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 Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of TWiV! 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 Send your virology questions and comments to twiv@microbe.tv Content in this podcast should not be construed as medical advice.
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 Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of TWiV! 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 Send your virology questions and comments to twiv@microbe.tv Content in this podcast should not be construed as medical advice.
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 DoveSubscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, RSS, email
Become a patron of TWiV!
Links for this episodeAlan – NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center dashboards Vincent –  He created a hummingbird paradise in his backyard
Listener PicksChristiane – 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
Send your virology questions and comments to twiv@microbe.tv
Content in this podcast should not be construed as medical advice.