This Week In Virology With Vincent Racaniello

The entire TWiV team comes together to pay tribute to Dickson Despommier, then reviews antibodies to H5N1 virus in veterinarians working with dairy cattle, Elisabeth Bik donates prize money for data integrity analyses, measles outbreak in Texas, and use of an alternative genetic code by human microbiome phages. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Alan Dove, Rich Condit, Kathy Spindler, Brianne Barker, Daniel Griffin, Angela Mingarelli, and Jolene Ramsey Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of TWiV! Links for this episode Support science education at MicrobeTV ASV 2025 Livestream tribute to Dickson (Office Hours) Dickson’s Wikipedia page Dickson’s obituary (NY Times) Dickson websites: trichinella.org, thelivingriver.org, fordhamopolis.com, despommierphotoart.com Alan’s tribute to Dickson (alandove.com) H5N1 seroprevalence (MMWR) Elisabeth Bik donates prize money (Science) Measles outbreak in Texas (Texas DSHS) Human microbiome phages use alternative genetic code (Nat Comm) Letters (mostly not)