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TWiV 1301: Lost in giant virus translation
· 2 h 05 min · Episode 1301
Episode TWiV 1301: Lost in giant virus translation
TWiV reviews lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus seroprevalence among urban pregnant women and newborns in Philadelphia, and a functional translation initiation complex encoded in the genome of giant viruses that drives synthesis of viral structural proteins.
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Rich Condit, Kathy Spindler, and Angela Mingarelli
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• Support science education at MicrobeTV • Positions in Rosenfeld Lab (email) • LCMV seroprevalence among pregnant women (Emerg Inf Dis) • Giant viruses encode functional vIF4F (Cell) • Ribosomal proteins encoded in viral genomes (virology blog) • Letters read on TWiV 1301 • Timestamps by Jolene Ramsey. Thanks!
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Links in the notes 17
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vincent_Racaniello
- https://ufrfprofessors.research.ufl.edu/condit-richard/
- https://medschool.umich.edu/profile/879/katherine-spindler
- https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/this-week-in-virology/id1176779065
- https://www.microbe.tv/contribute
- https://www.microbe.tv/twiv/RosenfeldA@mlhs.org
- https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/32/3/25-0910_article
- https://www.cell.com/cell/fulltext/S0092-8674(26)00055-3?rss=yes
- https://virology.ws/2019/02/21/ribosomal-proteins-encoded-in-viral-genomes/
- https://ramseylab.vercel.app/
- https://cmns.umd.edu/news-events/news/brantley-hall-umd-scientists-create-smart-underwear-measure-human-flatulence
- https://www.wsj.com/tech/personal-tech/smart-underwear-gut-health-human-flatus-atlas-9ffa1bd7?gaa_at=eafs&gaa_n=AWEtsqch9kkhVod1Vllk0unKf_MLo2cj_Um5mEiaIgGd6rdTVDK2CWxcwE_xZne0l-c%3D&gaa_ts=69a09e9d&gaa_sig=-WmSNX4_gAscnYTtXUUhT1vwtr4lPdutcWlsefly1kHDIINIdfjFU5V8XAScaCx7PFoauGrfalbCfVXx6cheCA%3D%3D
- https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2590137025001268
- https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/25/science/caterpillar-ant-language.html?unlocked_article_code=1.PFA.lQMn.6AJTnKgQbqFy&smid=url-share
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astrophysics_for_People_in_a_Hurry
- https://www.science.org/content/blog-post/get-early-start
- https://www.nature.com/articles/s41591-025-04181-w
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