TWiV 463: We haven't meth but these names ring Nobel

The TWiViridae review the 2017 Nobel Prizes for cryoEM and circadian rhythms, and discuss modulation of plant virus replication by RNA methylation.

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

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Links for this episode

• Truth Wins by Jonathan Yewdell (epub or mobi)
• Gabriel Victora awarded MacArthur Prize
• Forty Years of mRNA Splicing (CSH)
• 2017 Chemistry Nobel: Jacques Dubochet, Joachim Frank, Richard Henderson
• 2017 Physiology or Medicine Nobel: Jeffrey C. Hall, Michael Rosbash, Michael W. Young
• 2017 Nobel Prize in Chemistry (pdf)
• 2017 Nobel Prize in Physiology of Medicine (pdf)
• Jonathan Weiner on TWiEVO 19
• RNA methylation modulates plant virus infectivity (PNAS)
• Letters read on TWiV 463

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