TWiV 514: Staying below the ADAR

The TWiVumvirate reviews this years crop of Nobel Prizes, and how cells prevent leakage of mitochondrial double-stranded RNA into the cytoplasm, which would otherwise lead to the production of interferon.

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

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• Sea Phages program and application materials
• Plant biologists penalized by CNRS (The Scientist)
• 2018 Nobel Prize in Medicine (pdf)
• 2018 Nobel Prize in Chemistry (pdf)
• 2018 Nobel Prize in Physics (pdf)
• 2018 Nobel Peace Prize (Nobel)
• Mitochondrial dsRNA triggers IFN (Nature)
• Letters read on TWiV 514
• Timestamps by Jolene. Thanks!

Alan- Compound Interest chemistry graphics Kathy- Writing letters of recommendation Guidelines Trix & Psenka Schmader et al. Madera et al. Dickson- Japan Fireworks Vincent - The Game of T-Cells and Apple Park Lego

Steve - Shomu's Biology

Intro music is by Ronald Jenkees.

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