TWiV 378: Herpes plays DUBstep
An episode of the This Week in Virology podcast, hosted by Vincent Racaniello, titled "TWiV 378: Herpes plays DUBstep" was published on February 28, 2016 and runs 118 minutes.
February 28, 2016 ·118m · This Week in Virology
Episode Description
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, Alan Dove, and Kathy Spindler
Guests: Greg Smith and Mark Fuccio
Greg Smith joins the TWiVirate to reveal how his lab discovered a switch that controls herpesvirus neuroinvasion, and then we visit the week's news about Zika virus.
Links for this episode
- Dynamic ubiquitination drives herpesvirus neuroinvasion (PNAS)
- Releasing Zika virus data in real time (Nature)
- Zika virus infection and stillbirths (PLoS NTD)
- Zika virus infection, imported, Italy (Eurosurveillance)
- Letters read on TWiV 378
This episode is sponsored by 32nd Clinical Virology Symposium and Microbe Magazine Podcast
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Vincent - Zdziarski's blog of things (Apple's motion to vacate)
Greg - Atlas, the next generation
Kathy - Sources of Chaco wood
Mark - How Dogs Love Us by Gregory Berns
Listener Pick
Bohdan - The real reason for brains
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