TWiV 1980: AI builds better viruses
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 Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of TWiV! Links for this episode 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! Weekly Picks Dickson – Asian girl building a life building a fence to protect a bamboo house Rich – Gator Country: Deception, Danger, and Alligators in the Everglades by Rebecca Renner Alan – Strange Bedfellows, by Ina Park Vincent – Star and Sphere kit – try the main page too Intro music is by Ronald Jenkees Send your virology questions and comments to twiv@microbe.tv