This Week in Virology

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episode 490: Shave ice and giant viruses


From the TWiV team, human cowpox infection possibly acquired from a pet cat, and a new giant mimivirus of green algae with genes encoding enzymes of fermentation.

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, Rich Condit, and Kathy Spindler

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Links for this episode
  • ASM Microbe 2018
  • ASV Job Site revamped
  • Support Viruses & Cells Gordon Conference
  • Faculty positions at Icahn School of Medicine
  • Dick Courtney obit
  • Human cowpox infection(NEJM)
  • Mimivirus encodes fermentation genes(Virology)
  • Letters readon TWiV 490
Weekly Science Picks

Kathy- Landscapes that look like another world (but they are from Spain)
Rich - Brighton Collaboration; Viral Vector Vaccines Safety Working Group (V3SWG)(Chen & DeStefano: Vaccine adverse events: causal or coincidental?)
Dickson
- Clouds of Jupiter and EBNA2 and autoimmunity
Vincent - More than one-third of graduate students report being depressed (original article)

Intro music is by Ronald Jenkees.

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 April 22, 2018  1h36m