This Week in Virology

From ASM Microbe 2017 at New Orleans, Vincent and Rich meet up with astronaut Kate Rubins to talk about becoming an astronaut, space travel, and doing science in space. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello and Rich Condit Guest: Kate Rubins Become a patron of TWiV! Links for this episode Live from the Space Station, NASA Astronaut Kate Rubins Kate Rubins (NASA, Wikipedia) Expedition 48-49 launches to the ISS Expedition 48-49 Crew Docks to the Space Station Expedition 48-49 Crew Welcomed to the Space Station Expedition 48 Crew Hands Over the Space Station to Expedition 49 Photo by Chris Condayan Intro music is by Ronald Jenkees Send your virology questions and comments to twiv@microbe.tv

David Tuller returns to discuss the continuing saga of the UK's PACE trial for chronic fatigue syndrome, including the accusation that he is engaging in libelous blogging. Host: Vincent Racaniello Guest: David Tuller Become a patron of TWiV! Links for this episode TWiV 397: Trial by Error All articles by David Tuller at virology blog Getting it wrong on chronic fatigue syndrome (NY Times) Esther Crawley slide (Twitter) David's fundraising page Intro music is by Ronald Jenkees. Send your virology questions and comments to twiv@microbe.tv

The TWiVsters reveal the puppet master: an RNA virus injected with wasp eggs that paralyzes the ladybug so that she protects the cocoon until the adult emerges. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Alan Dove, Rich Condit, and Kathy Spindler Become a patron of TWiV! Links for this episode ASM grant writing online course Who is the puppet master? (Proc Roy Soc B) Why ladybird? Ladybird ladybird Dinocampus coccinellae Image credit Letters read on TWiV 443 Weekly Science Picks Kathy - Science Showcase Video Contest Alan - Biochemical pathways on one chart Rich - 35th America's Cup Vincent - Viruses (pdf) and A whole new Jupiter Listener Pick Peter - Fake typhoid epidemic saves Polish city and Life gets complicated when disease overruns your town Ralph - Dilbert on climate change Intro music is by Ronald Jenkees. Send your virology questions and comments to twiv@microbe.tv

Freelance science journalist Tim Requarth joins the TWiVers to explain why scientists should stop thinking that explaining science will fix information illiteracy. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Alan Dove, Rich Condit, and Kathy Spindler Guest: Tim Requarth Become a patron of TWiV! Links for this episode Neuwrite JMBE science communication issue Smallpox vaccination day The problem with facts (Fin Times) Countering antivaccination attitudes (PNAS) Effective messages in vaccine promotion (Pediatrics) Science curiosity and political information processing (Political Psychol) Teaching science using pseudoscience (D. Duncan) Letters read on TWiV 442 Weekly Science Picks Kathy - Life Saver Lightning Alan - Model rocket engine burning in slow-mo Rich - scistarter Vincent - The quest to wipe out a virus and FCC Votes to Begin Dismantling Net Neutrality Listener Pick Robert - Zika presentation Intro music is by Ronald Jenkees. Send your virology questions and comments to twiv@microbe.tv

The Beacons of Viral Education (aka the TWiVoners) reveal a cost of being a male mouse - the Y chromosome regulates their susceptibility to influenza virus infection. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Alan Dove, Rich Condit, and Kathy Spindler Become a patron of TWiV! Links for this episode ASM Grant Writing Online Course Giant viruses not from fourth domain of life (Virology) Nuclear envelope disruption during parvovirus infection (J Virol) Nuclear deformation during SV40 infection (Nucleus) Y chromosome regulates mouse susceptibility to influenza virus (PNAS) Consomic strains (Mamm Genome) Giants among viruses (TWiV 261) Image credit Letters read on TWiV 441 Weekly Science Picks Kathy - Social science research on "luck" in motherhood Alan - Foiling dinghy built by engineering students (video) Rich - Human Exploration Research Analog (HERA) Vincent - Make measles great again in Michigan and Which tech giant would you drop? Listener Pick Steven - Difficult truths about a post-truth world Intro music is by Ronald Jenkees. Send your virology questions and comments to twiv@microbe.tv

No problem being nice to Dickson in this episode, because he's absent for a discussion of a new giant virus that replicates in the cytoplasm yet transiently accesses the nucleus to bootstrap infection. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Alan Dove, Rich Condit, and Kathy Spindler Become a patron of TWiV! Links for this episode ASM Microbe Noumeavirus cytoplasmic replication depends on transient nuclear access (Nat Commun) Giants among viruses (TWiV 261) Image credit Letters read on TWiV 440 Weekly Science Picks Kathy - U-M Rubik's Cube story #1 video #2 video #3 video Alan - You're not going to believe this Rich - High School student builds robot to solve Rubrik's cube Vincent - NIH limits grant money and The abomination of a bill Listener Pick Ken - The Fab Lab with Crazy Aunt LindseyLaurel - Sally Hoskin's CREATE programMaureen - Simple Science Experiments You Can Do With Eggs Before Breakfast Intro music is by Ronald Jenkees. Send your virology questions and comments to twiv@microbe.tv

