episode 1067: Heads or tails, you win a phage lunch
On this all-bacteriophage episode, TWiV explains the ‘vampire phage’, and and how mammalian cells internalize phage particles and utilize them to enhance cell growth and survival.
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, Alan Dove, Rich Condit, and Jolene Ramsey
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- MicrobeTV store at Cafepress
- Global Scholar Travel Awards (ASV)
- Research assistant position in Rosenfeld Lab CBER/FDA (pdf)
- The New City by Dickson Despommier
- Gerd Sutter passes (LMU)
- Avian influenza A (H5N1) Cambodia (WHO)
- CWD expands in Montana (CIDRAP)
- National Wastewater Surveillance System (CDC)
- Vampire phage paper (ISME J)
- UMBC phage hunters (UBMC)
- Vampire viruses prey on other viruses (Conversation)
- Phage internalized by mammalian cells (PLoS Biol)
- Phage uptake by mammalian cells (iScience)
- Phage-mammalian cell interactions (Ann Rev Virol)
- Timestamps by Jolene. Thanks!
Dickson – Biden skips climate summit (NY Times)
Rich – Lilium electric VTOL jet
Alan – The Far Land, by Brandon Presser
Jolene – Bacteriophage T4 infection watercolor painting by David Goodsell
Vincent – Using narratives and storytelling to communicate science with nonexpert audiences
Darach – It depends t-shirt
Intro music is by Ronald Jenkees
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