TWiV 484: Float like a mimivirus STING like a bat
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Show Notes
The TWiVumvirate discuss the giant Tupanvirus, with the longest tail in the known virosphere, and dampened STING dependent interferon activation in bats.
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, Alan Dove, Kathy Spindler, and Brianne Barker
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Links for this episode- ASM Microbe 2018
- Tailed giant Tupanvirus (Nat Commun)
- Soda Lakes (Wikipedia)
- Dampened STING in bats (Cell Host Microbe)
- Image credit
- Letters read on TWiV 484
Kathy - How to read a phylogenetic tree Brianne - No immune overload for vaccines Dickson - Flowchart of viral families Alan - Letters to a Pre-Scientist Vincent - True believers, entrepreneurs, and scammers in alternative medicine and Simply Put: Vaccines Save Lives
Listener PicksVinayaka - Code of Ethics for Young Scientists Matt - TWiV 443
Intro music is by Ronald Jenkees.
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