TWiV 427: It was a DURC and UV light

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

The TWiVoids discuss the March for Science, the GOF moratorium, and a classic virology paper on mapping the gene order for vesicular stomatitis virus.

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• ASM 2017 election is now open – VOTE HERE 3:50
• ASM Election questions:
  • Which positions are we voting for?
  • What is the ASM Board of Directors? Organization Chart
  • What is the Council on Microbial Sciences? Organization Chart
  • FAQs
• Scientists’ march is bad idea (NY Times) 19:40
• GOF moratorium lifted (Archived White House) 23:30
• VSV gene order (PNAS) 39:00
• VSV gene order later (PNAS) 1:17:25
• Letters read on TWiV 427 6:35, 1:19:15

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Timestamps by Jennifer. Thanks!

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Dickson – Exoplanets orbits
Vincent – Outbreak News Today

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