TWiV 222: Jumpin' Jack Flash, it's a GAS GAS GAS

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello , Rich Condit , Dickson Despommier , Alan Dove , and Kathy Spindler The complete TWiV team discusses the amazing finding that cyclic GMP-AMP synthase is a cytosolic innate immune DNA sensor. Links for this episode: Zhijian J. Chen (Wikipedia) Sensing the dark side of DNA (Science) cGAMP is an endogenous second messenger (Science) cGAMP synthase is a DNA sensor (Science) Pore-forming toxin (Wikipedia) Letters read on TWiV 222 Weekly Science Picks Kathy - Graphene batteries Alan - How do we get cures? (YouTube) Rich - Explosive breach of Condit Dam (Vimeo) Vincent - 10 things you can do to support open access (Tree of Life) Listener Pick of the Week Mark - The real story of Stuxnet John - D-connector virus Send your virology questions and comments (email or mp3 file) to [email protected]