In the first episode for 2019, the TWiV team reviews the amazing virology stories of the past year.

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, Alan Dove, Rich Condit, and Kathy Spindler

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Links for this episode * Please take the TWiV listener survey * ASV 2019 Satellite Symposia * Crowdfunding for EV-D68 research * TWiV World Tour 2018 t-shirt (Amazon) * Cool virology from 2018 + Viruses behind AD? TWiV 505, TWiV 519, clinical trial one and two + Wolbachia-mosquito release halts dengue (TWiV 506); World Mosquito Program + Evolutionary history of RNA viruses: TWiV 491 and TWiV 526 + Horsepox as ancestral smallpox vaccine, including synthesis: TWiV 478 + Ebola continues: TWiV 494, TWiV 495, TWiV 505, TWiV 507, TWiV 515, TWiV 482 + Clues to many mysteries: TWiV 481, TWiV 484, TWiV 493, TWiV 515, TWiV 522 + Pro-vaccination: TWiV 500, TWiV 496, TWiV Special; measles in Ukraineand Europe + Outbreak influence: TWiV 501, TWiV 527, TWiV 520, TWiV 507, TWiV 504 + Insect viruses and immunity: TWiV 525, TWiV 524, TWiV 522, TWiV 495, TWiV 485, TWiV 482, TWiV 479 + Big RNA virus genomes (TWiV 509) and Giant viruses: TWiV 490, TWiV 506, TWiV 521, TWiV 484 * Letters read on TWiV 528 * Timestamps by Jolene. Thanks!

Weekly Science Picks Alan - Pandemic Trail game
Rich- On a Bat’s Wing and a Prayer
Dickson- Decoding Watson
Kathy- Phenotypic variation in outbred and inbred mice
Vincent - Trump County Confronts the Administration Amid Rash of Child Cancers

Listener Pick Anne- Peter Hotez interview
Islam- Letter from Crick to Watson (pdf)

Intro music is by Ronald Jenkees.

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