TWiV 528: Our annual recapsidation

In the first episode for 2019, the TWiV team reviews the amazing virology stories of the past year.

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

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Links for this episode

• Please take the TWiV listener survey
• ASV 2019 Satellite Symposia
• Crowdfunding for EV-D68 research
• TWiV World Tour 2018 t-shirt (Amazon)
• Cool virology from 2018
  • Viruses behind AD? TWiV 505, TWiV 519, clinical trial one and two
  • Wolbachia-mosquito release halts dengue (TWiV 506); World Mosquito Program
  • Evolutionary history of RNA viruses: TWiV 491 and TWiV 526
  • Horsepox as ancestral smallpox vaccine, including synthesis: TWiV 478
  • Ebola continues: TWiV 494, TWiV 495, TWiV 505, TWiV 507, TWiV 515, TWiV 482
  • Clues to many mysteries: TWiV 481, TWiV 484, TWiV 493, TWiV 515, TWiV 522
  • Pro-vaccination: TWiV 500, TWiV 496, TWiV Special; measles in Ukraineand Europe
  • Outbreak influence: TWiV 501, TWiV 527, TWiV 520, TWiV 507, TWiV 504
  • Insect viruses and immunity: TWiV 525, TWiV 524, TWiV 522, TWiV 495, TWiV 485, TWiV 482, TWiV 479
  • Big RNA virus genomes (TWiV 509) and Giant viruses: TWiV 490, TWiV 506, TWiV 521, TWiV 484
• Letters read on TWiV 528
• Timestamps by Jolene. Thanks!

Weekly Science Picks

Alan - Pandemic Trail game
Rich- On a Bat's Wing and a Prayer
Dickson- Decoding Watson
Kathy- Phenotypic variation in outbred and inbred mice
Vincent - Trump County Confronts the Administration Amid Rash of Child Cancers

Listener Pick

Anne- Peter Hotez interview
Islam- Letter from Crick to Watson (pdf)

Intro music is by Ronald Jenkees.

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