TWiV 427: It was a DURC and UV light
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, Alan Dove, and Kathy Spindler
The TWiVoids discuss the March for Science, the GOF moratorium, and a classic virology paper on mapping the gene order for vesicular stomatitis virus.
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- ASM Election questions:
- Which positions are we voting for?
- What is the ASM Board of Directors? Organization Chart
- What is the Council on Microbial Sciences? Organization Chart
- FAQs
- Scientists' march is bad idea (NY Times)
- GOF moratorium lifted (Archived White House)
- VSV gene order (PNAS)
- VSV gene order later (PNAS)
- Letters read on TWiV 427
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