The pandemic duo

This Week in Virology

TWiV reviews freezes and unfreezes of US government grants, how prior COVID-19 vaccination prevents over-reaction of the innate immune response during infections, and how bat genomes illuminate adaptations to viral tolerance and disease resistance.

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello and Alan Dove

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Links for this episode

  • Support science education at MicrobeTV
  • ASV 2025
  • NIH freezes (ScienceAdviser)
  • Is your research on Trump’s hit list? (ScienceInsider)
  • Prior COVID-19 vaccination tames innate responses (Sci Transl Med)
  • Bat genomes illuminate viral tolerance and disease resistance (Nature)
  • Letters read on TWiV 1191
  • Timestamps by Jolene Ramsey. Thanks!
Weekly Picks

Alan – NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center dashboards Vincent –  He created a hummingbird paradise in his backyard

Listener Picks

Christiane – Contact your members of Congress about the Pause in Federal Grant Funding Charles – What’s trending in the world of pseudoscience

Intro music is by Ronald Jenkees

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