This Week in Parasitism

By Vincent Racaniello

TWiP is a monthly netcast about eukaryotic parasites. Vincent Racaniello and Dickson Despommier, science Professors from Columbia University, deconstruct parasites, how they cause illness, and how you... more

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April 21, 2015TWiP 87: Stumped by pinworm
Vincent, Dickson, and Daniel review new insight into antigenic variation in trypanosomes, reveal the difficult solution to the last case study, and present another mystery for your solving.
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, and Daniel Griffin
Links for this episode:
Pinworm (CDC)
Pinworm on TWiP #19
Dynamics of antigenic variation in T. brucei (Science)
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Letters read on TWiP 87
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1h 17min
March 29, 2015TWiP 86: Worms Loa the immune response to mycobacteria
Vincent, Dickson, and Daniel discuss how filarial infection modulates the immune response to mycobacterial infection, and reveal a new case study.
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, and Daniel Griffin
Links for this episode:
Filarial infection modulate immune response (J Immunol)
Memory T cells (Wikipedia)
Image: Loa loa microfilaria
Letters read on TWiP 86
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2h 5min
March 14, 2015TWiP 85: Channeling tryps
Vincent, Dickson, and Daniel explain how trypanolytic factor forms membrane channels to lyse trypanosomes, and present a new case study.
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, and Daniel Griffin
Links for this episode:
Human trypanolytic factor forms channels (PNAS)
Human paragonimiasis (MMWR)
Don't eat raw crawfish
Daniel and Dickson in studio (jpg)
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Letters read on TWiP 85
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1h 50min
February 28, 2015TWiP 84: Bigfoot
Vincent, Dickson, and Daniel consider the delivery of anti-trypanosome nanobodies to the tsetse fly via a bacterial symbiont, and present a new case study.
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, and Daniel Griffin
Links for this episode:
Delivery of a functional nanobody to tsetse flies (Microb Cell Fact)
Nanobodies (Wikipedia)
V.B. Wigglesworth (Wikipedia)
VB Nimble, VB Quick
Knott test
Mazzotti reaction
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Letters read on TWiP 84
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1h 47min
February 23, 2015TWiP 83: Hidden costs of infection
Vincent, Dickson, and Daniel present a new case study, and discuss the effect of chronic malaria infection on wild warbler life span and telomere degradation.
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, and Daniel Griffin
Links for this episode:
Effect of chronic malaria infection on wild warblers (Science)
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Letters read on TWiP 83
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1h 36min
February 07, 2015TWiP 82: A NOD to helminths
Vincent, Dickson, and Daniel solve last week's case study, present a new one, and reveal how secreted proteins from a helminth prevent diabetes in mice.
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, and Daniel Griffin
Links for this episode:
Babesiosis (CDC)
Babesiosis blood smear with Maltese cross (NEJM)
Helminth proteins prevent diabetes in mice (PLoS One)
Letters read on TWiP 82
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1h 36min
January 24, 2015TWiP 81: Living in a wormy world
Vincent, Dickson, and Daniel provide the solution to last week's case study, present a new one, and discuss how immune suppression by nematodes increases tuberculosis fatality in African buffalo.
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, and Daniel Griffin
Links for this episode:
Consequences of living in a wormy world (Am Nat)
Opposite effects of antihelminthic treatment on microbial infection (Science)
Send your case study solutions to [email protected]
Daniel's cufflinks (jpg)
Daniel's TB bowtie (jpg)
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Letters read on TWiP 81
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1h 41min
January 08, 2015TWiP 80: Daniel in the parasites' den
Vincent and Dickson welcome new TWiP host Daniel to discuss the association of a new Mycoplasma with Trichomoniasis, and to introduce a new feature to the show, a case study.
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, and Daniel Griffin
Links for this episode:
Association of Mycoplasma with trichomoniasis (PLoS One)
Biggest DNA genomes (Wikipedia)
Send your case study solutions to [email protected]
Letters read on TWiP 80
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1h 59min
November 22, 2014TWiP 79: Across the river and into the trees
Vincent and Dickson discuss the spread of P. knowlesi in Malaysia, and how Leishmania parasites protect the sandfly gut from bacterial infection.
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello and Dickson Despommier
Links for this episode:
Spread of P. knowlesi in Malaysia (NY Times)
Climate change in Europe and vector transmitted disease (Infez Med)
Colonisation resistance in the sandfly gut (Parasites & Vectors)
Car Talk co-host dies
Early Career Scientists Symposium
Image credit: Anne Marie
Letters read on TWiP 79
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1h 31min
October 29, 2014TWiP 78: Eau de rodent
Vincent and Dickson discuss how malaria parasites induce odors in their rodent hosts that attract mosquitoes.
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello and Dickson Despommier
Links for this episode:
Visceral Leishmaniasis, South Sudan (ProMedMail)
Malaria-induced changes in host odors (PNAS)
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Letters read on TWiP 77
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1h 12min

FAQs about This Week in Parasitism:

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The podcast currently has 267 episodes available.