TWiV 1039: Landmines for phages, a mouthful of redondoviruses
TWiV describes how a viral capsid protein activates a bacterial innate immune system that interferes with protein synthesis, and human-associated redondoviruses that infect the commensal protozoan Entamoeba gingivalis.
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, Rich Condit, Kathy Spindler, and Jolene Ramsey
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- Research assistant position in Rosenfeld Lab CBER/FDA (pdf)
- Anti-phage defense via capsid detection (Nature)
- Redondoviruses infect commensal amoebae (Cell Host Micro)
- A host for redondoviruses (Nat Rev Micro)
- Letters read on TWiV 1039
- Timestamps by Jolene. Thanks!
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Intro music is by Ronald Jenkees
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TWiV describes how a viral capsid protein activates a bacterial innate immune system that interferes with protein synthesis, and human-associated redondoviruses that infect the commensal protozoan Entamoeba gingivalis.
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, Rich Condit, Kathy Spindler, and Jolene Ramsey
Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, RSS, email
Become a patron of TWiV!
Links for this episode- MicrobeTV Discord Server
- MicrobeTV store at Cafepress
- Research assistant position in Rosenfeld Lab CBER/FDA (pdf)
- Anti-phage defense via capsid detection (Nature)
- Redondoviruses infect commensal amoebae (Cell Host Micro)
- A host for redondoviruses (Nat Rev Micro)
- Letters read on TWiV 1039
- Timestamps by Jolene. Thanks!
Dickson – "Cosmic Time Machine" Netflix documentary Kathy – Antarctican accents Rich – Cymothoa exigua, or the tongue-eating louse, Week of wonder: The case for preserving parasites Jolene – Perspective article on best practices for improving graduate admissions Vincent – Why Chandrayaan-3 landed near the moon's south pole — and why everyone else wants to get there too
Listener PicksDouglas – On Climate Change and (Active) Climate Management Matt – This Scientist Tracked Bats for Decades and Solved a Mystery About a Deadly Disease
Intro music is by Ronald Jenkees
Send your virology questions and comments to twiv@microbe.tv
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