SftPublic lecture (2011): Unraveling the Secrets of Viruses, John Connor, PhD, Boston University School of Medicine
SftPublic mini-documentary (2014) Understanding Viruses: The John Connor Lab

WEBSITES

Origins of Viruses

The Mimivirus

ARTICLES

Quest for Ebola cure intensifies

Cell secrets potentially useful for vaccines

Ebola's secret weapon revealed

Researchers uncover clues to flu mechanisms

Sizing up the viral threat

Polio's return after near extinction prompts global health warning

What we're afraid to say about Ebola

Are viruses alive?

Study on evolution of flu viruses may change textbooks

Viroids: Molecular vestiges of the RNA world

Receptor for Ebola virus identified

New electron microscopy images reveal assembly of HIV

New details about mysterious giant virus uncovered

Upending conventional wisdom, certain virus families are ancient

Biologists wake dormant viruses and uncover mechanism for survival

Paleovirology expanded: non-retroviral virus fragments found in animal genomes

Ancient "fossil" virus shows infection to be millions of years old

Redeeming role for a common virus: Ability to kill cancer

Genetic sleuthing uncovers deadly new virus in Africa

BOOKS

The Invisible Enemy: A Natural History of Viruses. Dorothy H. Crawford. (Oxford Univ Press, 2002).

Origin and Evolution of Viruses. Esteban Domingo, Robert Webster, John Holland (Eds). (Academic Press, 1999.