TWiV 440: I hardly noumeavirus

No problem not being nice to Dickson in this episode, because he’s absent for a discussion of a new giant virus that replicates in the cytoplasm yet transiently accesses the nucleus to bootstrap infection.

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

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Links for this episode

• ASM Microbe 4:45
• Noumeavirus cytoplasmic replication depends on transient nuclear access (Nat Commun) 30:30
• Giants among viruses (TWiV 261) 31:30
• Image credit
• Letters read on TWiV 440 6:55, 1:18:45

Weekly Science Picks 1:45:30

Kathy – U-M Rubik’s Cube story   #1 video   #2 video    #3 video
Alan – You’re not going to believe this
Rich – High School student builds robot to solve Rubrik’s cube
Vincent – NIH limits grant money and The abomination of a bill

Listener Pick

Ken – The Fab Lab with Crazy Aunt Lindsey
Laurel – Sally Hoskin’s CREATE program
Maureen – Simple Science Experiments You Can Do With Eggs Before Breakfast

Intro music is by Ronald Jenkees.

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