Yes, I’m on Twitter- alandove: Mine get rejected for lack of adequate controls. RT @noahWG My thought experiments rarely yield anything publishable.
- alandove: Whoever's behind the @FakeElsevier tweets is friggin' brilliant. And no, it's not me.
- alandove: A case of scientific censorship that doesn't involve #H5N1: http://t.co/MRx664EW Mining industry vs. NCI and NIOSH.
- alandove: @_colm_ @profvrr @newprof1 Indeed. What good could come of studying deadly microbes, after all?
- alandove: RT @chrislhayes: So, GOP votes against Violence Against Women act, for transvaginal ultrasounds and has an all male hearing on birth con ...
- alandove: Science is sexy, but not like that. @Ananyo Hum. istock thinks this is what a young female scientist looks like http://t.co/mM9KnKX6
- alandove: Blog post: Exploring the Sourdoughome. http://t.co/70vxEEar
- alandove: @easternblot Zhang @ Michigan or some such? Maybe they recently changed their address scheme and a student was just first in line at time.
- alandove: RT @Etche_homo: MT @Etche_homo Heartland buys anti-climate change "scientists" for $300K: p13 of http://t.co/im95AkoM #deniergate
- alandove: I have a "Drafts" folder? How much effort am I supposed to put into these 140-character messages?
Author Archives: Alan
TWiV 171: One is the loneliest number
Matt joins the TWiVarians to review virus production in single cells and single virion genomics. Links for this episode: H5N1 results will be published (NY Times) Virus production in single cells then and now Single virion genomics (PLoS One) Multiple displacement amplification (Wikipedia) Ranavirus killing turtles, tadpoles in Maryland … Continue reading
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TWiV 170: From variolous effluvia to VLPs
Alan, Rich, and Dickson discuss Edward Jenner’s paper on cowpox vaccine, then move 200 years later to modern vaccines against norovirus, influenza H5N1, and more. Links for this episode: Norton Zinder, 83 (Reuters) Jenner’s cowpox vaccine paper (Bartleby, Gutenberg) Norovirus VLP vaccine (NEJM) … Continue reading
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Exploring the Sourdoughome
I love it when my interests intersect, so this new report from researchers in Italy and Belgium, on the microbiota of sourdough breads, definitely caught my attention. As the authors explain: This study aimed at the identification of the [lactic … Continue reading
TWiV #170 – From variolous effluvia to VLPs
Alan, Rich, and Dickson discuss Edward Jenner’s paper on cowpox vaccine, then move 200 years later to modern vaccines against norovirus, influenza H5N1, and more. Links for this episode: Norton Zinder, 83 (Reuters) Jenner’s cowpox vaccine paper (Bartleby, Gutenberg) Norovirus VLP vaccine (NEJM) … Continue reading
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TWiV 169: Epidemiology causes conclusions (p<0.05)
Michael and the TWiV team review epidemiology basics, including fatality ratios. Links for this episode: Michael’s blog and podcast Epidemiology literature critique (PowerPoint) Seven mistakes in epidemiology (ETE) Snow cholera map TWiV on Facebook Letters read on TWiV 169
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A Chat with Mike Osterholm
I got a call last night from Mike Osterholm, noted epidemiologist and member of the National Science Advisory Board for Biosecurity (NSABB). He wanted to talk about H5N1 flu – if you don’t know why, scroll down to the previous … Continue reading
Some Unsolicited Debate Coaching for Tonight’s Speakers
The New York Academy of Sciences is hosting a panel discussion tonight about H5N1 influenza, “dual-use” research, and scientific censorship. Of course this stems from the ongoing debate about the alleged development of mammal-adapted H5N1 strains (see my earlier summaries … Continue reading
TWiV 168: Super CalTech prophylaxis and ferret runny noses
Welkin joins the TWiV team for a discussion of HIV prophlaxis using vectored antibodies, and the influenza H5N1 virus studies in ferrets that were not redacted. Links for this episode: Vectored HIV immunoprophylaxis (Nature) Vectored immunoprophylaxis - the Movie (YouTube) Adeno-associated virus (Wikipedia) In vitro evolution … Continue reading
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Who’s Afraid of the Big, Bad Bioterrorist?
The recent dustup about The H5N1 Bird Flu Plague That Will Kill Us All (not) has brought the topic of “bioterrorism” into the media spotlight again. This is an issue I’ve been following for several years, and during that time … Continue reading