Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Alan Dove, and Dickson Despommier

Vincent, Alan, and Dickson discuss the reduction in genome size of Mimivirus upon passage in amoeba, and analysis of the microbiome of honeybees.

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Links for this episode:

• Mimivirus genome reduction after amoebal culture (PNAS)
• Carbohydrate-Active enZYmes database
• Analysis of the honey bee microbiome (PLoS One)
• The colony-collapse blues (TWiV 104)
• Blessed are the beekeepers (Wall Street Journal)
• TWiV on Facebook
• Letters read on TWiV 139

Weekly Science Picks

Alan – Life Before the Dinosaurs by ABC
Dickson – Inside Jokes by Matthew M. Hurley
Vincent – The Tree of Life by Jonathan Eisen

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Lance – A History of the World since 9/11 by Dominic Streatfeild

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Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Alan Dove, and Rich Condit

Vincent, Dickson, Alan, and Rich review an adenovirus-based vaccine strategy against drug addiction, a field trial of RNAi to prevent Israeli acute paralysis virus infection in honeybees, and suppression of avian influenza transmission in transgenic chickens.

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Links for this episode:

• Cocaine analog coupled to disrupted adenovirus
• Field application of RNAi in honeybees
• Suppression of avian influenza transmission in GM chickens (EurekAlert)
• Phage tailspike protein therapy
• Use of phage lysins to treat bacterial infections (one and two)
• Cell to cell spread of viruses (review and inhibition by tetherin)
• Flock house virus replication organelle (thanks Brett!)
• TWiV on Facebook
• Letters read on TWiV 116

Weekly Science Picks

Dickson – Brian Deer’s investigation of Andrew Wakefield
Rich – Photographic periodic table of the elements
Alan – Year of the bat (site one and site two)
Vincent – EteRNA (NY Times article)

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Hosts: Vincent Racaniello and Dick Despommier

Vincent and Dick continue virology 101 with a discussion of virus entry into cells, then answer reader email on colony collapse disorder and viruses that confer a benefit to their host.

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Links for this episode:

Weekly Science Picks
Vincent PLoS Pearls
Dick West Nile virus website at CDC

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