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	Podcast:		This Week in Virology
	Episode:		TWiV 1039: Landmines for phages, a mouthful of redondoviruses
	Category:		Science & Medicine
	Duration:		02:01:20
	Publish Date:		2023-08-27 04:00:00
	Description:		TWiV describes how a viral capsid protein activates a bacterial innate immune system that interferes with protein synthesis, and human-associated redondoviruses that infect the commensal protozoan Entamoeba gingivalis. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, Rich Condit, Kathy Spindler, and Jolene Ramsey Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of TWiV! Links for this episode MicrobeTV Discord Server MicrobeTV store at Cafepress Research assistant position in Rosenfeld Lab CBER/FDA (pdf) Anti-phage defense via capsid detection (Nature) Redondoviruses infect commensal amoebae (Cell Host Micro) A host for redondoviruses (Nat Rev Micro) Letters read on TWiV 1039 Timestamps by Jolene. Thanks! Weekly Picks Dickson – “Cosmic Time Machine” Netflix documentary Kathy – Antarctican accents Rich – Cymothoa exigua, or the tongue-eating louse, Week of wonder: The case for preserving parasites Jolene – Perspective article on best practices for improving graduate admissions Vincent – Why Chandrayaan-3 landed near the moon’s south pole — and why everyone else wants to get there too Listener Picks Douglas – On Climate Change and (Active) Climate Management Matt – This Scientist Tracked Bats for Decades and Solved a Mystery About a Deadly Disease Intro music is by Ronald Jenkees Send your virology questions and comments to twiv@microbe.tv
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