This Week in Virology

TWiV 125: TWiV infects FiB

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Created on Sunday, 20 March 2011 15:45

Written by Vincent Racaniello

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, Alan Dove, Rich Condit, and Marc Pelletier

This Week in Virology and Futures in Biotech join together in a science mashup to talk about a virophage at the origin of DNA transposons, and unintended spread of a recombinant retrovirus.

Right click to download TWiV #125 (59 MB .mp3, 81 minutes).

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Links for this episode:

• A virophage at the origin of large DNA transposons (Science)
• EurekAlert! on virophage
• Sputnik, the first virophage (Nature)
• Unintended spread of BSL2 recombinant retrovirus (Retrovirology)
• TWiV on Facebook
• Letters read on TWiV 125
• Video of this episode - download large or small .mp4 or view below

Weekly Science Picks

Marc - JotNot
Dickson - New bunyavirus in China (NEJM)
Rich - Listening to the Deep Ocean Environment (LIDO) recording of the Hatsushima earthquake (ScienceDaily article) - thanks Bridget!
Alan -Walter and Ina: A Story of Love, War, and Science
Vincent - Icosahedral light fixture (thanks, Eric!)

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