TWiV 343: The silence of the turnips

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello , Dickson Despommier , Alan Dove , Rich Condit , and Kathy Spindler The TWiVerinoes discuss the potential for prion spread by plants, global circulation patterns of influenza virus, and the roles of Argonautes and a viral protein in RNA silencing in plants. Links for this episode Prions in plants (Cell Rep) 11:35 Global influenza virus circulation (Nature) 20:40 Rough patch for plant RNA silencing (Lab Times) 29:50 Role of Argonaute proteins in plant viral defense (PLoS Path) 32:15 Rub-inoculation (YouTube) 42:45 Image credit Letters read on TWiV 343 4:00, 1:11:45 Timestamps by Jennifer . Thank you! Weekly Science Picks 1:41:45 Dickson - Global rainfall and snowfall map and A Week in the Life of Rain Alan - Automated patch clamp Kathy - More Women in Science mini Legos Rich - The Martian trailer Vincent - It's a bug's life Listener Pick of the Week May - p53 by Sue Armstrong Send your virology questions and comments (email or mp3 file) to [email protected]