Hosts: Vincent Racaniello and Rich Condit
Vincent and Rich discuss fruit fly viruses, one year without polio in Nigeria, and a permissive Marek’s disease viral vaccine that allows transmission of virulent viruses.
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- Virology tenure-track position at NCI (pdf) 9:30
- ASM Agar Art Contest 11:00
- Nigeria on brink of polio eradication (Nature) 32:40
- Dengue in Africa (Tyler Sharp) 36:15
- Permissive vaccines and virulence (PLoS Biol) 41:45
- Marek’s disease vaccines and virulence (Ed Yong) 42:18
- Virulence evolution (PLoS Path) 1:05:00
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- Letters read on TWiV 348 11:55, 1:17:45
This episode is sponsored by ASM GAP 7:30
Timestamps by Jennifer. Thanks!
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