Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Rich Condit, Dave Bloom, and Grant McFadden
On episode #84 of the podcast This Week in Virology, Vincent and Rich spoke with Dave Bloom and Grant McFadden about their work on herpesviruses and poxviruses in this episode recorded before an audience at the University of Florida, Gainesville – home of the Gators.
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Links for this episode:
- Epigenetic modulation of herpes simplex virus gene expression (thanks, Matthew!)
- The Red Queen and Tierra virtual environment: article one, two, three (thanks, Jesper!)
- Hand-held HIV detector (thanks, Jim!)
- Anti-angiogenic cancer therapy combined with oncolytic virotherapy (thanks, Bill!)
- TWiV at UF Gainesville (jpg)
- Letters read on TWiV 84
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