TWiV 441: Don’t ChrY for me influenza

The Beacons of Viral Education (aka the TWiVoners) reveal a cost of being a male mouse – the Y chromosome regulates their susceptibility to influenza virus infection.

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

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Links for this episode

• ASM Grant Writing Online Course 2:15
• Giant viruses not from fourth domain of life (Virology) 12:30
• Nuclear envelope disruption during parvovirus infection (J Virol) 15:10
• Nuclear deformation during SV40 infection (Nucleus) 15:10
• Y chromosome regulates mouse susceptibility to influenza virus (PNAS) 28:55
• Consomic strains (Mamm Genome) 31:40
• Giants among viruses (TWiV 261)
• Image credit
• Letters read on TWiV 441 8:00, 1:11:15

Timestamps by Jennifer. Thanks!

Weekly Science Picks 1:39:30

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Rich – Human Exploration Research Analog (HERA)
Vincent – Make measles great again in Michigan and Which tech giant would you drop?

Listener Pick

Steven – Difficult truths about a post-truth world

Intro music is by Ronald Jenkees.

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