Vincent Racaniello

Vincent Racaniello, PhD, is Higgins Professor of Microbiology and Immunology at Columbia University's College of Physicians and Surgeons in New York City. He is one of four virologists who has recently authored Principles of Virology, a textbook used by many teaching virology to undergraduate, medical and graduate students.

Prof. Racaniello runs the popular TWiV blog and podcast with regular interviews in the field of virology.

His Virology blog has published the long-running series, Trial By Error written by Dr. David Tuller, criticizing the PACE trial, including open letters to The Lancet demanding an independent review of the controversial PACE trial.

The Lancet
Three open letters to the editor of The Lancet urged the editor to commission a fully independent review of the PACE trial, which the journal had published in 2011. The first, written in 2015, was signed by Dr. Racaniello and 5 of his colleagues. In 2016, thirty-six additional colleagues in the ME/CFS field, signed the second letter. In July of 2018, Racianello and more than one hundred other colleagues signed the third letter.
 * Nov 13, 2015 - An open letter to Dr. Richard Horton and The Lancet
 * Feb 10, 2016 - An open letter to The Lancet, again - Virology blog
 * Jul 10, 2018 - Trial By Error: Yet Another Appeal to The Lancet, With More On Board

Dr. Alla Landa, Columbia University

 * Oct 19, 2018 - My letter to organizer of 4th Columbia Psychosomatics Conference

Blog posts

 * 2018, A Statement in Support of Cochrane
 * 2017, Intestinal dysbiosis in ME/CFS patients - Virology blog
 * 2015, B cell depletion benefits ME/CFS patients - Virology blog (Note: Ampligen later failed in clinicial trials)

Interviews, talks and videos

 * 2012, Educating the world about microbes
 * Peter Wildy Lecture: an overview of how he uses social media for science communication.

Books

 * Principles of Virology, 5th Ed - with S Jane Flint, Glenn F Rall, Theodora Hatziioannou and Anna Marie Skalka
 * Publisher: Hoboken, NJ : Wiley; Washington, DC: ASM Press


 * Principles of Virology: Volume 1: Molecular Biology, Pathogenesis, and Control of Animal Viruses
 * Principles of Virology: Volume 2: Pathogenesis and Control

Online presence

 * Virology Blog
 * Researchgate
 * Facebook - This Week in Virology
 * Twitter
 * Instagram
 * YouTube
 * LinkedIn
 * iTunes University
 * Microbe.tv
 * TWIV podcast

Learn more

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