TWiV 335: Ebola lite

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello , Dickson Despommier , Alan Dove , Rich Condit , and Kathy Spindler The TWiVumvirate discusses a whole Ebolavirus vaccine that protects primates, the finding that Ebolavirus is not undergoing rapid evolution, and a proposal to increase the pool of life science researchers by cutting money and time from grants. This episode is sponsored by ASM Microbe and ICAAC/ICC Links for this episode Possible sexual transmission of Ebolavirus (MMWR) Ebolavirus whole-virus vaccine protects primates (Science) Biologically contained Ebolaviruses (PNAS) Ebolavirus is evolving but not changing (Virology) Ebolavirus not undergoing rapid evolution (Science) Letters read on TWiV 335 Timestamps by Jennifer . Thank you! Weekly Science Picks Alan - Pinboard Rich - Academic medicine investment in medical research Kathy - Tissue paper stop motion animation Dickson - Do peer review panels select best science proposals? Vincent - MMR and autism: Still no association Listener Pick of the Week Ramon - Autism by MMR vaccine status Mehul - Ebolavirus disease course Justin - Molecular Biology of Bacterial Viruses by Gunther S. Stent Send your virology questions and comments (email or mp3 file) to [email protected]