This Week in Virology

Whenever I take off on an off-line session, I spend some time to find interesting podcasts to fill up my mp3 player with.

This time I ran into This Week in Virology, http://www.twiv.tv/. It’s about viruses, not computer viruses, but “the kind that makes you sick”.

I have no prior education in virology, but this podcast made it very interesting and accessible, and on a level that discusses receptor molecules, gene sequences and RNA strands – in other words significantly deeper than your ordinary daily news paper. A whole new world opened, and I immediately subscribed to it when I got back home.

If virology and/or molecular biology is something that interests you, I really recommend this show. It’s weekly, one hour long and consists of recent news in virology, interview with a leading researcher and then weekly picks of books and other science podcasts. Everything done in a down to earth discussion style, with enormous amounts of information to learn!

–Jesper Hogstrom