TWiV 329: Pox in the balance

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello , Dickson Despommier , Alan Dove , Rich Condit , and Kathy Spindler The TWiV team reviews identification of immune biomarkers in CFS/ME patients, and how a cell nuclease controls the innate immune response to vaccinia virus infection. Links for this episode Immune signatures in ME/CFS (Science Adv) 11:15 Systemic exertion intolerance disease (Lancet) 19:50 Cell nuclease controls anti-viral responses (Cell Host Micr) 25:10 Poxvirus decapping enzymes prevent innate responses (Cell Host Micr) 1:15:40 Caps off to poxviruses (Cell Host Micr) Drummer Mohr (YouTube) 1:24:05 Bornavirus in squirrel breeders (ProMedMail) 1:28:45 Principles of Microbial Diversity 5:30 Journal of Microbiology & Biology Education 1:24:25 Cross-stitch by Anne Marie 1:34:40 Letters read on TWiV 329 1:25:00 Timestamps by Jennifer. Thank you! Weekly Science Picks 1:35:10 Alan - NASA Solar Dynamics Observatory video Rich - Mutagenic chain reaction (Video: Genome editing with CRISPR ) Kathy - Science Ambassadors Program Dickson - Street Art Vincent - End Polio Now Listener Pick of the Week Ross - Three PhD Comics on Nature vs Science ( one , two , three ) Ricardo - Demographic Party Trick Send your virology questions and comments (email or mp3 file) to [email protected]