Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Alan Dove, Rich Condit, and Kathy Spindler
Guests: Jeremy Luban, Aaron Lin, and Ted Diehl
Jeremy, Aaron, and Ted join the TWiV team to discuss their work on identifying a single amino acid change in the Ebola virus glycoprotein from the West African outbreak that increases infectivity in human cells.
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Jeremy – Real time tracking of Ebola virus evolution
Ted - The Brain Scoop
Aaron - Kate Rubins sequencing DNA on ISS (video)
Alan – A Sand County Almanac by Aldo Leopold
Rich – Vendee Globe
Kathy – Axios
Vincent – Vendors from above by Loes Heerinck
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