TWiV 195: They did it in the hot tub
Episode description
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Alan Dove, Rich Condit, Dickson Despommier, and Ken Stedman
The complete TWiV team meets with Ken Stedman to discuss the discovery in Boiling Spring Lake of a DNA virus with the capsid of an RNA virus.
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Links for this episode:- Novel virus from an extreme environment (Biol Direct, virology blog)
- Lassen Volcanic National Park
- Tombusviridae, Circoviridae (ViralZone)
- TWiV on Facebook
- Letters read on TWiV 195
Ken - The Edge of Life trailer and Facebook pageDickson - The Cognitive Style of Powerpoint by Edward TufteAlan - SEMs of insects and spiders via Steve GschmeissnerRich - Curiosity Has Landed (Wiki mission summary)Vincent - Curiosity's Seven Minutes of Terror (YouTube)
Listener Pick of the WeekLance - The Vaccine Confidence Project and Immune response video (YouTube)Anat - Beautiful Science
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