TWiV 506: A Cafeteria full of jelly rolls

The TWiVniks explain how the three-dimensional structure of the giant Cafeteria roenbergensis virus suggests a new mode of assembly, and the apparent elimination of dengue fever in an Australian city by release of mosquitoes harboring Wolbachia.

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, Alan Dove, and Brianne Barker

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Links for this episode

• Support Viruses & Cells Gordon Conference
• New DRC Ebola strains distinct (Outbreak News)
• Immunizations for new DRC Ebola outbreak (The Scientist)
• Structure of Cafeteria roenbergensis virus (Sci Rep)
• Chuan (River) Xiao laboratory
• CroV movies
• Scaled deployment of Wolbachia(Gates Open Res)
• In the wake of Wakefield (BBC)
• Letters read on TWiV 506

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Vincent - Thirty years ago, we could have saved the planet

Listener Pick

Edmund- STEM talk

Intro music is by Ronald Jenkees.

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