TWiV 405: All the world's a phage

Hosts:  Vincent Racaniello,  Dickson Despommier,  Alan Dove, and  Kathy SpindlerThe TWiXers discuss  a study on vertical transmission of Zika virus by Aedes mosquitoes, and uncovering Earth's virome by mining existing metagenomic sequence data. Become a  patron of TWiV!Links for this episodeRoger Tsien, 64  (UC San Diego Health)CDC running out  of Zika money (NYTimes)Zika virus in  Miami mosquitoes (NYTimes)No Zika virus in  Rio Olympics (NYTimes)Vertical transmission of Zika virus in Aedes aegypti (AJTMH)Uncovering  Earth's virome (Nature) Image credit (Global water volume) Letters read on TWiV 405This episode is brought to you by CuriosityStream, a subscription streaming service that offers over 1,400 documentaries and non ­fiction series from the world's best filmmakers. Get unlimited access starting at just $2.99 a month, and for our audience, the first two months are completel free if you sign up at curiositystream.com/microbe and use the promo code MICROBE. 0:25, 58:55This episode is also brought to you by Drobo, a family of safe, expandable, yet simple to use storage arrays. Drobos are designed to protect your important data forever. Visit  www.drobo.com to learn more. Listeners can save $100 on a Drobo system at drobostore.com by using the discount code Microbe100.Weekly Science PicksAlan - The VizziesDickson -  NASA Spinoff Kathy -  Maps.meVincent  - Zika: The Emerging Epidemic  by  Donald McNeilListener PicksTarwin - Darw...
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