TWiV 185: Dead parrots and live Wildcats

May 27, 2012

plaque fortHosts: Vincent Racaniello, Sarah Connolly, Andrew Karaba, Robert Lamb, and Greg Smith

Vincent visits with members of the Department of Microbiology and Immunology at Northwestern University School of Medicine to discuss their work on herpesviruses and parainfluenzaviruses.

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  • Joseph Coco

    I can’t recall if this is the ‘war stories’ episode, but I just wanted to mention that I liked it. As a bioinformatician approaching from the computer science/statistics end of the spectrum, I would like to find time to work in a wet lab. Hearing you guys reminisce just fortifies that desire.