TWiV reviews new committee of experts to counter vaccine misinformation, resignation of NSF Director, dependence of immune response to rabies virus on the gut microbiome, and a nucleosome switch primes hepatitis B virus infection.

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Rich Condit, and Angela Mingarelli

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Links for this episode

• Support science education at MicrobeTV
• ASV 2025
• Committee of experts to counter vaccine misinformation (Science)
• NSF Director resigns (Science)
• Dependence of vaccine immune response on gut microbiome (Cell Host Microbe)
• Nucleosome switch primes HepB replication (Cell)
• Letters read on TWiV 1212
• Timestamps by Jolene Ramsey. Thanks!

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