TWiV 1067: Heads or tails, you win a phage lunch

This Week in Virology

Vincent Racaniello

Vincent, Microbe, Medicine, Microbiology, Racaniello, Infection, Virus, Virology, Pathogen, Infectious, Twiv, Science & Medicine

4.8 • 2.2K Ratings

🗓️ 3 December 2023

⏱️ 120 minutes

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On this all-bacteriophage episode, TWiV explains the ‘vampire phage’, and and how mammalian cells internalize phage particles and utilize them to enhance cell growth and survival. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, Alan Dove, Rich Condit, and Jolene Ramsey Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of TWiV! Links for this episode MicrobeTV Discord Server MicrobeTV store at Cafepress Global Scholar Travel Awards (ASV) Research assistant position in Rosenfeld Lab CBER/FDA (pdf) The New City by Dickson Despommier Gerd Sutter passes (LMU) Avian influenza A (H5N1) Cambodia (WHO) CWD expands in Montana (CIDRAP) National Wastewater Surveillance System (CDC) Vampire phage paper (ISME J) UMBC phage hunters (UBMC) Vampire viruses prey on other viruses (Conversation) Phage internalized by mammalian cells (PLoS Biol) Phage uptake by mammalian cells (iScience) Phage-mammalian cell interactions (Ann Rev Virol) Timestamps by Jolene. Thanks! Weekly Picks Dickson – Biden skips climate summit (NY Times) Rich – Lilium electric VTOL jet Alan – The Far Land, by Brandon Presser Jolene – Bacteriophage T4 infection watercolor painting by David Goodsell Vincent – Using narratives and storytelling to communicate science with nonexpert audiences Listener Picks Darach – It depends t-shirt Intro music is by Ronald Jenkees Send your virology questions and comments to [email protected]

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1:06.0	From Microbe TV, this is Twive, this weekend virology, episode 1067 recorded on December 1st,
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