How to Better Know a Virus
Channel: This Week in Science (TWIS)
Date: 2020-09-30

Well, it's better the virus you know, than the virus you don't know, right? Learn more by watching Episode #793, "Better Know a Virus," with our guest, Cell Biologist & Virologist Dr. Efra Rivera-Serrano, and hosts, Dr. Kiki, Blair & Justin.

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(0:00) - Recording Start (Sometimes, you just have to wait on the internetz...)
(0:56) - Intro , Dr. Kiki 
(1:25) - Disclaimer! Disclaimer! Disclaimer! - Justin 
(2:49) - Opening Theme Music
(3:23) - Opening "Good Science!" Greetings - with Dr. Kiki, Blair, Justin & our special guest, Dr. Efra Rivera Serrano. Intros & Top Story Headlines. 

(5:57) - Quick Science Bytes!

(6:03) - The American Public Still Trusts Scientists, Says a New Pew Survey, Dr. Kiki - http://bit.ly/america-trusts-scientists 
See also - Public Views About Science in the United States - https://pewrsr.ch/30onFA9 
See also - Americans prioritize being a world leader in scientific achievements more than other global publics - https://pewrsr.ch/34bGg3D 
(14:07) - Cosmological Constraints on Ω m and σ 8 from Cluster Abundances Using the GalWCat19 Optical-spectroscopic SDSS Catalog, Justin - http://bit.ly/cosmological-constraints
(19:09) - Birds risk starvation if they start breeding early due to climate change, study finds, Blair - http://bit.ly/bird-starvation-breeding-early-climate-change 
(23:01) - Super-enzyme breaks down plastic bottles in "a matter of days," Dr. Kiki - http://bit.ly/super-enzyme-breaks-down-plastic 
See also - Characterization and engineering of a two-enzyme system for plastics depolymerization - http://bit.ly/super-enzyme-breaks-down-plastic-2 
(26:48) - Early study results point to heating element in vaping and e-cig devices as cause for serious lung injuries, Justin - http://bit.ly/vaping-heating-element-lung-damage 
(34:28) - A 2-kb Mycovirus Converts a Pathogenic Fungus into a Beneficial Endophyte for Brassica Protection and Yield Enhancement, Dr. Kiki - http://bit.ly/fungi-mycovirus-protects-brassica 

(40:24) - Interview Start - Dr. Efra Rivera Serrano

Dr. Rivera Serrano is a cellular biologist interested in virus-host interactions. He has left the laboratory life as of today for adventures in the world of science communication, and is working as a social media specialist for American Scientist. He also has many dogs..

(1:46:37) - Where can people find out more about you online?

• https://eeriveraserrano.com/
• Twitter: @NakedCapsid
• https://twitter.com/NakedCapsid/status/1301207386515025921
• https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2020/09/covid-19-heart-pandemic-coronavirus-myocarditis/616420/

(1:48:46) - Interview Wrap Up

(1:49:08) - And we're at the break!

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(1:50:15) - Back from the break!

(1:50:17) - Blair’s Animal Corner
(1:50:24) - Blair’s Animal Corner Theme
(1:50:49) - Snakes disembowel and feed on the organs of living toads in a first for science, Blair - http://bit.ly/snakes-disembowel-toads 
(1:55:26) - Inside the secret lives of synchronous fireflies, Blair - http://bit.ly/secret-lives-synchronous-fireflies 

Science News —

(2:01:33) - Predator-prey interaction study reveals more food does not always mean more consumption, Justin - http://bit.ly/predator-prey-mo-food-not-mo-bettah 
(2:07:33) - Y chromosomes of Neanderthals and Denisovans now sequenced, Justin - http://bit.ly/y-chromosomes-neanderthals-denisovans-sequenced 
(2:13:26) - Social novelty has a special place in the brain, Dr. Kiki - http://bit.ly/social-novelty-place-in-brain 
(2:19:35) - A neural correlate of sensory consciousness in a corvid bird, Dr. Kiki - http://bit.ly/neural-correlate-sesnory-consciousness-in-corvids 

(2:33:25) - Show wrap up

(2:33:51) - Thank you’s to our Patreon Sponsors & the Burroughs Welcome Fund (https://www.bwfund.org).

(2:37:20) - End Theme

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