Jason visits the TWiN studio to explain Arc Capsid Bearing Any RNAs (ACBARs), virus-like capsids that transfer genetic information between neurons.

Hosts: Andres Bendesky, Jason Shepherd, and Vincent Racaniello

Subscribe (free): iTunesGoogle PodcastsRSS, email

Become a patron of TWiN!

Links for this episode Arc is a repurposed retrotransposon gag protein that mediates intercellular RNA transfer (Cell) Drosophila gag-like ARC1 (Cell) Letters read on TWiN #4 Timestamps by Jolene. Thanks!

Intro music is by Ronald Jenkees.

Send your neuroscience questions and comments to [email protected]

Twitter Mentions