Hosts: Nels Elde and Vincent Racaniello
Guests: Kartik Chandran and Sara Sawyer
Sara and Kartik join Nels and Vincent to talk about how the filovirus receptor NPC1 regulates Ebolavirus susceptibility in bats.
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Links for this episode
- Sara on TWiV #193
- Kartik on TWiV #314
- NPC1 and bat susceptibility to Ebolaviruses (eLife)
- Molecular spandrels and evolution (Nat Rev Gen)
- Letters read on TWiEVO 5
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Brilliant episode title!! Cant wait to play it!!–h