This Week in Virology #100: TWiV catches a big fish

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Alan Dove, Rich Condit, and David Baltimore


Vincent, Alan, and Rich celebrate the 100th episode of the podcast This Week in Virology by talking about viruses with Nobel Laureate David Baltimore.

Download TWiV #100 (68 MB .mp3, 94 minutes)

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Links for this episode:

• David's early papers on poliovirus and mengovirus RNA synthesis


• Reverse transcriptase found by Baltimore and Temin (pdfs)


• Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1975


• David fishing (Picasa web album)


• The David Baltimore asteroid belt


• Cedric's essay The 'Death' of a Virus (pdf)


• Letters read on TWiV 100

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Alan - TimeTree
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Vincent - Ahead of the Curve: David Baltimore's Life in Science by Shane Crotty


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