TWiV 1071: Giant viruses and virophages with Matthias Fischer
Vincent visits the Max Planck Institute for Medical Research in Heidelberg, Germany to speak with Matthias Fischer about his career and his research on giant viruses, virophages, and their protist hosts.
Host:\xa0Vincent Racaniello
Guest:\xa0Matthias Fischer
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- Research assistant position in Rosenfeld Lab CBER/FDA (pdf)
- C. roenbergensis\xa0giant virus\xa0(PNAS)
- Virophage at origin\xa0of large DNA transposons (Science)
- Host genome integration and giant virus-induced reactivation of\xa0virophage mavirus\xa0(Nature)
- Invasion of protist genomes\xa0by DNA viruses (PNAS)
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