TWiV 265: This year in virology

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Alan Dove, Rich Condit, and Kathy Spindler

In their final episode of the year, the TWiV team reviews ten compelling virology stories from 2013.

• Antiviral RNAi (TWiV 255, 256, 263)


• MERS-CoV (TWiV 215, 223, 224, 233, 239, 247, 251, 258)


• Placental trophoblasts confer viral resistance (TWiV 241)


• Origin of REV (TWiV 248)


• Phage T7 gets a cat scan (TWiV 220)


• It's a cGAS! (TWiV 222)


• Dual virus-host arms race (TWiV 242)


• Pandoraviruses (TWiV 246, 261)


• CMV based SIV vaccine (TWiV 254)


• Threading the NEIDL


• Letters read on TWiV 265


• Video of this episode - view at YouTube

Kathy - Women in ScienceAlan - ContagiumRich - RC helicopter (demo)Vincent - The athletic power of quadcopters

Lindsay - Alcohol consumption and vaccines (Vaccine)Johnye - The Singing Microbiologist

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