TWiV 356: Got viruses?

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello , Dickson Despommier , Alan Dove , Rich Condit , and Kathy Spindler Guest: Stephanie Neal Stephanie joins the super professors to discuss the gut virome of children with serious malnutrition, caterpillar genes acquired from parasitic wasps, and the effect of adding chemokines to a simian immunodeficiency virus DNA vaccine. Links for this episode Invitrogen Science Hero Awards 15:05 Gut DNA viromes of twins with severe malnutrition (PNAS) 34:30 Random forests 48:00 Wasps engineer caterpillars (PLoS Genetics) 50:20 Chemokine-adjuvanted SIV DNA vaccine (Mucos Immunol) 1:02:20 Guide to chemokines (pdf) Role for CCR10 in IgA secreting cell accumulation (J Immunol) CCL28 controls IgA plasma cell accumulation (J Exp Med) In vivo electroporation 1:07:25, 1:09:50 Kathy's groan (jpg) Image credit Letters read on TWiV 356 14:55 Weekly Science Picks 1:18:35, 1:45:30 Alan - Plates from Hooke's Micrographia Rich - The Wright Brothers by David McCullough Kathy - Spore evaporation-driven engines ( video and article ) Dickson - Color variations of Pluto and Lunar total eclipse Stephanie - The science of moldy cheese by Carl Zimmer Vincent - But Why? Listener Pick of the Week Reed - The Bench Warmers Podcast Send your virology questions and comments to [email protected]