Paul Bieniasz joins the TWiV team to talk about the co-option, millions of years ago, of an endogenous retrovirus envelope protein by hominid ancestors for host defense against viral infection. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, Alan Dove, Rich Condit, and Kathy Spindler Guest: Paul Bieniasz Become a patron of TWiV! Links for this episode ASM Grant Writing Online Course Bieniasz Laboratory Julius S. Youngner, 96 Distinguished virology career of Julius S. Youngner (TWiV 373) Reconstitution of a human ERV (PNAS) Co-option of ERV envelope for host defense (eLife) Letters read on TWiV 439 Weekly Science Picks Kathy - UM Science Communication TeachOut Alan - LLNL nuclear test videos Rich - The Great A.I. Awakening (Artificial neural network; DeepDream; DeepDream images) Dickson - Cassini imagesPaul - Howard Hughes Medical Institute Vincent - Google rewrites search rankings; Senator Whitehouse on politics of climate change Listener Pick Anthony - Raspberry Pi 3 Model B Weather Monitor Kit Intro music is by Ronald Jenkees. Send your virology questions and comments to twiv@microbe.tv

On the eve of the March for Science, the TWiV team gathers at ASM Headquarters in Washington, DC with guests Stefano and Susie to talk about the state of science communication. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, Alan Dove, and Rich Condit Guests: Stefano Bertuzzi and Susan Sharp Become a patron of TWiV! Links for this episode Journal of Microbiology & Biology Education sci comm issue ASM Cultures Stefano Bertuzzi and the scientists' big picture (Washington Post) March for Science The March for Science (NY Times) I have always marched for science (virology blog) A scientist who studies marches on the March (Atlantic) What exactly are people marching for (Atlantic) Explaining science won't fix information illiteracy Letters read on TWiV 438 This episode is brought to you by Blue Apron. Blue Apron is the #1 fresh ingredient and recipe delivery service in the country. See what's on the menu this week and get your first 3 meals free with your first purchase – WITH FREE SHIPPING – by going to blueapron.com/twiv Weekly Science Picks Alan - Steve Ballmer's government data project (NYTimes article) Rich - Alexander Hamilton by Ron Chernow Dickson - Shanghai vertical farming Vincent - Right-to-try sham and NASA mediaStefano - Why Religion is Natural and Science is Not and The Path Between the Seas Susan - Rick and Morty Listener Pick Johnye - A capella CRISPR/Cas9 Intro music is by Ronald Jenkees. Send your virology questions and comments to twiv@microbe.tv

The TWiVsters reveal new giant viruses that argue against a fourth domain of life, and discovery of viruses in the oceanic basement. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, Rich Condit, and Kathy Spindler Become a patron of TWiV! Links for this episode Journal of Microbiology & Biology Education sci comm issue Mark Wainberg dies Giant viruses with many translation system components (Science) Viruses in the oceanic basement (mBio) 2-back test Photo by Judy Letters read on TWiV 437 This episode is brought to you by Blue Apron. Blue Apron is the #1 fresh ingredient and recipe delivery service in the country. See what's on the menu this week and get your first 3 meals free with your first purchase – WITH FREE SHIPPING – by going to blueapron.com/twiv Weekly Science Picks Kathy - Cloud appreciation society Rich - High Rise Urban Farming Dickson - Planets orbiting a distant star Vincent - TWiEVO 18: Raiders of the lost orco Listener Pick Kevin - Cherry blossoms at Brooklyn Botanical Garden Intro music is by Ronald Jenkees. Send your virology questions and comments to twiv@microbe.tv

Host: Vincent Racaniello Guests: Susan Daniel, Colin Parrish, and Gary Whittaker At Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, Vincent speaks with Susan, Colin, and Gary about the work of their laboratories on parvoviruses, influenza viruses, and coronaviruses that infect dogs, cats, horses and other mammals. Become a patron of TWiV! Links for this episode Daniel Laboratory Parrish Laboratory Whittaker Laboratory This episode is brought to you by Blue Apron. Blue Apron is the #1 fresh ingredient and recipe delivery service in the country. See what's on the menu this week and get your first 3 meals free with your first purchase – WITH FREE SHIPPING – by going to blueapron.com/twiv Intro music is by Ronald Jenkees. Send your virology questions and comments to twiv@microbe.tv