Episode Details

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, Alan Dove, Rich Condit, and Kathy Spindler

The TWiVirions reveal bacteriophage genes that control eukaryotic reproduction, and the biochemical basis for increased Ebolavirus glycoprotein activity during the recent outbreak.

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Links for this episode

• Nido2017 Meeting
• ASM Microbe 2017
• Mark Buller obituary
• RS virus pipeline (pdf)
• Prophage WO genes and cytoplasmic incompatibility (Nature)
• Vanderbilt Virology (TWiV 332)
• Basis for increased Ebolavirus glycoprotein activity (Cell Host Micr)
• Letters read on TWiV 431

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Weekly Science Picks

Rich - Germ Theory by Robert P. Gaynes
Alan - Student Scientist Partnerships
Kathy - Symbiartic
Dickson - PaleoBioDB Navigator
Vincent - Kusama Infinity Room

Listener Pick

Chaim - How to fight back against the backfire effect

Intro music is by Ronald Jenkees.

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