Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, Alan Dove, Rich Condit, and Kathy Spindler
The TWiVniks discuss the structure of a virus that reproduces in an extreme environment, long-term consequences of Ebolavirus infection, and VirScan, a method to identify the different virus infections you have had in your lifetime.
Click arrow to play
Download TWiV 342 (74 MB .mp3, 102 min)
Subscribe (free): iTunes, RSS, email
Links for this episode
- Virus with A-form DNA (Science) 34:25
- Viruses in the extreme (virology blog)
- Sequelae of Ebolavirus infection (Lancet Inf Dis) 42:35
- Long term Ebolavirus effects (virology blog)
- Take the chili ME challenge 47:50
- Serological profiling of human viral infections (Science) 50:50
- Your viral past (virology blog)
- Letters read on TWiV 342 3:30, 1:11:30
Timestamps by Jennifer. Thank you!
Weekly Science Picks 1:26:20
Dickson – Incredible photos
Alan – Alone in a room full of science writers
Kathy – Calico cats and Siamese cats
Rich – Missing link in evolution
Vincent – Podcasts saving NPR and Podcasting blossoms
Listener Pick of the Week
Jenny – What Bill Gates is afraid of
Neva – The Kardashian Index
Send your virology questions and comments (email or mp3 file) to [email protected]
This podcast had a few mentions of Archaea, but neglected to credit them for the color of the “non-GMO salt.” There are actual prehistoric DNA in that salt:
http://microbialfoods.org/science-digested-exploring-diversity-extremely-halophilic-archaea-food-grade-salts/
From Seattle, where I will tell you that it is cold, dark, cloudy and drippy even when it is not. We want to move to a smaller house and even those are horribly expensive because too many people are moving into my neighborhood. 😉
So, it really *is* GMO salt! 🙂