TWiV 1067: Heads or tails, you win a phage lunch
On this all-bacteriophage episode, TWiV explains the \u2018vampire phage\u2019, and and how mammalian cells internalize phage particles and utilize them to enhance cell growth and survival.
Hosts:\xa0Vincent Racaniello,\xa0Dickson Despommier,\xa0Alan Dove,\xa0Rich Condit, and\xa0Jolene Ramsey
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- Global Scholar\xa0Travel Awards\xa0(ASV)
- Research assistant position in Rosenfeld Lab CBER/FDA (pdf)
- The New City\xa0by Dickson Despommier
- Gerd Sutter\xa0passes (LMU)
- Avian influenza A\xa0(H5N1) Cambodia\xa0(WHO)
- CWD expands\xa0in Montana (CIDRAP)
- National\xa0Wastewater Surveillance\xa0System (CDC)
- Vampire phage\xa0paper (ISME J)
- UMBC\xa0phage hunters\xa0(UBMC)
- Vampire viruses\xa0prey on other viruses (Conversation)
- Phage internalized\xa0by mammalian cells (PLoS Biol)
- Phage uptake\xa0by mammalian cells (iScience)
- Phage-mammalian cell\xa0interactions\xa0(Ann Rev Virol)
- Timestamps by\xa0Jolene. Thanks!
Dickson\xa0\u2013\xa0Biden skips climate summit\xa0(NY Times)
Rich\xa0\u2013\xa0Lilium electric VTOL jet
Alan\xa0\u2013\xa0The Far Land, by Brandon Presser
Jolene\xa0\u2013\xa0Bacteriophage T4 infection watercolor painting by David Goodsell
Vincent\xa0\u2013\xa0Using narratives and storytelling to communicate science with nonexpert audiences
Darach\xa0\u2013\xa0It depends t-shirt
Intro music is by\xa0Ronald Jenkees
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