TWiV 196: An arena for snakes
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Alan Dove, Rich Condit, Dickson Despommier, Kathy Spindler, Mark Stenglein, and Joseph DeRisi
The TWiVites meet with Mark Stenglein and Joseph DeRisi to discuss their discovery of a novel arenavirus in snakes with inclusion body disease.
Links for this episode:
Highly divergent arenaviruses in snakes (mBio)
Taryn's sick snake (NPR)
Assemblathon
Faculty position in virology, Columbia U.
Petridish.org
TWiV on Facebook
Letters read on TWiV 196
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Source: This Week in Virology - MP3 Edition - Category: Virology Authors: Vincent Racaniello Source Type: podcasts