TWiV 981: Tastes like chikungunya
TWiV explains the recent meeting of the National Science Advisory Board for Biosecurity (NSABB) where stricter guidelines for research involving human, animal, and plant pathogens were considered, and how the consumption of viruses by small protists returns energy to food chains.
Hosts:\xa0Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, Alan Dove, Rich Condit, and Kathy Spindler
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\u2022NSABB proposed oversight framework (pdf)
\u2022Stricter US guidelines for research (Nature)
\u2022Information on NSABB (NIH)
\u2022Consumption of viruses by protists (PNAS)
\u2022Letters read on TWiV 981
\u2022Timestamps by Jolene. Thanks!
Dickson \u2013 Jazz Project: Trombone: Steve Turre/Conrad Herwig; Steve Turre; Curtis Fuller; J.J. Johnson and Kai Winding. Steve Turre: Signature album: Sanctified Shells. Signature song: Sanctified Shells. Conrad Herwig. Signature album: A Jones For Bones Tones. Signature song: Slide\u2019s Routine; Curtis Fuller: Signature album: BLUES ette. Signature song: Bluesette. J.J. Johnson (with Kai Winding). Signature album: The Great Kai and J.J. : Signature song: Monk\u2019s Blues.
Kathy \u2013 Measles virus \u2018cooperates\u2019 with itself to cause fatal encephalitis. Primary research article: Shirogane et al.
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