Description

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, Alan Dove, Rich Condit, and Kathy Spindler

The TWiVumvirate discusses a whole Ebolavirus vaccine that protects primates, the finding that Ebolavirus is not undergoing rapid evolution, and a proposal to increase the pool of life science researchers by cutting money and time from grants.

This episode is sponsored by ASM Microbe and ICAAC/ICC

Links for this episode

• Possible sexual transmission of Ebolavirus (MMWR)
• Ebolavirus whole-virus vaccine protects primates (Science)
• Biologically contained Ebolaviruses (PNAS)
• Ebolavirus is evolving but not changing (Virology)
• Ebolavirus not undergoing rapid evolution (Science)
• Letters read on TWiV 335

Timestamps by Jennifer. Thank you!

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