TWiV 833: Grand theft kinesin

<p>TWiV reviews Michael Worobey’s dissection of the early COVID-19 cases in Wuhan, and the discovery that herpesviruses assimilate cellular kinesin to produce motorized virus particles.</p> <p>Hosts: <a href= "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vincent_Racaniello">Vincent Racaniello</a>, <a href="http://alandove.com/">Alan Dove</a>, and <a href="https://sites.google.com/a/umich.edu/spindler-lab/">Kathy Spindler</a></p> <p>Subscribe (free): <a href= "http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=300973784">iTunes</a>, <a href="https://www.google.com/podcasts?feed=aHR0cDovL3R3aXYubWljcm9iZXdvcmxkLmxpYnN5bnByby5jb20vdHdpdg%3D%3D">Google Podcasts</a>, <a href= "http://twiv.microbeworld.libsynpro.com/twiv">RSS</a>, <a href="http://eepurl.com/Gcw59">email</a></p> <p>Become a <a href= "https://www.microbe.tv/contribute">patron</a> of TWiV!</p> <h3><strong>Links for this episode</strong></h3> <ul> <li><a href= "https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.abm4454">Early COVID-19 cases</a> in Wuhan (Science)</li> <li>Herpesviruses <a href= "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34789877/">assimilate kinesin</a> (Nature)</li> <li><a href="https://www.microbe.tv/twiv/twiv-833-letters/">Letters read</a> on TWiV 833</li> <li>Timestamps by <a href= "http://www.twitter.com/jrrmicro">Jolene</a>. Thanks!</li> </ul> <h3>Weekly Picks</h3> <p><strong>Kathy</strong> – <a href= "https://journals.plos.org/plospathogens/article?id=10.1371/journal.ppat.1009964"> Power of poop</a><br /> <strong>Alan</strong> – <a href="https://amzn.to/3HVCPB2"><em>Under the Sky We Make</em></a>, by Kimberly Nicholas<br /> <strong>Vincent</strong> – <a href= "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/2999980/">Enzymatic amplification of beta-globing sequences</a></p> <h3>Listener Picks</h3> <p><strong>Paula</strong> – <a href= "https://reasonstobecheerful.world/">Reasons to be Cheerful</a> and <a href= "https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/249831.Night_Witches">The Night Witches</a> by Bruce Myles<br /> <strong>Grant</strong> – <a href= "https://www.youtube.com