TWiV 286: Boston TWiV party

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello and Alan Dove Guests: Julie Pfeiffer and Paul Duprex Vincent and Alan meet up with Julie and Paul at the General Meeting of the American Society for Microbiology in Boston, to talk about their work on the pathogenesis of poliovirus and measles virus. Links for this episode Threading the NEIDL (YouTube) Transmission of measles virus from macaques (J Gen Virol) Tropism of green measles virus in macaques (J Virol) Intestinal microbiota promote enteric virus replication (Science) Bacterial LPS enhances poliovirus stability (Cell Host Micr) Video of this episode - view below or at YouTube Weekly Science Picks Vincent - ASM Live 2014 Alan - I will not follow the herd Paul - Invisible Threat Julie - The importance of stupidity in biological research Listener Pick of the Week Neil - WEHI movies and VIZBI Send your virology questions and comments (email or mp3 file) to [email protected]