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

Vincent, Rich, Alan, and Kathy discuss regulation of influenza virus replication by splicing, and the bacteriophage T7 random walk.

Links for this episode:

• Influenza splicing regulates infection (Cell Reports)
• Reporting on flu splicing from NPR, BBC, NBC
• Splicing of influenza RNA 8 (jpg)
• Bacteriophage T7 remodeling during infection (Science)
• Cryo-ET of intact cells (Trends Cell Biol)
• T7: The Movie (YouTube)
• Cry0-EM vs Cryo-ET (Wikipedia)
• Virus caught in the act (e! Science News)
• Letters read on TWiV 220

Weekly Science Picks

Kathy - Journal of Virology Image GalleryRich - Phage T7 Genetics and Physiology and slab gelsAlan - PeerJ (press release)Vincent - Virologia en Español

Listener Pick of the Week

Dave - Thingiverse pathogens and proteins

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