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TWiV 250: Wookie viruses


Hosts: Vincent Racaniello and Robert Garcea

Vincent and Robert recorded this episode at the 53rd ICAAC in Denver, where they talked about polyomaviruses.

Links for this episode:
  • A cornucopia of human polyomaviruses (Nat Rev Micro)
  • Polyoma assembly factories in nucleus (PLoS Path)
  • Overprinting gene in Merkel cell polyomavirus (PNAS)
  • Human JCV as population marker (PLoS One)
  • Letters read on TWiV 250
  • Video of this episode (YouTube)
Weekly Science Picks

Robert - The Panic Virus by Seth Mnookin
Vincent
 - Aliens chestburster behind the scenes

Listener Pick of the Week

Adam - Virology Fact of the Day
Christophe - dr Karl

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 September 15, 2013  1h32m