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Published: Jan. 7, 2018, 4:58 p.m.

In the first episode for 2018, the TWiV team reviews the amazing virology stories of 2017.

Hosts:\xa0Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier,\xa0Alan Dove,\xa0and Kathy Spindler

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Links for this episode

• ASV 2018: asv.org, asv2018.umd.edu
• Virology stories of 2017 - in no particular order
  1. A virologist in space - TWiV 444
  2. Cool things viruses do: \xa0Astrovirus capsids are enterotoxins TWiV\xa0423; giant Klosneuviruses encode lots of stuff for translation\xa0TWiV 437; Giant Noumeaviruses quickly make the nucleus temporarily leaky\xa0TWiV 440
  3. TWiV 438 Drs. TWiV go to Washington and the March for Science
  4. Unexpected stuff: TWiV 451 Expectorate the unexpected; TWiV 470 Just a passing phage; TWiV 456 Be careful of canons; TWiV 455 Pork and genes; TWiV 432\xa0gamete fusion protein from viruses
  5. TWiV 443 On a leaf no one can hear you scream. The puppet master.
  6. TWiV 448 Mavis the structure maven
  7. Viruses are us: TWiV 472 Riddle of the skinks; TWiV 439 The purloined envelope; TWiV 434 Live long and pupate
  8. Antiviral RNA: TWiV 433 Poops viruses and worms; TWiV 449 The sound of non-silencing; TWiV 450 Ben tenOever and RNA out
  9. Viruses as tools: TWiV 461 Gotta trace them all
  10. Flaviviruses: TWiV\xa0473, 471, 468; 458; 454; 451; 432; 430; 429; 426
• NSF survey of earned doctorates
• Letters read on TWiV 475

Weekly Science Picks

Kathy - Voyager recording and book
Rich -\xa0David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust (Maktao)
Dickson - Global Croplands Map
Alan - The Great Influenza one day at a time
Vincent\xa0- The Doomsday Machine\xa0by Daniel Ellsberg

Listener Picks

Mark - Science Moms\xa0and Science of HIV
Andy\xa0- Ask Me Anything
Steve - Critical Attitude in Medicine

Intro music is by\xa0Ronald Jenkees.

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