The TWiVumvirate reviews this years crop of Nobel Prizes, and how cells prevent leakage of mitochondrial double-stranded RNA into the cytoplasm, which would otherwise lead to the production of interferon.
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, Alan Dove, and Kathy Spindler
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- Sea Phages program and application materials 3:17
- Plant biologists penalized by CNRS (The Scientist) 11:21
- 2018 Nobel Prize in Medicine (pdf) 20:33
- 2018 Nobel Prize in Chemistry (pdf) 25:04
- 2018 Nobel Prize in Physics (pdf) 34:22
- 2018 Nobel Peace Prize (Nobel) 35:59
- Mitochondrial dsRNA triggers IFN (Nature) 38:35
- Letters read on TWiV 514 9:10, 1:05:13
- Timestamps by Jolene. Thanks!
Weekly Science Picks 1:29:35
Alan – Compound Interest chemistry graphics
Kathy – Writing letters of recommendation Guidelines Trix & Psenka Schmader et al. Madera et al.
Dickson – Japan Fireworks
Vincent – The Game of T-Cells and Apple Park Lego
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Steve – Shomu’s Biology
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