TWiV 900: Burning down the mouse

<div class="entry-content"> <p>TWiV celebrates 900 episodes, Vincent gives the Richard R. Ernst lecture, and we discuss why inflammasome activation in infected macrophages drives severe COVID-19.</p> <p>Hosts: <a href= "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vincent_Racaniello">Vincent Racaniello</a>, <a href="http://alandove.com/">Alan Dove</a>, <a href="http://mgm.ufl.edu/profile/condit-rich/">Rich Condit</a>, <a href="https://sites.google.com/a/umich.edu/spindler-lab/">Kathy Spindler</a>, and <a href= "http://twitter.com/bioprofbarker">Brianne Barker</a></p> <p>Subscribe (free): <a title= "http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=300973784" href= "https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/this-week-in-virology/id1176779065">Apple Podcasts</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 id="links-for-this-episode">Links for this episode</h3> <ul> <li>Richard R. Ernst <a href= "https://chab.ethz.ch/en/research/institutes/LPC/ernst-lecture.html"> Lecture</a></li> <li>Infected macrophages drives <a href= "https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-022-04802-1_reference.pdf">severe COVID-19</a> (Nature)</li> <li>Timestamps by <a href= "http://www.twitter.com/jrrmicro">Jolene</a>. Thanks!</li> </ul> <h3 id="weekly-picks-1-34-06">Weekly Picks</h3> <p><strong>Brianne</strong> – <a href= "https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/12/science/black-hole-photo.html">The Milky Way’s Black Hole Comes to Light</a><br /> <strong>Kathy</strong> – <a href= "https://www.fieldandstream.com/conservation/bolivian-dolphins-play-giant-anaconda/"> River dolphins playing with anaconda</a><br /> <strong>Rich</strong> – <a href= "https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0264410X02000282"> Smallpox vaccination techniques; from knives and forks to nee