TWiV 268: Transmission is inevitable

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello , Alan Dove , Kathy Spindler , and Ashlee Bennett Vincent, Alan, Kathy, and Ashlee discuss fomites in physicians offices, plant virus factories involved in aphid transmission, and clues from the bat genome about flight and immunity. Links for this episode How viruses cause disease (Coursera) How clean is your iPad (Which?) Meeting announcement: From emerging to pandemic viruses CaMV virus factories involved in aphid transmission (J Virol) Caulimovirus (ViralZone) CaMV responds instantly to vector (eLIFE) Aphid acquiring CaMV (J Virol) Bat genomes , flight, and immunity (Science) Letters read on TWiV 268 Weekly Science Picks Kathy - Jean-Luc Doumont ( slides , communicating science, website, Scitable ) Alan - Wireless thermometer Vincent - LORiOLA viral necklaces Listener Pick of the Week Jessica - Knit icosahedron Robert - Practical computing for biologists by Haddock and Dunn Stephen - Fourteen years of US weather (YouTube) Send your virology questions and comments (email or mp3 file) to [email protected]