TWiV 196: An arena for snakes
Hosts:\xa0Vincent Racaniello,\xa0Alan Dove,\xa0Rich Condit,\xa0Dickson Despommier,\xa0Kathy Spindler,\xa0Mark Stenglein, and\xa0Joseph DeRisi
\nThe TWiVites meet with Mark Stenglein and Joseph DeRisi to discuss their discovery of a novel arenavirus in snakes with inclusion body disease.
\nLinks for this episode:\n- \n
- Highly divergent\xa0arenaviruses in snakes\xa0(mBio) \n
- Taryn's sick snake\xa0(NPR) \n
- Assemblathon \n
- Faculty position in virology, Columbia U. \n
- Petridish.org \n
- TWiV on Facebook \n
- Letters read\xa0on TWiV 196 \n
Mark -\xa0The Slow Mo Guys\xa0(Fly eats fly)
Dickson -\xa0I'm being eaten by a boa constrictor\xa0by Shel Silverstein
Alan -\xa0MMWR: First 30 years online
Rich -\xa0Giant python in Everglades\xa0and\xa0California Academy of Sciences
Kathy -\xa0Darwin finch genome sequence
Vincent\xa0-\xa0Microbiology at Mt. Sinai
Renato\xa0-\xa0Security Now podcast
Robin\xa0-\xa0The Weather
Chad\xa0-\xa0Rare protozoan from sludge\xa0(ScienceDaily)
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