TWiV 378: Herpes plays DUBstep
Feb 28, 2016•1 hr 59 min
Listen to this episode in Metacast mobile app
Don't just listen to podcasts. Learn from them with transcripts, summaries, and chapters for every episode. Skim, search, and bookmark insights. Learn more
Episode description
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, Alan Dove, and Kathy Spindler
Guests: Greg Smith and Mark Fuccio
Greg Smith joins the TWiVirate to reveal how his lab discovered a switch that controls herpesvirus neuroinvasion, and then we visit the week's news about Zika virus.
Links for this episode
- Dynamic ubiquitination drives herpesvirus neuroinvasion (PNAS)
- Releasing Zika virus data in real time (Nature)
- Zika virus infection and stillbirths (PLoS NTD)
- Zika virus infection, imported, Italy (Eurosurveillance)
- Letters read on TWiV 378
This episode is sponsored by 32nd Clinical Virology Symposium and Microbe Magazine Podcast
Weekly Science PicksAlan - Science byline counting projectDickson - Bill Nye on climate changeVincent - Zdziarski's blog of things (Apple's motion to vacate)Greg - Atlas, the next generationKathy - Sources of Chaco woodMark - How Dogs Love Us by Gregory Berns
Listener PickBohdan - The real reason for brains
Send your virology questions and comments to twiv@microbe.tv
For the best experience, listen in Metacast app for iOS or Android