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Oct 2, 2016 2 hr 4 min

TWiV 409: A Nef is enough

from This Week in Virology

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, Alan Dove, Rich Condit, and Kathy Spindler Guest: Jeremy Luban Jeremy joins the TWiVeroids to tell the amazing story of how the function of the HIV-1 protein called Nef was discovered and found to promote infection by excluding the host protein SERINC from virus particles. Become a patron of TWiV! Links for this episode No recovery in PACE trial (virology blog) The real PACE data (virology blog) Contagious Thinking Florida DOH daily Zika update Congress does not fail on Zika (NPR) Nef history (Luban lab) Nef excludes SERINC from virions (Nature) SERINC counters Nef (Nature) ASM Grant Writing Online Course Letters read on TWiV 409 This episode is brought to you by CuriosityStream, a subscription streaming service that offers over 1,400 documentaries and non­fiction series from the world's best filmmakers. 0:25, 28:50 This episode is also brought to you by Drobo, a family of safe, expandable, yet simple to use storage arrays. Drobos are designed to protect your important data forever. Visit www.drobo.com to learn more. Weekly Science Picks Alan - Migration in Motion Dickson - Beautiful Chemistry Rich - XKCD Timeline of Earth Temperature Kathy - Vaccine Heroes from Vaccine Education Center Jeremy - CIDRAP posters and Demon in the Freezer Vincent - People Peas and Pathogens Listener Picks Matlock - Science isn't broken Send your virology questions and comments to [email protected]

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