TWiV 796: The vary hungry spike with Paul and Theodora
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English - August 22, 2021 04:00 - 65.5 MB - ★★★★★ - 2K ratingsScience Health & Fitness Medicine racaniello vincent twiv virus virology microbe microbiology pathogen infection infectious Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Paul and Theodora return to TWiV to explain their research on determining the number of neutralizing epitopes on the SARS-CoV-2 spike that are recognized by antibodies, and engineering of a polymutant spike with twenty amino acid changes that demonstrates the high genetic barrier to escape from convalescent serum.
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, Rich Condit, and Brianne Barker
Guests: Paul Bieniasz and Theodora Hatiziiouannou
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Links for this episode High genetic barrier for SARS-CoV-2 antibody escape (bioRxiv) Enhanced antibody one year after COVID-19 (Nature) Letters read on TWiV 796 Timestamps by Jolene. Thanks! Weekly PicksDickson – NIF and Photon Science: fusion reaction generates 1.3 MJ
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Intro music is by Ronald Jenkees
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