TWiV 440: I hardly noumeavirus

No problem being nice to Dickson in this episode, because he's absent for a discussion of a new giant virus that replicates in the cytoplasm yet transiently accesses the nucleus to bootstrap infection.

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

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• ASM Microbe
• Noumeavirus cytoplasmic replication depends on transient nuclear access (Nat Commun)
• Giants among viruses (TWiV 261)
• Image credit
• Letters read on TWiV 440

Kathy - U-M Rubik’s Cube story   #1 video   #2 video    #3 video Alan - You're not going to believe this Rich - High School student builds robot to solve Rubrik's cube Vincent - NIH limits grant money and The abomination of a bill

Ken - The Fab Lab with Crazy Aunt LindseyLaurel - Sally Hoskin’s CREATE programMaureen - Simple Science Experiments You Can Do With Eggs Before Breakfast

Intro music is by Ronald Jenkees.

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