TWiV 1067: Heads or tails, you win a phage lunch
This Week in Virology
English - December 03, 2023 05:00 - 1 hour - 82 MB - ★★★★★ - 2K ratingsScience Health & Fitness Medicine racaniello vincent twiv virus virology microbe microbiology pathogen infection infectious Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
On this all-bacteriophage episode, TWiV explains the ‘vampire phage’, and and how mammalian cells internalize phage particles and utilize them to enhance cell growth and survival.
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, Alan Dove, Rich Condit, and Jolene Ramsey
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Links for this episode MicrobeTV Discord Server MicrobeTV store at Cafepress Global Scholar Travel Awards (ASV) Research assistant position in Rosenfeld Lab CBER/FDA (pdf) The New City by Dickson Despommier Gerd Sutter passes (LMU) Avian influenza A (H5N1) Cambodia (WHO) CWD expands in Montana (CIDRAP) National Wastewater Surveillance System (CDC) Vampire phage paper (ISME J) UMBC phage hunters (UBMC) Vampire viruses prey on other viruses (Conversation) Phage internalized by mammalian cells (PLoS Biol) Phage uptake by mammalian cells (iScience) Phage-mammalian cell interactions (Ann Rev Virol) Timestamps by Jolene. Thanks! Weekly PicksDickson – Biden skips climate summit (NY Times)
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Alan – The Far Land, by Brandon Presser
Jolene – Bacteriophage T4 infection watercolor painting by David Goodsell
Vincent – Using narratives and storytelling to communicate science with nonexpert audiences
Darach – It depends t-shirt
Intro music is by Ronald Jenkees
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