TWiV 508: Bioweapon
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Jens returns to present a brief history of bioweapons, with a focus on the program in the Soviet Union, the largest ever undertaken, and his experience working in the decommissioned Soviet bioweapons laboratory known as Vector.
Hosts:\\xa0Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier,\\xa0Rich Condit, and\\xa0Kathy Spindler
Guest: Jens Kuhn
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Links for this episode
- Russia\'s Bioweapons Labs (Nature)
- Medical Aspects of Biological Warfare
- The Soviet Biological Weapons Program\\xa0by Leitenberg, Zilinskas, Kuhn
- Biological Threats in the 21st Century by Lentzos
- Bioterrorism and Biocrimes by W. Seth Carus
- Russia\'s Secret Weapons (Nature)
- Image credit
Weekly Science Picks
Jens - Nudibranchs, Beastly Garden, large nidovirus (one, two)
Rich -\\xa0Living inside a canister
Dickson - Global rivers and streams
Kathy -\\xa0TWiM 181 Dr. Warhol\\u2019s Periodic Table of Microbes
Vincent\\xa0-\\xa0Twitter Bots and Russian Trolls Amplify Vaccine Debate
Intro music is by\\xa0Ronald Jenkees.
Send your virology questions and comments to twiv@microbe.tv
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