TWiV 415: Ebola pipettors and the philosopher's clone

Hosts:  Vincent Racaniello,  Alan Dove,  Rich Condit, and  Kathy SpindlerGuests:  Jeremy Luban,  Aaron Lin, and  Ted DiehlJeremy, Aaron, and Ted join the TWiV team to discuss their work on identifying a single amino acid change in the Ebola virus glycoprotein from  the West African outbreak that increases infectivity in human cells. Become a  patron of TWiV!Links for this episodeEbola virus glycoprotein with  increased infectivity (Cell)Effect in cells of  Ebola virus mutations from West African outbreak (Cell)Ebola virus in semen for  over 500 days (Clin Inf Dis)Puzzling origin of 2014 Ebola virus outbreak (J Virol)Mutant Ebola virus may have caused explosive outbreak (Goats and Soda)Virus Genomics and Evolution  websiteThis 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 completely free if you sign up at curiositystream.com/microbe and use the promo code MICROBE. 0:25, 1:05:40Check out the graduate and postdoctoral programs at the  Department of Microbiology at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. Deadline for applying to the graduate program is 1 December 2016.  For more information about the Department, please visit http://bit.ly/micromssm 1:35Register for the  2017 ASM  Grant Writing Online course.Weekly Science...
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