Genomics RevolutionGuest Hosts: Keegan Rankin and Torey CowardEpisode 52: Zika Script:Keegan: Hello welcome to the podcast!  I'm Keegan! Torey: And I’m Torey Coward! Keegan: And we are here today to talk to you about the Zika Virus.  I’ll start us off with some general information.  The Zika Virus belongs to a group of viruses known as flaviviruses.  Flaviviruses are single-stranded RNA viruses encapsulated by a protein coat.  Some of Zika Virus’ closest relatives include Yellow Fever Virus and West Nile Virus.  They replicate in the cytoplasm of ho ..read more

Genomic RevolutionGuest Hosts: Alexus Acton & Rachna PrasadEpisode 51: Ebola Script:Rachna: Welcome to Genomics Revolution. This is Alexus Acton and Rachna Prasad from the 2020 Hiram College Genetics course hosting this episode on the Zaire Ebolavirus. This virus causes the disease ebola that originated from human animal contact, most likely from a bat (1). The Ebola Virus Disease, or EVD for short, was first discovered in 1976 with 2 consecutive outbreaks of fatal hemorrhagic fever in Central Africa. The first outbreak was in the Democratic Republic of Congo, which was formerly calle ..read more

Genomics Revolution Guest Hosts: Emily Harris & Tim MurtonEpisode 48: HIV & AIDS Script:     Welcome to Genomics Revolution! This is Emily Harris and this is Tim Murton. We are from the 2020 Hiram College Genetics course, and we are hosting this episode on the genome of Human Immunodeficiency Virus, or HIV. HIV targets a host’s immune system and causes it to fail. This complication is referred to as HIV infection, and can eventually develop into acquired immunodeficiency syndrome, or AIDS, which is the most advanced stage of HIV infection (1).  This v ..read more

Genomics RevolutionGuest Hosts: Sheree Nobles & Joshua GregoryEpisode 47: Human Papillomavirus (HPV) Script:Josh- Hello everyone, and welcome to this episode of Genomics Revolution! We’re your guests hosts today, Sheree Nobles and Joshua Gregory. Today we’ll be talking about Human Papillomavirus, or HPV as it’s commonly known. This is a sexually transmitted infection, and to keep on topic with this year’s theme, it’s a virus. Sheree- There isn’t a scientific name for it, so much as a bunch of scientific names, as there are over 100 different human papillomaviruses ..read more

Genomics RevolutionGuest Hosts: Matthew Hecker & Miranda MordueEpisode 54: MERS Coronavirus- Middle East Respiratory Syndrome-related coronavirus Hello, and welcome to Genomics Revolution.  This is Matthew Hecker, and this is Miranda Mordue, bringing you in from the Hiram College Genetics course of 2020.  As we stand in April 2020, the world is currently in a state of flux with COVID-19, a novel coronavirus that is taking the world by storm, and not in a good way.  In light of COVID-19, our topic for today is another variety of novel coronavirus, MERS-Coronavirus ..read more

Genomics Revolution Guest Hosts: Abbey Anderson & Samantha Mansfield Episode 46: Hepacivirus (Hepatitis C)  Script:     Hello! This is Sammie and Abbey coming at you live from a safe social distance! Today we are here to talk to you about Hepacivirus which is commonly known as Hepatitis C virus. We are going to spend some time talking about when and how the virus was discovered, the reasons that we should care about this virus, the genome of Hepatitis C, and key findings about HepC virus.  Sammie: Every story starts somewhere and the uniqueness of th ..read more

Genomics RevolutionGuest Hosts: Denise Hart & Madyson MorrisEpisode 53: SARS Coronavirus      Welcome to Genomics Revolution. This is Denise Hart and Madyson Morris from the 2020 Hiram College Genetics course hosting this episode on the SARS coronavirus. The acronym SARS stands for Severe Acute Respiratory System.1 To distinguish between the virus and the disease it causes, we will call the virus the SARS coronavirus and the disease SARS from here on out. Today, we will discuss the SARS coronavirus genome, as well as the outbreak that occurred across the globe from 2002 ..read more

Brad jumps in with a trailer for 4 episodes dealing with viruses that are transmitted by sex and transfer of bodily fluids ..read more

Genomics RevolutionGuest Hosts: Keegan Rankin and Torey CowardEpisode 52: Zika Script:Keegan: Hello welcome to the podcast!  I'm Keegan! Torey: And I’m Torey Coward! Keegan: And we are here today to talk to you about the Zika Virus.  I’ll start us off with some general information.  The Zika Virus belongs to a group of viruses known as flaviviruses.  Flaviviruses are single-stranded RNA viruses encapsulated by a protein coat.  Some of Zika Virus’ closest relatives include Yellow Fever Virus and West Nile Virus.  They replicate in the cytoplasm of ho ..read more

Genomics RevolutionGuest Hosts: Ciara Love & Cara KatzendornEpisode 45: Hepatitis B Virus Script:     Hi, my name is Ciara and today we’re going to talk about a virus called Hepatitis B. This virus is a type of species in the orthohepadnavirus genus as well as a member of the hepadnaviridae family. This virus causes a world-wide known disease called Hepatitis B or HBV. HBV causes liver cancer and the vaccine that was invented for Hepatitis B was one of the first anti-cancer vaccine. The virus was discovered in 1965 by Dr. Baruch Blumberg, which he had won a Nobel Prize for ..read more