TWiV 449: The sound of non-silencing

The TWiV Council explores the finding that facial appearance affects science communication, and evidence that RNA interference confers antiviral immunity in mammalian cells.

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

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Links for this episode

• JMBE SciComm Issue
• Facial appearance affects science communication (PNAS)
• Your face matters to science (virology blog)
• RNA based antiviral immunity in mammals (Immunity)
• How mice say nodavirus (TWiV 245)
• Press release on science meeting gender disparity
• The Traditional Lecture is Not Dead. I Would Know – I'm A Professor (virology blog)
• Sound of Silence by Disturbed (YouTube)
• Letters read on TWiV 449

Weekly Science Picks

Kathy - ASV 2017 Virolympics Crossword (pdf)
Dickson - The Visible Mouse
Alan - Is profitable publishing bad for science?
Vincent - Locally Sourced Science

Listener Pick

Neva - Michael Summers interview and Virus coloring book

Intro music is by Ronald Jenkees.

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