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.

• 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

Alan - Plates from Hooke's MicrographiaRich - The Wright Brothers by David McCulloughKathy - Spore evaporation-driven engines (video and article)Dickson - Color variations of Pluto and Lunar total eclipseStephanie - The science of moldy cheese by Carl ZimmerVincent - But Why?

Reed - The Bench Warmers Podcast

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