Vincent Racaniello

"I ran your comment by Rich Condit and Alan Dove and they agree with you. This is too bad because I don't want anything to get in the way of sending a strong message to the public from scientists. So now the question is: when should I wear a tie, whenever I'm on video? Does that include TWiV and TWiM video?  For example, a Japanese TV station interviewed me at my office recently for broadcast in that country - should I keep a tie in my office for such occasions?" - Vincent Racaniello

"Lyme disease is caused by the bacterium Borrelia burgdorferi which is a spirochate." - Vincent Racaniello

"I have spoken with other high school students about HeLa cells, and I'd be happy to help. Email me at virology@virology.ws" - Vincent Racaniello

"10% of 10,000,000 = 1,000,000; 0.1 ml contains 100,000, divided by 1000 bacterial cells = MOI 100." - Vincent Racaniello

"Apple has updated their iBooks Author license agreement to address the issues discussed in this thread: http://www.macrumors.com/2012/..." - Vincent Racaniello

"Log2." - Vincent Racaniello

"I fully understand your concerns. I did not realize the restrictive nature of the software when I picked it. What I would do if I did publish something on iBooks, is that (as you suggest) I would put the same content in other channels. It's more work but currently I can't publish anything on iBooks - I've tried to get a seller's account and they won't do it. I thought through the iBooks Author it would be easier. Perhaps I'm wrong there too. The other issue is color - I want to publish in color and it just doesn't work well on the Kindle. I know that the Fire is color but how do you write for both devices? On a related note - Apple has also changed the way iTunes U works. Now it's only iOS devices. I am a 'beta tester' for Columbia U, and they got me into the new iTunes U. I'm putting my course content there (free) but it locks out OS X users. So I'll continue to make my courses available on the web (bit.ly/cuvirology)." - Vincent Racaniello