TWiV 506: A Cafeteria full of jelly rolls
The TWiVniks explain how the three-dimensional structure of the giant Cafeteria roenbergensis virus suggests a new mode of assembly, and the apparent elimination of dengue fever in an Australian city by release of mosquitoes harboring\xa0Wolbachia.
Hosts:\xa0Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier,\xa0Alan Dove, and Brianne Barker
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Links for this episode- Support Viruses & Cells Gordon Conference
- New DRC Ebola strains distinct (Outbreak News)
- Immunizations for new DRC Ebola outbreak (The Scientist)
- Structure of Cafeteria roenbergensis virus (Sci Rep)
- Chuan (River) Xiao laboratory
- CroV movies
- Scaled deployment of Wolbachia(Gates Open Res)
- In the wake of Wakefield (BBC)
- Letters read on TWiV 506
Alan -\xa0Ebola research begins at the NEIDL
Dickson - Science Photo Library
Brianne\xa0-\xa0First liquid water (underground lake) found on Mars
Vincent\xa0-\xa0Thirty years ago, we could have saved the planet
Edmund- STEM talk
Intro music is by\xa0Ronald Jenkees.
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