TWiV 258: Hedging our bats
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Alan Dove, Rich Condit, Kathy Spindler, and Matt Frieman
Matt joins the TWiV team to discuss the discovery of a SARS-like coronavirus in bats that can infect human cells, and what is going on with MERS-coronavirus.
Links for this episode- SARS-like virus in bats binds ACE2 (Nature)
- Bat SARS-like virus that infects human cells (virology blog)
- Coronavirus infections update (WHO)
- Lack of MERS coronavirus antibodies in humans (EID)
- Mice not susceptible to MERS-CoV (J Gen Virol)
- MERS-CoV case imported into Spain
- MERS-CoV like virus in European hedgehogs (J Virol)
- DPP4 amino acids positively selected in bats (Virol J)
- Image credit: Richie Frieman
- Letters read on TWiV 258
Kathy - Optical illusion (YouTube)
Alan - Amboceptor
Matt - Reply all by Richie Frieman (audio sample)
Vincent - The microbiology of beer
Cassie - NeatoShop
Peter - Synapse evolution with Seth Grant (BSP 101)
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