From Indiana University, Vincent and Kathy speak with Tuli Mukhopadhyay, John Patton, and Adam Zlotnick about their careers and their work on alphaviruses, hepatitis B virus, and rotaviruses.
Host: Vincent Racaniello and Kathy Spindler
Guests: Tuli Mukhopadhyay, John Patton, and Adam Zlotnick
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Links for this episode
- Mukhopadhyay lab
- Patton lab
- Zlotnick lab
- Tuli on Twitter
- Palmitoylation of Sindbis virus TF protein (J Virol)
- Hepatitis B virus structure (Ann Rev Virol)
- Rotavirus RNA polymerase (Curr Opin Virol)
Intro music is by Ronald Jenkees.
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