TWiV 348: Chicken shift

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello and Rich Condit Vincent and Rich discuss fruit fly viruses, one year without polio in Nigeria, and a permissive Marek's disease viral vaccine that allows transmission of virulent viruses. Links for this episode Virology tenure-track position at NCI (pdf) ASM Agar Art Contest Nigeria on brink of polio eradication (Nature) Dengue in Africa (Tyler Sharp) Permissive vaccines and virulence (PLoS Biol) Marek's disease vaccines and virulence (Ed Yong) Image credit Letters read on TWiV 348 This episode is sponsored by ASM GAP Weekly Science Picks Rich - Swan-Ganz catheter ( Wiki , video ) Vincent - Mobile DNA III Listener Pick of the Week Kevin - Synthetic prions Send your virology questions and comments (email or mp3 file) to [email protected]