MicrobeWorld

TWiV 171: One is the loneliest number

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Alan Dove, Dickson Despommier, and Matt Frieman

Matt joins the TWiVarians to review virus production in single cells and single virion genomics.

Right-click to download TWiV 171 (67 MB .mp3, 92 minutes).

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Links for this episode:

• H5N1 results will be published (NY Times)
• Virus production in single cells then and now
• Single virion genomics (PLoS One)
• Multiple displacement amplification (Wikipedia)
• Ranavirus killing turtles, tadpoles in Maryland (Washington Post)
• Three Dog Night
• TWiV on Facebook
• Letters read on TWiV 171

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