TWiV 449: The sound of non-silencing
The TWiV Council explores the finding that facial appearance affects science communication, and evidence that RNA interference confers antiviral immunity in mammalian cells.
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, Alan Dove, and Kathy Spindler
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Links for this episode- JMBE SciComm Issue
- Facial appearance affects science communication (PNAS)
- Your face matters to science (virology blog)
- RNA based antiviral immunity in mammals (Immunity)
- How mice say nodavirus (TWiV 245)
- Press release on science meeting gender disparity
- The Traditional Lecture is Not Dead. I Would Know – I’m A Professor (virology blog)
- Sound of Silence by Disturbed (YouTube)
- Letters read on TWiV 449
Kathy - ASV 2017 Virolympics Crossword (pdf)
Dickson - The Visible Mouse
Alan - Is profitable publishing bad for science?
Vincent - Locally Sourced Science
Neva - Michael Summers interview and Virus coloring book
Intro music is by Ronald Jenkees.
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