TWiV 904: 50 years of reverse transcriptase

<p>Vincent travels to Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory to speak with David Baltimore, John Coffin, and Harold Various about the discovery in 1970 of retroviral reverse transcriptase and its impact on life sciences research.</p> <p>Hosts: <a href= "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vincent_Racaniello">Vincent Racaniello</a></p> <p>Guests: <a href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Baltimore">David Baltimore</a>, <a href= "https://gsbs.tufts.edu/facultyResearch/faculty/coffin-john">John Coffin</a>, and <a href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_E._Varmus">Harold Varmus</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><a href= "https://meetings.cshl.edu/meetings.aspx?meet=BIOHIST&year=22">Fifty Years of Reverse Transcriptase</a> (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)</li> <li>50th Anniversary of <a href= "https://www.molbiolcell.org/doi/full/10.1091/mbc.E20-09-0612">RT discovery</a> (Mol Biol Cell)</li> <li>RT in virions of <a href= "https://www.nature.com/articles/2261211a0">Rous sarcoma virus</a> – Temin (Nature)</li> <li>RNA-dependent DNA polymerase in <a href= "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/4316300/">tumor virus particles</a> – Baltimore (Nature)</li> </ul> <p>Intro music is by <a href= "http://www.ronaldjenkees.com/">Ronald Jenkees</a><br /> <br /> Send your virology questions and comments to twiv@microbe.tv</p>