TWiV 779: Evolving boosterism

TWiV reviews evidence that COVID-19 mRNA vaccination of both uninfected and previously infected persons elicits cross-variant neutralizing antibodies, and directed evolution of a bacterial protein to form a virus-like capsid that specifically packages its encoding mRNA. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello , Alan Dove , and Brianne Barker Subscribe (free): iTunes , Google Podcasts , RSS , email Become a patron of TWiV! Links for this episode mRNA vaccine boosts cross-variant neutralizing Ab (Science) mRNA vaccine boosts variant B and T cell responses (Science) Directed evolution of virus-like nucleocapsid (Science) Letters read on TWiV 779 Timestamps by Jolene . Thanks! Weekly Picks Brianne – The Science of Chocolate Chip Cookies Alan – Keeping Black students in STEM Vincent – Antiviral Program for Pandemics Listener Pick Mark – Curator on the Loose , Classic Airliners and Vintage Pop Culture , Flying Men , Flying Machines , Thai Flying Club Intro music is by Ronald Jenkees Send your virology questions and comments to [email protected]