TWiV 515: When virus is in retrograde

The TWiV team notes the passing of Tom Steitz, an outbreak of acute flaccid myelitis in the US, a continuing Ebola virus outbreak in DRC, respiratory vaccinia due to inhalation of ground up rabbit skin, and how a human papillomavirus capsid protein directs virus-containing endosomes towards the nucleus. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello , Dickson Despommier , Alan Dove , Kathy Spindler , and Brianne Barker Subscribe (free): iTunes , Google Podcasts , RSS , email Become a patron of TWiV! Links for this episode Sea Phages program and application materials Tom Steitz , 78 (NY Times) AFM outbreak , US (CIDRAP) AFM surveillance (CDC) Acute Flaccid Paralysis and Enteroviral Infections (Curr Inf Dis Rep) EV-D68 neurotropism (bioRxiv) Ebola virus outbreak continues in DRC (CIDRAP) Vaccinia virus respiratory infection (Int J Inf Dis) HPV L2 penetrates endosome, brings virus retro (Cell) Letters read on TWiV 515 Timestamps by Jolene . Thanks! Weekly Science Picks Brianne - Germ City-Microbes and the Metropolis Museum Exhibition Alan - Nikon 2018 Small World in Motion competition Kathy - Ion Torrent Sequencing (video) Dickson - 2018 Nobel Prizes Economics Kathy - Ocean-centric map Vincent - Intelligence Matters Podcast: Anthony Fauci on threats from epidemics Listener Picks Gonsalo - Cells at Work ( Manga , Anime ) Intro music is by Ronald Jenkees . Send your virology questions and comments to [email protected]