Jens returns to present a brief history of bioweapons, with a focus on the program in the Soviet Union, the largest ever undertaken, and his experience working in the decommissioned Soviet bioweapons laboratory known as Vector.
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, Rich Condit, and Kathy Spindler
Guest: Jens Kuhn
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Links for this episode- Russia's Bioweapons Labs (Nature)
- Medical Aspects of Biological Warfare
- The Soviet Biological Weapons Program by Leitenberg, Zilinskas, Kuhn
- Biological Threats in the 21st Century by Lentzos
- Bioterrorism and Biocrimes by W. Seth Carus
- Russia's Secret Weapons (Nature)
- Image credit
Jens - Nudibranchs, Beastly Garden, large nidovirus (one, two) Rich - Living inside a canister Dickson - Global rivers and streamsKathy - TWiM 181 Dr. Warhol's Periodic Table of Microbes Vincent - Twitter Bots and Russian Trolls Amplify Vaccine Debate
Intro music is by Ronald Jenkees.
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