TWiEVO 119: Drive fast, take chances, and encode a Y chromosome

TWiEVO 119: Drive fast, take chances, and enc...

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TWiEVO 122: The evolution of selfishness

Nels and Vincent explain how selfishness evolved multiple times from an essential tRNA synthetase gene in a nematode. Hosts: Nels Elde and Vincent Racaniello Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of TWiEVO Links for this episode Join the MicrobeTV Discord s ...  Show more

 . 1h 15min
TWiEVO 121: AI imagines viruses

Nels and Vincent examines the use of AI and genome language models to design novel derivatives of bacteriophage phiX174. Hosts: Nels Elde and Vincent Racaniello Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of TWiEVO Links for this episode Join the MicrobeTV Discor ...  Show more

 . 1h 42min

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