The TWiV Council explores the finding that facial appearance affects science communication, and evidence that RNA interference confers antiviral immunity in mammalian cells.
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, Alan Dove, and Kathy Spindler
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Links for this episode
- JMBE SciComm Issue 2:50
- Facial appearance affects science communication (PNAS) 3:30
- Your face matters to science (virology blog) 9:25
- RNA based antiviral immunity in mammals (Immunity) 22:30
- How mice say nodavirus (TWiV 245) 27:00
- Press release on science meeting gender disparity 57:45
- The Traditional Lecture is Not Dead. I Would Know – I’m A Professor (virology blog) 58:30
- Sound of Silence by Disturbed (YouTube)
- Letters read on TWiV 449 55:45
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Timestamps by Jennifer. Thanks!
Weekly Science Picks
Kathy – ASV 2017 Virolympics Crossword (pdf)
Dickson – The Visible Mouse
Alan – Is profitable publishing bad for science?
Vincent – Locally Sourced Science
Listener Pick
Neva – Michael Summers interview and Virus coloring book
Intro music is by Ronald Jenkees.
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