TWiV 491: The Ileum and the Odyssey

The TWiVome deconstructs the evolutionary history of RNA viruses, and immune promortion of murine norovirus pathogenesis by replication in intestinal tuft cells. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello , Dickson Despommier , Alan Dove , Rich Condit , and Kathy Spindler Become a patron of TWiV! Links for this episode ASM Microbe 2018 Support Viruses & Cells Gordon Conference Faculty positions at Icahn School of Medicine Evolutionary history of RNA viruses (Nature) The amphioxus song Norovirus tropism for tuft cells (Science) Letters read on TWiV 491 Weekly Science Picks Alan - Oligodendroglioma in song Kathy - Everything-repellent coating to grime proof phone screens & more Rich - Gaia star map Dickson - Clouds are complicated Vincent - Eradicating polio with a vaccine we must stop using Listener Pick Stephen - Forget the Avengers, it took real heroes to make India polio-free Intro music is by Ronald Jenkees . Send your virology questions and comments to [email protected]