TWiV 265: This year in virology

Published: Dec. 29, 2013, 11:25 p.m.

Hosts:\xa0Vincent Racaniello,\xa0Alan Dove,\xa0Rich Condit, and\xa0Kathy Spindler

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In their final episode of the year, the TWiV team reviews ten compelling virology stories from 2013.

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  • Antiviral RNAi (TWiV\xa0255,\xa0256,\xa0263)
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  • MERS-CoV (TWiV\xa0215,\xa0223,\xa0224,\xa0233,\xa0239,\xa0247,\xa0251,\xa0258)
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  • Placental trophoblasts confer viral resistance (TWiV\xa0241)
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  • Origin of REV (TWiV\xa0248)
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  • Phage T7 gets a cat scan (TWiV\xa0220)
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  • It's a cGAS! (TWiV\xa0222)
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  • Dual virus-host arms race (TWiV\xa0242)
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  • Pandoraviruses (TWiV\xa0246,\xa0261)
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  • CMV based SIV vaccine (TWiV\xa0254)
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  • Threading the NEIDL
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  • Letters read\xa0on TWiV 265
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  • Video of this episode - view at\xa0YouTube
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\nWeekly Science Picks\n

Kathy\xa0-\xa0Women in Science
Alan\xa0-\xa0Contagium
Rich -\xa0RC helicopter\xa0(demo)
Vincent\xa0-\xa0The athletic power of quadcopters

\nListener Pick of the Week\n

Lindsay\xa0-\xa0Alcohol consumption and vaccines\xa0(Vaccine)
Johnye\xa0-\xa0The Singing Microbiologist

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