TWiV 509: 41,103 bases under the sea

The TWiV team considers whether those who can do, can't teach, and newly discovered viruses of planarians and Aplysia with the largest RNA genomes.

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, Alan Dove, Kathy Spindler and Brianne Barker

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Links for this episode

• Support Viruses Gordon Conference
• KNAW Beijerinck Prize
• Bioterrorism and Biocrimes by Seth Carus (free pdf)
• History of Biological Warfare by Seth Carus (free)
• Those Who Can Do, Can't Teach (NYTimes)
• Planarian nidovirus (bioRxiv)
• Aplysia nidovirus (bioRxiv)
• Image credit
• Letters readon TWiV 509

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Listener Pick

River- The Conscience of the Present

Intro music is by Ronald Jenkees.

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