TWiV 461: Gotta trace them all!
The TWiVers discuss the declining readability of scientific texts, and review the use of self-inactivating rabies virus for tracing neural circuits.
Hosts:\xa0Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, Rich Condit, and\xa0Kathy Spindler
Guest: Brianne Barker
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Links for this episode- Meet the Microbiologist
- TWiV 1: West Nile Virus
- Decreasing readability of scientific texts (eLife)
- Measure text readability
- Tracing neural circuits with self-inactivating rabies virus (Cell)
- Cre driver network\xa0(NIH)
- Monosynaptic tracing with rabies virus (Neuron)
- Letters read\xa0on TWiV 461
This episode is brought to you by the Defense Threat Reduction Agency. Part of the U.S. Department of Defense, the Agency\u2019s Chemical and Biological Technologies Department hosts the 2017 Chemical and Biological Defense Science & Technology Conference to exchange information on the latest and most dynamic developments for countering chemical and biological weapons of mass destruction. Find out more at http://www.cbdstconference.com
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Intro music is by\xa0Ronald Jenkees.
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