TWiV 274: Data dump

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello , Dickson Despommier , Alan Dove , Rich Condit , and Kathy Spindler The TWiV team discusses recent cases of polio-like paralysis in California, and the virome of 14th century paleofeces. Links for this episode MERS-CoV in dromedary camels (EID) Virologist Al Kapikian dies Polio-like illness in CA (ProMedMail) Acute flaccid paralysis AFP in India (EID) Enterovirus 68 (MMWR) EV 68 CNS infection (Arch Path Lab Med) Polio-free does not mean paralysis-free (The Hindu) Viruses in 14th century coprolite (AEM) Coprolite and paleofeces Ancient poxvirus (EID) Giant coprolite (WordADay) Letters read on TWiV 274 Weekly Science Picks Alan - The science of science communication Rich - Command and Control by Eric Schlosser Dickson - Top 10 plant viruses Vincent - Is the Nobel Prize good for science? Kathy - Time to rethink graduate and postdoc education (YouTube) Listener Pick of the Week Jon - Lessons from a Kansas graveyard Mike - Cross a fashion designer with a microbiologist Send your virology questions and comments (email or mp3 file) to [email protected]