TWiV 468: Zika by the slice

November 19, 2017

neuronal migrationAmy joins the TWiV team to talk about her career and her work on Zika virus neurotropism using embryonic mouse organotypic brain slice cultures.

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson DespommierAlan DoveRich Condit, and Kathy Spindler

Guest: Amy Rosenfeld

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