TWiV 421: Like flies on shot

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, Alan Dove, Rich Condit, and Kathy Spindler Guest: Nathan Letts The TWiVnauts present another example of an infectious but replication incompetent vaccine, an insect specific arborvirus bearing chikungunya virus structural proteins.   Become a patron of TWiV! Links for this episode Register for ASV 2017 ASM-ASV Conference on Interplay of Viral and Bacterial Pathogens Chikungunya virus vaccine using insect virus platform (Nat Med) Ebola vaccine results (NYTimes, paper) Letters read on TWiV 421 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. Weekly Science Picks Alan - Open Access Button Dickson - National Geographic Photographs Kathy - World's Tiniest Radio Receiver Nathan - Mutter Museum, Philadelphia Vincent - How Rogue One is Connected to the Mac Listener Pick Sam - Cell Lab: Evolution Sandbox Hannelore - Congressional Dish Johnye - The Fungi in Your Future Brendan - Zimmer on Longform podcast Send your virology questions and comments to [email protected]