TWiV 475: Everything is viral

In the first episode for 2018, the TWiV team reviews the amazing virology stories of 2017. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello , Dickson Despommier , Alan Dove , and Kathy Spindler Become a patron of TWiV! Links for this episode ASV 2018: asv.org , asv2018.umd.edu Virology stories of 2017 - in no particular order A virologist in space - TWiV 444 Cool things viruses do: Astrovirus capsids are enterotoxins TWiV 423; giant Klosneuviruses encode lots of stuff for translation TWiV 437 ; Giant Noumeaviruses quickly make the nucleus temporarily leaky TWiV 440 TWiV 438 Drs. TWiV go to Washington and the March for Science Unexpected stuff: TWiV 451 Expectorate the unexpected; TWiV 470 Just a passing phage; TWiV 456 Be careful of canons; TWiV 455 Pork and genes; TWiV 432 gamete fusion protein from viruses TWiV 443 On a leaf no one can hear you scream. The puppet master. TWiV 448 Mavis the structure maven Viruses are us: TWiV 472 Riddle of the skinks; TWiV 439 The purloined envelope; TWiV 434 Live long and pupate Antiviral RNA: TWiV 433 Poops viruses and worms; TWiV 449 The sound of non-silencing; TWiV 450 Ben tenOever and RNA out Viruses as tools: TWiV 461 Gotta trace them all Flaviviruses: TWiV 473 , 471 , 468 ; 458 ; 454 ; 451 ; 432 ; 430 ; 429 ; 426 NSF survey of earned doctorates Letters read on TWiV 475 Weekly Science Picks Kathy - Voyager recording and book Rich - David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust ( Maktao ) Dickson - Global Croplands Map Alan - The Great Influenza one day at a time Vincent - The Doomsday Machine by Daniel Ellsberg Listener Picks Mark - Science Moms and Science of HIV Andy - Ask Me Anything Steve - Critical Attitude in Medicine Intro music is by Ronald Jenkees . Send your virology questions and comments to [email protected]