Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dick Despommier, Alan Dove, and Saul Silverstein

Vincent, Dick, Alan, and Saul Silverstein revisit an ebolavirus needlestick accident, and discuss the role of TLR3 in formation of Negri bodies, a New England college closed by norovirus gastroenteritis, hand, foot, and mouth disease outbreak in China, and the exit of herpes simplex virus from latency by synthesis of VP16.

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Science blog of the week: Biocurious
Science podcast pick of the week: NPR’s Science Friday
Science book of the week: A Conspiracy of Cells by Michael Gold
Dick’s pick: Andros Island Bonefish Club
Saul’s pick: Secret Science Club

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Hosts: Vincent Racaniello and Dickson Despommier

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Links for this episode:

• CDC page on rabies
• Dick’s Ecology 101 course
• Ecotone defined
• Negri bodies defined (down on the page)

Episode transcript (download pdf)

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