TWiEVO 33: Fly by virus

Nels and Vincent at ASV 2018

Nels and Vincent are astounded by the finding of an insect-derived virus in a fungus that manipulates the behavior of flies.

Hosts: Nels Elde and Vincent Racaniello

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• Virus in fungus in fly (bioRxiv) 9:13, 28:40
• On a leaf, no one can hear you scream (TWiV 443) 26:18
• Nels gives Benzer Lecture (YouTube) 27:27
• Domestication of fungal fly pathogen (bioRxiv) 28:52
• Sequencing E. muscae genome (10X genomics) 34:02, 37:20
• Eisen’s twitter stream on new iflavirus (Twitter) 38:09

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Nels – Mindsuckers; getting photos; Anand Varma photos
Vincent – Happy Birthday Gregor Mendel

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