This Week in Virology (TWiV) #161: Concerto in B

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Rich Condit, Alan Dove, and Gabriel Victora

Vincent, Rich, Alan and Gabriel review the production of antibodies by B cells, and how high affinity antibodies are selected in the germinal centers of lymph nodes.

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Links for this episode:

• An antibody molecule (png)
• Antibodies (virology blog)
• Germinal center dynamics revealed by two photon microscopy (Cell)
• Two photon microscopy (Wikipedia)
• Gabriel Victora on piano (YouTube)
• Propose an ASM General Meeting session
• TWiV on Facebook
• Letters read on TWiV 161

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Rich - Contact
Alan - Flu shot dystonia (YouTube)
Vincent - Sciflies and RocketHub

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