TWiV 265: This year in virology

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Alan Dove, Rich Condit, and Kathy Spindler

In their final episode of the year, the TWiV team reviews ten compelling virology stories from 2013.

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Links for this episode

• Antiviral RNAi (TWiV 255, 256, 263)
• MERS-CoV (TWiV 215, 223, 224, 233, 239, 247, 251, 258)
• Placental trophoblasts confer viral resistance (TWiV 241)
• Origin of REV (TWiV 248)
• Phage T7 gets a cat scan (TWiV 220)
• It’s a cGAS! (TWiV 222)
• Dual virus-host arms race (TWiV 242)
• Pandoraviruses (TWiV 246, 261)
• CMV based SIV vaccine (TWiV 254)
• Threading the NEIDL
• Letters read on TWiV 265
• Video of this episode – view above or at YouTube

Weekly Science Picks

Kathy – Women in Science
Alan – Contagium
Rich – RC helicopter (demo)
Vincent – The athletic power of quadcopters

Listener Pick of the Week

Lindsay – Alcohol consumption and vaccines (Vaccine)
Johnye – The Singing Microbiologist

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