This Week in Evolution
Vincent Racaniello
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TWiEVO 55: Coronavirus evolution from soup to nuts
This Week in Evolution
05/06/20 • 73 min
Nels and Vincent continue their discussion of SARS-CoV-2 evolution, with a report that the coronavirus proofreading enzyme stimulates RNA recombination, and debunking the conclusion that a change in the viral spike glycoprotein is associated with increased human to human transmission.
Hosts: Nels Elde and Vincent Racaniello
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- CoV proofreading enzyme stimulates recombination (bioRxiv)
- CoV spike mutation pipeline (bioRxiv)
- Issues with CoV sequencing data (virological.org)
- Bill Hanage on selection vs bottleneck (threader.app)
- Image credit
- Time stamps by Jolene. Thanks!
Nels - In Memoriam: Gordon Lark Vincent - John Oliver Discussion of Antibody Tests
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TWiEVO 53: Virus evolution by land and by sea and by CoV, part II
This Week in Evolution
04/04/20 • 91 min
Nels and Vincent continue their discussion of SARS-CoV-2 from an evolutionary viewpoint, focusing on what the genome sequences tell us about the virus.
Hosts: Nels Elde and Vincent Racaniello
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- Clement Chow with COVID-19 (Salt Lake Trib)
- Scientists exposed to coronavirus (Nature)
- CoV by Britt Glaunsinger (YouTube)
- Genetic epidemiology of novel coronavirus (nextstrain.org)
- Time stamps by Jolene. Thanks!
Nels - Science Mill Explorer Zone Vincent - COVID-19 treatment and therapy tracker
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TWiEVO 51: The starting point paradox
This Week in Evolution
01/22/20 • 70 min
Nels and Vincent dive deep into evolution and consider how new proteins emerged billions of years ago, when there were no other proteins to serve as starting material.
Hosts: Nels Elde and Vincent Racaniello
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- Primordial emergence of a nucleic acid binding protein (bioRxiv)
- Tawfik laboratory
- Image credit
- Letters read on TWiEVO 51
- Time stamps by Jolene. Thanks!
Nels - Universal principled review Vincent - Hostile Planet by National Geographic
Listener PickCourtney - Nightwish Endless Forms Most Beautiful and Shudder Before The Beautiful
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TWiEVO 50: I'm dreaming of a Y chromosome
This Week in Evolution
12/24/19 • 102 min
Nels and Vincent discuss signatures of sex chromosome evolution revealed by assembly of a young vertebrate Y chromosome from 3-spined stickleback fish.
Hosts: Nels Elde and Vincent Racaniello
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- Assembly of a young vertebrate Y chromosome (bioRxiv)
- Image credit
- Letters read on TWiEVO 50
- Time stamps by Jolene. Thanks!
Nels - Genome from a 5,700-Year-Old Wad of Chewed Gum Vincent - NJ Sea-Level Rise Reports
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TWiEVO 49: A giant podcast on giant viruses
This Week in Evolution
11/29/19 • 113 min
Rich joins Nels and Vincent for a debriefing on the 4th Ringberg Symposium on Giant Virus Biology in Tegernsee, Germany.
Hosts: Nels Elde and Vincent Racaniello
Guest: Rich Condit
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- Endless giant virus forms most beautiful (TWiV 575)
- 4th Ringberg Giant Virus Meeting Program (pdf)
- Photographs by Matthias Fischer
- Time stamps by Jolene. Thanks!
Rich - Flightradar24 Nels - Deutsches Museum Munich Vincent - Diversify Microbiology
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TWiEVO 48: Flipping out with choanos on caffeine
This Week in Evolution
10/31/19 • 94 min
Nels and Vincent reveal a new choanoflagellate that forms multicellular cup shaped colonies that respond to light to alternate between feeding and swimming behavior.
Hosts: Nels Elde and Vincent Racaniello
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- Microbial accomplices in multicellularity (TWiEVO 11)
- Light regulated collective contractility (Science)
- Image credit
- Letters read on TWiEVO 48
- Time stamps by Jolene. Thanks!
Nels - How to write a great science paper by Cormac McCarthy Vincent - Natural Selection Store
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TWiEVO 47: On the origin of beer species
This Week in Evolution
09/19/19 • 91 min
Nels and Vincent trace the origins of Saccharomyces cerevisiae strains used to make beer, and find that ales and lagers are made with yeasts that were derived from those used to make European grape wine and Asian rice wine.
Hosts: Nels Elde and Vincent Racaniello
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- Origins of beer yeasts (PLoS Biol)
- Chateau Jiahu beer
- Time stamps by Jolene. Thanks!
Nels - Population fluctuations in 10 biggest cities Vincent - 1.7 million year old rhino tooth (original Nature paper)
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TWiEVO 46: Can an old tumor teach us new tricks?
This Week in Evolution
08/31/19 • 92 min
Nels and Vincent analyze the genomes of canine transmissible tumors to provide insight into the worldwide spread of the disease from its origin in a single dog 4000-8500 years ago, and its diversity, mutation, and evolution.
Hosts: Nels Elde and Vincent Racaniello
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- Evolution and mutation of canine transmissible cancer (Science)
- Clam cancers (TWiEVO 17)
- Sixth modality of infectious disease (PLoS Path)
- Time stamps by Jolene. Thanks!
Nels - Vasa Museum in Stockholm Vincent - Nobel Museum in Stockholm
Listener PickIrene - @EndlessFormsand #PlantScienceFascinatesMe #plantsday
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TWiEVO 44: The enemy of my enemy is my phage
This Week in Evolution
06/27/19 • 64 min
At ASM Microbe in San Francisco, Nels and Vincent meet up with Paul Turner to talk about evolutionary considerations in using bacteriophages to treat infections with antibiotic-resistant bacteria.
Hosts: Nels Elde and Vincent Racaniello
Guest: Paul Taylor
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- Turner Lab at Yale
- Phage therapy: A renewed approach (Cell Host Microbe)
- Phage treatment of aortic graft (Evol Med Pub Health)
- Time stamps by Jolene. Thanks!
Nels- Science Glass
Vincent- Phage therapy for disseminated Mycobacterial infection
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TWiEVO 56: Revising the drafts of coronavirus evolution
This Week in Evolution
05/20/20 • 88 min
Nels and Vincent continue their discussion of SARS-CoV-2 evolution, including understanding recurrent mutations in the viral genome, and the potential for re-emergence of the virus from an animal reservoir.
Hosts: Nels Elde and Vincent Racaniello
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- SARS-CoV-2 genomic diversity (Inf, Genet, Evol)
- Re-emergence of SARS-CoV-2 (bioRxiv)
- Tackling SARS-CoV-2 rumors (virological.org)
- Letters read on TWiEVO 56
- Image credit
- Time stamps by Jolene. Thanks!
Nels - The Cell in Evolution Vincent - Visual Science
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How many episodes does This Week in Evolution have?
This Week in Evolution currently has 106 episodes available.
What topics does This Week in Evolution cover?
The podcast is about Evolution, Genetics, Microbiology, Natural Sciences, Podcasts and Science.
What is the most popular episode on This Week in Evolution?
The episode title 'TWiEVO 56: Revising the drafts of coronavirus evolution' is the most popular.
What is the average episode length on This Week in Evolution?
The average episode length on This Week in Evolution is 88 minutes.
How often are episodes of This Week in Evolution released?
Episodes of This Week in Evolution are typically released every 30 days, 20 hours.
When was the first episode of This Week in Evolution?
The first episode of This Week in Evolution was released on Dec 12, 2015.
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