TWiV 380: Viruses visible in le microscope photonique

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello , Dickson Despommier , Alan Dove , Rich Condit , and Kathy Spindler The TWiVeroos deliver the weekly Zika Report, then talk about a cryoEM structure of a plant virus that reveals how the RNA genome is packaged in the capsid, and MIMIVIRE, a CRISPR-like defense system in giant eukaryotic viruses. Links for this episode First worms, then viruses, now dormant cyber pathogens (Zdziarski blog) Guillain-Barré with Zika virus in urine (Eurosurveillance) Zika virus in urine , Brazil (J Clin Virol) Zika in pregnant women in Rio (NEJM) Issues with NEJM pregnant women study (Epi-Ramble) Zika virus and meningoencephalitis (NEJM) Zika virus and acute myelitis (Lancet) Person to person transmission of Zika virus (MMWR) Pyrethroids and mouse microcephaly ( one , two ) Zika virus illustrations (Visual Science) Cowpea mosaic virus at high resolution (Nat Comm) MIMIVIRE confers resistance to virophage (Nature) CRISPR in a phage ( TWiM 56 ) National Academy of Sciences GoFoc meeting Image credit Letters read on TWiV 380 This episode is sponsored by ASM Agar Art Contest and Microbe Magazine Podcast Weekly Science Picks Alan - Progression of Evolution Dickson - Toddler dies of meningitis Vincent - Gardasil ideology, not science Kathy - The Noun Project Rich - Physics Girl Listener Pick Mark - MyRadar app ( iOS , Android ) Send your virology questions and comments to [email protected]