TWiV 380: Viruses visible in le microscope photonique

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

The TWiVeroos deliver the weekly Zika Report, then talk about a cryoEM structure of a plant virus that reveals how the RNA genome is packaged in the capsid, and MIMIVIRE, a CRISPR-like defense system in giant eukaryotic viruses.

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Links for this episode

• First worms, then viruses, now dormant cyber pathogens (Zdziarski blog) 9:40
• Guillain-Barré with Zika virus in urine (Eurosurveillance) 13:35
• Zika virus in urine, Brazil (J Clin Virol) 17:00
• Zika in pregnant women in Rio (NEJM) 20:40
• Issues with NEJM pregnant women study (Epi-Ramble) 25:20
• Zika virus and meningoencephalitis (NEJM) 26:50
• Zika virus and acute myelitis (Lancet) 28:50
• Person to person transmission of Zika virus (MMWR) 31:45
• Pyrethroids and mouse microcephaly 34:35
• Zika virus illustrations (Visual Science) 38:55
• Cowpea mosaic virus at high resolution (Nat Comm) 40:10
• MIMIVIRE confers resistance to virophage (Nature) 56:55
• CRISPR in a phage (TWiM 56) 1:11:45
• National Academy of Sciences GoFoc meeting
• Image credit
• Letters read on TWiV 380 5:35, 1:20:35

This episode is sponsored by ASM Agar Art Contest and Microbe Magazine Podcast 3:10, 1:18:30

Timestamps by Jennifer. Thanks!

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