episode 491: The Ileum and the Odyssey
The TWiVome deconstructs the evolutionary history of RNA viruses, and immune promortion of murine norovirus pathogenesis by replication in intestinal tuft cells.
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, Alan Dove, Rich Condit, and Kathy Spindler
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Links for this episode- ASM Microbe 2018
- Support Viruses & Cells Gordon Conference
- Faculty positions at Icahn School of Medicine
- Evolutionary historyof RNA viruses (Nature)
- The amphioxus song
- Norovirus tropism for tuft cells(Science)
- Letters readon TWiV 491
Alan - Oligodendroglioma in song
Kathy- Everything-repellent coating to grime proof phone screens & more
Rich- Gaia star map
Dickson- Clouds are complicated
Vincent - Eradicating polio with a vaccine we must stop using
Stephen- Forget the Avengers, it took real heroes to make India polio-free
Intro music is by Ronald Jenkees.
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