TWiV discusses whether or not Omicron should be designated a new serotype of SARS-CoV-2, and the finding that amino acid changes that adapt SARS-CoV-2 to mink or ferret do not increase fitness in the human airway.
Links for This Episode
- ABRCMS ePoster Spring Symposium for Emerging Scientists 3:20.
- ASV Annual Meeting Registration (ASV) 4:08.
- Microbiology & Immunology at LSU Health 4:47.
- Is Omicron a new serotype? (Nat Rev Micr) 9:40.
- Adaptation of SARS-CoV-2 to mink/ferret (Cell Rep) 29:10.
- Letters read on TWiV 871 1:11:43.
- Timestamps by Jolene. Thanks!
Weekly Science Picks 1:27:34
Alan – Which Immune Cell Are You? and Michaeleen Doucleff's article.
Rich – Vaccinated: One Man's Quest to Defeat the World's Deadliest Diseases by Paul A. Offit.
Vincent – Ebola on Canvas.
Listener Picks
Les – Ologies podcast.
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Intro music is by Ronald Jenkees.