This Week in Virology
TWiV 1281: Sex, herpes, and plankton
Dec 21, 2025 · 1 hr 23 min · Episode 1281 · 50.0 MB
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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 RacanielloGuests: John Archibald, Susana Coelho, and Tom Delmont
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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
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