TWiV 968: A spillover waiting in the wings
This Week in Virology
English - December 25, 2022 05:00 - 1 hour - 63 MB - ★★★★★ - 178 ratingsLife Sciences Science Natural Sciences disease infection infectious microbiology viral virology virus Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
TWiV reviews eukaryotic viruses recovered from ancient permafrost, a mistake made by scientists on Omicron origins, and close relatives of MERS-CoV from bats that bind ACE2 for entry into cells.
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, Alan Dove, Rich Condit, and Brianne Barker
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Links for this episode Support MicrobeTV with a Spike t-shirt (Vaccinated.us) with promo code MicrobeTV Positions with the Mosquito and Vector Control Division in Harris County Public Health (one and two) Ancient eukaryotic viruses from permafrost (bioRxiv) We made a mistake (Science) Bat MERS-like CoV bind ACE2 (Nature) Letters read on TWiV 968 Timestamps by Jolene. Thanks! Weekly PicksDickson – Alto Saxophone: Paul Desmond/Cannonball Adderley/Charlie Parker/Randal Despommier: Paul Desmond: Signature album: Paul Desmond:The Complete RCA Victor Recordings (1961-1965). Signature song: Take Five (Dave Brubeck Quartet). Cannonball Adderley: Signature album: The Cannonball Adderley Quintet: Mercy, Mercy, Mercy. Signature song: Mercy, Mercy, Mercy. Charlie Parker (Bird): played in many groups: Signature album: Dizzy Gillespie and His Allstars. Signature song: A Night In Tunisia; Randal Despommier: Signature album: A Midsummer Odyssey. Signature song: I Hope It’s Spring For You.
Brianne – How a See-Through Frog Hides its Red Blood from Predators (also covered in The Atlantic)
Rich – Mindfulness in Plain English by Ven. Henepola Gunaratana
Vincent – Unveiling skin macrophage dynamics explains both tattoo persistence and strenuous removal
Rona – WKCR, FM 89.9 Columbia‘s radio station
Alan – XKCD Proxy Variable
Intro music is by Ronald Jenkees
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