TWiV 196: An arena for snakes

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello , Alan Dove , Rich Condit , Dickson Despommier , Kathy Spindler , Mark Stenglein , and Joseph DeRisi The TWiVites meet with Mark Stenglein and Joseph DeRisi to discuss their discovery of a novel arenavirus in snakes with inclusion body disease. Links for this episode: Highly divergent arenaviruses in snakes (mBio) Taryn's sick snake (NPR) Assemblathon Faculty position in virology , Columbia U. Petridish.org TWiV on Facebook Letters read on TWiV 196 Weekly Science Picks Mark - The Slow Mo Guys ( Fly eats fly ) Dickson - I'm being eaten by a boa constrictor by Shel Silverstein Alan - MMWR: First 30 years online Rich - Giant python in Everglades and California Academy of Sciences Kathy - Darwin finch genome sequence Vincent - Microbiology at Mt. Sinai Listener Pick of the Week Renato - Security Now podcast Robin - The Weather Chad - Rare protozoan from sludge (ScienceDaily) Send your virology questions and comments (email or mp3 file) to [email protected], or call them in to 908-312-0760. You can also post articles that you would like us to discuss at microbeworld.org and tag them with twiv .