Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Alan Dove, Kathy Spindler, and Ashlee Bennett
Vincent, Alan, Kathy, and Ashlee discuss fomites in physicians offices, plant virus factories involved in aphid transmission, and clues from the bat genome about flight and immunity.
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- CaMV responds instantly to vector (eLIFE)
- Aphid acquiring CaMV (J Virol)
- Bat genomes, flight, and immunity (Science)
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I think kathy at the end might’ve been referring to latex beamer which is the latex way for doing good slides.
I have several pairs of the those cheap dark brown cotton gloves which I wear in winter because you can wear a new washed pair every few days – forget those fashionable leather gloves which collect germs.