This Week in Virology5 Feb 2023

TWiV 981: Tastes like chikungunya

TWiV explains the recent meeting of the National Science Advisory Board for Biosecurity (NSABB) where stricter guidelines for research involving human, animal, and plant pathogens were considered, and how the consumption of viruses by small protists returns energy to food chains.

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

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Links for this episode

•Research assistant position at FDA (pdf)
•Register for ASV 2023
•MicrobeTV Discord Server
•NSABB proposed oversight framework (pdf)
•Stricter US guidelines for research (Nature)
•Information on NSABB (NIH)
•Consumption of viruses by protists (PNAS)
•Letters read on TWiV 981
•Timestamps by Jolene. Thanks!

Weekly Picks

Dickson – Jazz Project: Trombone: Steve Turre/Conrad Herwig; Steve Turre; Curtis Fuller; J.J. Johnson and Kai Winding. Steve Turre: Signature album: Sanctified Shells. Signature song: Sanctified Shells. Conrad Herwig. Signature album: A Jones For Bones Tones. Signature song: Slide's Routine; Curtis Fuller: Signature album: BLUES ette. Signature song: Bluesette. J.J. Johnson (with Kai Winding). Signature album: The Great Kai and J.J. : Signature song: Monk's Blues.
Kathy – Measles virus 'cooperates' with itself to cause fatal encephalitis. Primary research article: Shirogane et al.
Rich – Firm hatches plan to bring back dodo (Colossal Biosciences – Dodo)
Alan – Mt. Washington Observatory webcam
Vincent – Ask the Experts

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