TWiV reports on the administration putting a choke hold on billions of NIH health research funding, US Senators tell scientists they want to protect the NIH budget, then review a classic experiment showing the mechanism of DNA replication, and explain how jumbo phage DNA is transcribed in a membrane-bound compartment before transfer into proteinaceous “nucleus” compartment.
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Rich Condit, Kathy Spindler, Brianne Barker, Jolene Ramsey, and Angela Mingarelli
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Links for this episode
- Support science education at MicrobeTV 5:03
- Chokehold on billions in NIH funding (WSJ) 5:37
- Senators want to protect NIH budget (Nature) 7:50
- Replication of DNA in E. coli (PNAS) 14:21
- Biography of Franklin Stahl (DNA Learning Center) 14:59
- Franklin Stahl, 95 (Caltech Magazine) 14:28
- FW Stahl dies (NY Times) 14:59
- Requiem for a machine (Small Things Considered) 24:35
- Membrane and protein bound organelles during phage infection (Cell Host Micr) 50:20
- Letters read on TWiV 1241 1:27:48
- Timestamps by Jolene Ramsey. Thanks!
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Vincent – New Injectable Recommended by Europe for HIV Prevention
Intro music is by Ronald Jenkees
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