TWiV 1301: Lost in giant virus translation

TWiV reviews lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus seroprevalence among urban pregnant women and newborns in Philadelphia, and a functional translation initiation complex encoded in the genome of giant viruses that drives synthesis of viral structural proteins.
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vincent_Racaniello), Rich Condit, Kathy Spindler, and Angela Mingarelli Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, RSS, email (eepurl.com/Gcw59)
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• Positions in Rosenfeld Lab (email)
• LCMV seroprevalence among pregnant women (Emerg Inf Dis)
• Giant viruses encode functional vIF4F (Cell)
• Ribosomal proteins encoded in viral genomes (virology blog)
• Letters read on TWiV 1301
• Timestamps by Jolene Ramsey. Thanks!
Weekly Picks Angela – “The Song of the Cell” by Siddhartha Mukherjee. Kathy – Fitbit for farts (WSJ and 1° article (sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2590137…)) Rich – The Password That Lets Caterpillars Hide in an Ant’s Lair Vincent – Astrophysics for People in a Hurry by Neil deGrasse Tyson
Listener Pick Larry – Get an early start! (primary article) Intro music is by Ronald Jenkees
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