TWiV 367: Two sides to a Coyne

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

Guests: Carolyn Coyne and Coyne Drummond

Two Coynes join the TWiV overlords to explain their three-dimensional culture model of polarized intestinal cells for studying enterovirus infection.

• Carolyn and placentas on TWiV 193


• Three-dimensional cell culture model (mSphere)


• Bioreactor video (JoVE)


• Neurovirologist Richard T. Johnson, 84 (Hopkins and virology blog)


• Tardigrade HGT disputed (BioRxiv)


• Exaptation of archaeal virus capsid protein from Cas4 (Biol Dir)


• Image credit


• Letters read on TWiV 367

This episode is sponsored by ASM Microbe

Kathy - Tardigrade genome sequence (video)Alan - Antibiotic action nonprofit groupVincent - Ex Machina and genome editing moratoriumRich - Launch photography by Ben CooperKathy - HIV life cycle in video (paper)Dickson - 2015 Nobel Lectures Physiology or MedicineCarolyn - Metapneumovirus entry

Tom - Global host-pathogen databaseTrudy - Madame Curie by Eve Curie

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