TWiV 271: To bee, or not to bee, that is the infection

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello , Dickson Despommier , Alan Dove , Rich Condit , and Ashlee Bennett The TWiV crew discusses two reports on viruses that might have crossed kingdoms, from plants to honeybees and from plants to vertebrates. Links for this episode Tobacco ringspot virus in honeybees (mBio) Plant virus that switched to vertebrates (PNAS) CDC influenza activity and surveillance With Esmeralda at ASM Biodefense (jpg) Image credit: Virginia Tech Learning Resources Center Letters read on TWiV 271 Weekly Science Picks Alan - Nagasaki bombing (YouTube) Rich - GoPro Red Bull Stratos (YouTube) Dickson - Solar orbs Vincent - Socrative Listener Pick of the Week Basel - Pathology course online Russell - Sochi 2014: Encyclopedia of spending Yegor - Visual Science Send your virology questions and comments (email or mp3 file) to [email protected]