TWiV 515: When virus is in retrograde
Episode description
The TWiV team notes the passing of Tom Steitz, an outbreak of acute flaccid myelitis in the US, a continuing Ebola virus outbreak in DRC, respiratory vaccinia due to inhalation of ground up rabbit skin, and how a human papillomavirus capsid protein directs virus-containing endosomes towards the nucleus.
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, Alan Dove, Kathy Spindler, and Brianne Barker
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Links for this episode- Sea Phages program and application materials
- Tom Steitz, 78 (NY Times)
- AFM outbreak, US (CIDRAP)
- AFM surveillance (CDC)
- Acute Flaccid Paralysis and Enteroviral Infections (Curr Inf Dis Rep)
- EV-D68 neurotropism (bioRxiv)
- Ebola virus outbreakcontinues in DRC (CIDRAP)
- Vaccinia virus respiratory infection (Int J Inf Dis)
- HPV L2 penetrates endosome, brings virus retro (Cell)
- Letters read on TWiV 515
- Timestamps by Jolene. Thanks!
Brianne - Germ City-Microbes and the Metropolis Museum Exhibition Alan- Nikon 2018 Small World in Motion competition Kathy- Ion Torrent Sequencing (video) Dickson- 2018 Nobel Prizes Economics Kathy- Ocean-centric map Vincent - Intelligence Matters Podcast: Anthony Fauci on threats from epidemics
Listener PicksGonsalo - Cells at Work (Manga, Anime)
Intro music is by Ronald Jenkees.
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