TWiV 757: Supershedders and super vaccines

<p>TWiV reveals that 2% of SARS-CoV-2−positive individuals carry 90% of the virus circulating in a college campus, and a nanoparticle vaccine that induces cross-reactive immunity against multiple pandemic and pre-emergent coronaviruses.</p> <p>Hosts: <a href= "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vincent_Racaniello">Vincent Racaniello</a>, <a href= "http://www.mgm.ufl.edu/faculty/faculty-home-pages/condit-richard-c/"> Rich Condit</a>, <a href= "https://sites.google.com/a/umich.edu/spindler-lab/">Kathy Spindler</a>, and <a href= "http://twitter.com/bioprofbarker">Brianne Barker</a></p> <p>Subscribe (free): <a href= "http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=300973784">iTunes</a>, <a href="https://www.google.com/podcasts?feed=aHR0cDovL3R3aXYubWljcm9iZXdvcmxkLmxpYnN5bnByby5jb20vdHdpdg%3D%3D">Google Podcasts</a>, <a href= "http://twiv.microbeworld.libsynpro.com/twiv">RSS</a>, <a href="http://eepurl.com/Gcw59">email</a></p> <p>Become a <a href= "https://www.microbe.tv/contribute">patron</a> of TWiV!</p> <h3><strong>Links for this episode</strong></h3> <ul> <li>ASV <a href="https://asv.org/Education/">vaccine town halls</a></li> <li>2% of SARS-CoV-2 positives carry <a href= "https://www.pnas.org/content/pnas/118/21/e2104547118.full.pdf">most viral RNA</a> (PNAS)</li> <li>Pan-coronavirus nanoparticle vaccine (Nature)</li> <li>Why HIV-1 particles have <a href= "https://journals.plos.org/plospathogens/article?id=10.1371/journal.ppat.1004254"> few spikes</a> (PLoS Path)</li> <li><a title="https://www.microbe.tv/twiv/twiv-754-letters/" href= "https://www.microbe.tv/twiv/twiv-757-letters/">Letters read</a> on TWiV 757</li> <li>Timestamps by <a href= "http://www.twitter.com/jrrmicro">Jolene</a>. Thanks!</li> </ul> <h3>Weekly Picks</h3> <p><strong>Brianne</strong> – <a href= "https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/18/world/americas/darwins-arch-collapse.html?action=click&module=In%20Other%20News&pgtype=Homepage"> Darwin’s Arch Collapses</a><br /> <strong>Kathy</strong> – <a href= "https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-5