# TWiV 1281: Sex, herpes, and plankton

An episode of [This Week in Virology](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/300973784), 21 Dec 2025, 1 h 23 min.

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Vincent travels to Tegernsee, Germany for the Sixth Ringberg Symposium on Giant Viruses, where he talks with John Archibald, Susana Coelho, and Tom Delmont about their work on – you guessed it – giant viruses. Host: Vincent Racaniello Guests: John Archibald, Susana Coelho, and Tom Delmont Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of TWiV! Links for this episode • Transposable elements shaping Ectocarpus genome (Genome Biol) • Mirusviruses link herpesviruses to giant viruses (Nature) • Mirusviruses predicted to reproduce in nuclei (Nat Micro) • Persistent mirusvirus infection in the marine protist Aurantiochytrium (Nat Com) • Timestamps by Jolene Ramsey. Thanks! Intro music is by Ronald Jenkees Send your virology questions and comments to twiv@microbe.tv Content in this podcast should not be construed as medical advice.

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