TWiV 705: Rocky Mountain COVID with Emily Travanty

Emily Travanty from the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment joins TWiV to discuss how her laboratory was the first in the US to detect the SARS-CoV-2 variant VOC 202012/01. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier , Alan Dove , Rich Condit , and Brianne Barker Guest: Emily Travanty Subscribe (free): iTunes , Google Podcasts , RSS , email Become a patron of TWiV! Links for this episode VOC detected in Colorado (WaPo) US has sequenced only 50,000 SARS-CoV-2 genomes (CDC) Human CoV evolves to escape immunity (bioRxiv) Timestamps by Jolene . Thanks! Weekly Picks Dickson – Randal Despommier on saxophone Brianne – Giant Microbes SARS-CoV2 Alan – West of Loathing Rich – Draft landscape of COVID-19 candidate vaccines Vincent – SARS-CoV-2 spillover events Listener Pick Daniel – His Vaccine Story Inspired His Father To Write A Disn ey Classic Intro music is by Ronald Jenkees Send your virology questions and comments to [email protected]