The entire TWiV team comes together to pay tribute to Dickson Despommier, then reviews antibodies to H5N1 virus in veterinarians working with dairy cattle, Elisabeth Bik donates prize money for data integrity analyses, measles outbreak in Texas, and use of an alternative genetic code by human microbiome phages.

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Alan Dove, Rich Condit, Kathy Spindler, Brianne Barker, Daniel Griffin, Angela Mingarelli, and Jolene Ramsey

Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, RSS, email

Become a patron of TWiV!

Links for this episode

Weekly Picks

Angela – Rare spotting of humpback anglerfish “diablo negro” (Melanocetus johnsonii) in Tenerife, Canary Islands. First time ever observed alive!
Brianne – Moonwalking with Einstein inspired by reading NY Times article about Recent memory champ
Kathy – Witness History 9 minute podcasts
Rich – APOD: Perijove 11: Passing Jupiter
Alan – Ecological succession on abandoned farmland
Jolene – Parasitic Diseases Lectures and first 27 episodes of This Week in Parasitism
Vincent – The New City

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 1195: Dickson Despommier, parasitologist without borders

This Week in Virology