TWiV 415: Ebola pipettors and the philosopher's clone

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Alan Dove, Rich Condit, and Kathy Spindler Guests: Jeremy Luban, Aaron Lin, and Ted Diehl Jeremy, Aaron, and Ted join the TWiV team to discuss their work on identifying a single amino acid change in the Ebola virus glycoprotein from the West African outbreak that increases infectivity in human cells.   Become a patron of TWiV! Links for this episode Ebola virus glycoprotein with increased infectivity (Cell) Effect in cells of Ebola virus mutations from West African outbreak (Cell) Ebola virus in semen for over 500 days (Clin Inf Dis) Puzzling origin of 2014 Ebola virus outbreak (J Virol) Mutant Ebola virus may have caused explosive outbreak (Goats and Soda) Virus Genomics and Evolution website 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. Get unlimited access starting at just $2.99 a month, and for our audience, the first two months are completely free if you sign up at curiositystream.com/microbe and use the promo code MICROBE. 0:25, 1:05:40 Check out the graduate and postdoctoral programs at the Department of Microbiology at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. Deadline for applying to the graduate program is 1 December 2016. For more information about the Department, please visit http://bit.ly/micromssm 1:35 Register for the 2017 ASM Grant Writing Online course. Weekly Science Picks Jeremy – Real time tracking of Ebola virus evolutionTed - The Brain Scoop Aaron - Kate Rubins sequencing DNA on ISS (video) Alan – A Sand County Almanac by Aldo Leopold Rich –  Vendee GlobeKathy – Axios Vincent – Vendors from above by Loes Heerinck Send your virology questions and comments to [email protected]