MWV Episode 77 / This Week in Virology 250 (Audio)- Wookie Viruses

MicrobeWorld Video (audio only)

English - September 15, 2013 11:55 - 1 hour - 83 MB - ★★★★★ - 4 ratings
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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
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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