TWiV 380: Viruses visible in le microscope photonique

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, Alan Dove, Rich Condit, and Kathy Spindler The TWiVeroos deliver the weekly Zika Report, then talk about a cryoEM structure of a plant virus that reveals how the RNA genome is packaged in the capsid, and MIMIVIRE, a CRISPR-like defense system in giant eukaryotic viruses.   Links for this episode First worms, then viruses, now dormant cyber pathogens (Zdziarski blog) Guillain-Barré with Zika virus in urine (Eurosurveillance) Zika virus in urine, Brazil (J Clin Virol) Zika in pregnant women in Rio (NEJM) Issues with NEJM pregnant women study (Epi-Ramble) Zika virus and meningoencephalitis (NEJM) Zika virus and acute myelitis (Lancet) Person to person transmission of Zika virus (MMWR) Pyrethroids and mouse microcephaly (one, two) Zika virus illustrations (Visual Science) Cowpea mosaic virus at high resolution (Nat Comm) MIMIVIRE confers resistance to virophage (Nature) CRISPR in a phage (TWiM 56) National Academy of Sciences GoFoc meeting Image credit Letters read on TWiV 380 This episode is sponsored by ASM Agar Art Contest and Microbe Magazine Podcast Weekly Science Picks Alan - Progression of EvolutionDickson - Toddler dies of meningitisVincent - Gardasil ideology, not scienceKathy - The Noun ProjectRich - Physics Girl Listener Pick Mark - MyRadar app (iOS, Android) Send your virology questions and comments to [email protected]