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May 2023

1h 38m

TWiV 1005: COVID T vax and a virus from ...

VINCENT RACANIELLO

About this episode

TWiV reveals plankton-infecting relatives of herpesviruses in the sunlit oceans, and a vaccine encoding non-spike T cell antigens that protects animals from severe SARS-CoV-2 infection.

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Alan Dove, Kathy Spindler, and Brianne Barker

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Register for ASV 2023
Research assistant position at FDA (pdf)
MicrobeTV Discord Server
Mirusviruses link herpesvirus to giant viruses (Nature)
Tara Oceans expeditions
T cell vaccine protects against severe COVID (Cell)
Letters read on TWiV 1005
Timestamps by Jolene. Thanks!

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