Matters Microbial #68: Social Evolution in Viruses December 4, 2024 Today, Dr. Sam Díaz-Muñoz, Assistant Professor of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, as well as a Faculty Member of the Genome Center at the University of California Davis, joins the #QualityQuorum to discuss how their group, and a growing community of researchers, investigates the social lives of viruses: the many ways that viruses interact and the ways that interactions shape infections and viral evolution.   Host: Mark O. Martin Guest: Sam Díaz-Muñoz Subscribe: Apple Podcasts, Spotify Become a patron of Matters Microbial! Links for this episode An article by Carl Zimmer on the social lives of viruses.' An overview of RNA viruses in general. An overview of cystoviruses. An overview of the use of cystoviruses in the study of evolution. A relevant article:  "Open Questions in the Social Lives of Viruses," Leeks et al. 2023:  Another relevant article:  "Sociovirology: Conflict, Cooperation, and Communication among Viruses," Díaz-Muñoz et al. 2017:  The website for the Social Lives of Viruses Meetings  An article from Jesse Bloom's lab showing the variation in single cell infection outcomes (Figure 4 is one of Dr. Díaz-Muñoz's favorites from any paper). The faculty website for Dr. Lin Chao, who was very influential in Dr. Díaz-Muñoz's background and promoted the study of evolution in microbes. The website for Dr. Paul Turner, who was very influential in Dr. Díaz-Muñoz's background and promoted the study of evolution in microbes. The website for Dr. Rich Lenski, who was very influential in Dr. Díaz-Muñoz's background  and promoted the study of evolution in microbes. A CDC article about "shift" versus "drift" in influenza.  A video by Dr. Díaz-Muñoz from 2020 about viruses. Dr. Díaz-Muñoz's faculty website. Dr. Díaz-Muñoz's laboratory group website. Intro music is by Reber Clark Send your questions and comments to [email protected]

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