TWiV 1083: AI builds better viruses
Episode 1083 of the This Week in Virology podcast, hosted by Vincent Racaniello, titled "TWiV 1083: AI builds better viruses" was published on January 28, 2024 and runs 100 minutes.
January 28, 2024 ·100m · This Week in Virology
Episode Description
TWiV reviews global measles outbreaks, toilet-generated aerosols that spread viruses, highly effective prevention of invasive cervical cancer by HPV vaccination, and design of improved adenovirus-associated viral vectors using machine learning.
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, Alan Dove, and Rich Condit
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- MicrobeTV Discord Server
- MicrobeTV store at Cafepress
- Become a member of ASV (asv.org)
- Research assistant position in Rosenfeld Lab CBER/FDA (pdf)
- The New City by Dickson Despommier
- Jay Nelson obituary
- Measles outbreak in Europe and Central Asia (UNICEF)
- Closing the toilet lid doesn't reduce virus aerosols (Am J Inf Control)
- NASA's ingenuity helicopter mission ends (NASA)
- HPV vaccine prevents invasive cervical cancer (J NCI)
- Designing AAV vectors with machine learning (Sci Adv)
- Letters read on TWiV 1083
- Timestamps by Jolene. Thanks!
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