Batting averages and stolen bases
· 1 h 42 min · Episode 1343
Episode TWiV 1343: Batting averages and stolen bases
TWiV explains research which shows that Per os infectivity factors are essential for bracovirus infection and wasp parasitism, and that periodic shifts in viral load increase risk of Hendra virus spillover from Pteropus bats.
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Rich Condit, and Kathy Spindler
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• Support science education at MicrobeTV • Positions in Rosenfeld Lab (email) • Susumu Tonegawa Dies (Wikipedia) • Measles Cases Hit New Record in U.S., as Vaccination Rates Wane (NYTimes) • Polydnaviruses on on TWiVs 372 and 443 • Per os infectivity factors essential for bracovirus infection and wasp parasitism (PNAS) • Periodic shifts in viral load increase risk of Hendra virus spillover from Pteropus bats (Sci Adv) • Timestamps by Jolene Ramsey. Thanks!
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Links in the notes 20
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vincent_Racaniello
- https://mgm.ufl.edu/profile/condit-rich/
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kathy_Spindler
- https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/this-week-in-virology/id1176779065
- https://www.microbe.tv/contribute
- https://www.microbe.tv/twiv/RosenfeldA@mlhs.org
- https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/21/science/susumu-tonegawa-dead.html?unlocked_article_code=1.0FA.12pu.d-bk_zOP8jhX&smid=url-share
- https://web.archive.org/web/20061230142252/http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/medicine/laureates/1987/tonegawa-autobio.html
- https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/24/well/measles-record-united-states-numbers.html?unlocked_article_code=1.0FA.57zf.L6o5O74jn8NW&smid=url-share
- https://www.microbe.tv/twiv/twiv-372/
- https://www.microbe.tv/twiv/twiv-443/
- https://www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1073/pnas.2609861123?af=R
- https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.aea6654
- https://ramseylab.vercel.app/
- https://www.science.org/action/clickThrough?id=501060&url=%2Fcontent%2Fpage%2Fscienceadviser%3Fintcmp%3Dnewsint-adviser%26utm_id%3DrecyGhsQrqyNFKTmt&loc=%2Fcontent%2Farticle%2Fgoats-love-bash-heads-it-might-give-them-brain-damage%3Futm_source%3Dsfmc%26utm_medium%3Demail%26utm_campaign%3DScienceAdviser%26utm_content%3Ddistillation%26et_rid%3D40166197%26et_cid%3D6017145&pubId=42267891&placeholderId=501022&productId=501030
- https://www.science.org/content/article/goats-love-bash-heads-it-might-give-them-brain-damage?utm_source=sfmc&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=ScienceAdviser&utm_content=distillation&et_rid=40166197&et_cid=6017145
- https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.06.26.734585v1
- https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/09/science/space/planetary-engulfment-hungry-star.html?unlocked_article_code=1.z1A.97Hz.T3JhTdpFH-r4&smid=url-share
- https://www.npr.org/2026/07/04/g-s1-129679/chutes-ladders-schistosomiasis-worms-parasites
- https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13104-017-2545-5
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