TWiV 378: Herpes plays DUBstep

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

Guests: Greg Smith and Mark Fuccio

Greg Smith joins the TWiVirate to reveal how his lab discovered a switch that controls herpesvirus neuroinvasion, and then we visit the week's news about Zika virus.

• Dynamic ubiquitination drives herpesvirus neuroinvasion (PNAS)


• Releasing Zika virus data in real time (Nature)


• Zika virus infection and stillbirths (PLoS NTD)


• Zika virus infection, imported, Italy (Eurosurveillance)


• Letters read on TWiV 378

This episode is sponsored by 32nd Clinical Virology Symposium and Microbe Magazine Podcast

Alan - Science byline counting projectDickson - Bill Nye on climate changeVincent - Zdziarski's blog of things (Apple's motion to vacate)Greg - Atlas, the next generationKathy - Sources of Chaco woodMark - How Dogs Love Us by Gregory Berns

Bohdan - The real reason for brains

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