TWiV 484: Float like a mimivirus STING like a bat
The TWiVumvirate discuss the giant Tupanvirus, with the longest tail in the known virosphere, and dampened STING dependent interferon activation in bats.
Hosts:\xa0Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier,\xa0Alan Dove, Kathy Spindler, and Brianne Barker
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Links for this episode- ASM Microbe 2018
- Tailed giant Tupanvirus (Nat Commun)
- Soda Lakes (Wikipedia)
- Dampened STING in bats (Cell Host Microbe)
- Image credit
- Letters read on TWiV 484
Kathy - How to read a phylogenetic tree
Brianne - No immune overload for vaccines
Dickson - Flowchart of viral families
Alan - Letters to a Pre-Scientist
Vincent\xa0- True believers, entrepreneurs, and scammers in alternative medicine and\xa0Simply Put: Vaccines Save Lives
Vinayaka -\xa0Code of Ethics for Young Scientists
Matt - TWiV 443
Intro music is by\xa0Ronald Jenkees.
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