Columbia University Chief Neurology Resident Genna Waldman joins TWiN to explains how her department prepared for COVID-19, and the neurological symptoms associated with the disease.

Hosts: Ori Lieberman, Andres Bendesky, Jason Shepherd and Vincent Racaniello

Guest: Genna Waldman

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Links for this episode

• Preparing a neurology department for COVID-19 (Neurology)
• Managing comatose COVID-19 patients (Ann Neurol)
• Neuropathology of COVID-19 (NEJM)
• Letters read on TWiN 9
• Timestamps by Jolene. Thanks!

Intro music is by Ronald Jenkees

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Jason visits the TWiN studio to explain Arc Capsid Bearing Any RNAs (ACBARs), virus-like capsids that transfer genetic information between neurons.

Hosts: Andres Bendesky, Jason Shepherd, and Vincent Racaniello

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• Arc is a repurposed retrotransposon gag protein that mediates intercellular RNA transfer (Cell)
• Drosophila gag-like ARC1 (Cell)
• Letters read on TWiN #4
• Timestamps by Jolene. Thanks!

Intro music is by Ronald Jenkees.

Send your neuroscience questions and comments to twin@microbe.tv