TWiV 378: Herpes plays DUBstep

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello , Dickson Despommier , Alan Dove , and Kathy Spindler Guests: Greg Smith and Mark Fuccio Greg Smith joins the TWiVirate to reveal how his lab discovered a switch that controls herpesvirus neuroinvasion, and then we visit the week's news about Zika virus. Links for this episode Dynamic ubiquitination drives herpesvirus neuroinvasion (PNAS) Releasing Zika virus data in real time (Nature) Zika virus infection and stillbirths (PLoS NTD) Zika virus infection, imported , Italy (Eurosurveillance) Letters read on TWiV 378 This episode is sponsored by 32nd Clinical Virology Symposium and Microbe Magazine Podcast Weekly Science Picks Alan - Science byline counting project Dickson - Bill Nye on climate change Vincent - Zdziarski's blog of things (Apple's motion to vacate ) Greg - Atlas, the next generation Kathy - Sources of Chaco wood Mark - How Dogs Love Us by Gregory Berns Listener Pick Bohdan - The real reason for brains Send your virology questions and comments to [email protected]