TWiV 443: On a leaf, no one can hear you scream
The TWiVsters\xa0reveal the puppet master: an RNA virus\xa0injected with wasp eggs that paralyzes the\xa0ladybug\xa0so that she protects the cocoon until the adult emerges.
Hosts:\xa0Vincent Racaniello,\xa0Alan Dove, Rich Condit, and Kathy Spindler
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Links for this episode- ASM grant writing online course
- Who is the puppet master? (Proc Roy Soc B)
- Why ladybird?
- Ladybird ladybird
- Dinocampus coccinellae
- Image credit
- Letters read\xa0on TWiV 443
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Kathy -\xa0Science Showcase Video Contest
Alan - Biochemical pathways on one chart
Rich - 35th America\u2019s Cup
Vincent\xa0- \xa0Viruses (pdf) and A whole new Jupiter
Peter\xa0- Fake typhoid epidemic saves Polish city and Life gets complicated when disease
overruns your town
Ralph\xa0- Dilbert on climate change
Intro music is by\xa0Ronald Jenkees.
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