This Week in Parasitism

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 can prevent infections.

http://microbe.tv/twip

Eine durchschnittliche Folge dieses Podcasts dauert 1h27m. Bisher sind 230 Folge(n) erschienen. Alle 3 Wochen erscheint eine Folge dieses Podcasts.

Gesamtlänge aller Episoden: 13 days 22 hours 18 minutes

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TWiP 70: Invasion of the swamp eels


Hosts:  and  Vincent and Dickson discuss the finding of Gnathostoma nematodes in Asian swamp eels from US live markets and wild populations. Links for this episode: Guinea...


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 April 12, 2014  1h22m
 
 

TWiP 69: Malaria rising


Hosts:  and  Vincent and Dickson discuss an increase in the altitude of malaria distribution in warmer years in the highlands of Colombia and Ethiopia. Links for this episode:  in malaria incidence...


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 March 29, 2014  1h13m
 
 

TWiP 68: Sex and the single trypanosome


Hosts:  , and  Vincent, Dickson, and Sagi discuss evidence that the pathogen Trypanosoma brucei undergoes meiosis and sexual reproduction. Links for this episode:  in T. brucei (Curr...


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 March 8, 2014  1h22m
 
 

TWiP 67: They find each other delightful


Hosts:  and  Vincent and Dickson explain the genetic and molecular basis of drug resistance in Schistosoma mansonii. Links for this episode: Basis of  (Science)  (Wikipedia)  on TWiP 67 Contact Send...


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 February 22, 2014  1h15m
 
 

TWiP 66: A nitrile warhead for Chagas disease


Hosts:  and  Vincent and Dickson discuss reversible inhibitors of cruzipain as new drugs for treating Chagas disease. Links for this episode: Reversible  for Chagas (AAC) New  for Chagas...


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 February 8, 2014  1h42m
 
 

TWiP 65: The real world wide web


Hosts:  and  Vincent and Dickson consider the effects of climate change on parasitic diseases. Links for this episode:  and infectious diseases (Science) The more parasites ? (Science) Host and parasite...


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 January 13, 2014  1h22m
 
 

TWiP 64: Three new ways to prevent malaria


Hosts:  and  Vincent and Dickson review three novel approaches to antimalarial chemotherapy. Links for this episode: Targeting  to eliminate malaria (Nature) Antimicrobial peptides to target  of malaria (PLoS...


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 December 19, 2013  1h37m
 
 

TWiP 63: Plasmodium of the apes


Hosts:  and  Vincent and Dickson discuss evidence that the malaria parasite originated in gorillas. Links for this episode: Great apes and  (Science) Source of  (PNAS) Origin of human malaria parasite...


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 November 12, 2013  1h36m
 
 

TWiP 62: More bats out of hell


Hosts:  and  Vincent and Dickson discuss the high diversity of malaria parasites in West African bats, and a vaccine against hookworm. Links for this episode: High diversity of West...


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 November 1, 2013  1h36m
 
 

TWiP 61: Some creep crept into the crypt and crapped


Hosts:  and  Vincent and Dickson review examples of paleoparasitology, the detection of parasites in archaeological material. Links for this episode:  (PLoS One) King Richard III  (CNN) Discovery of  (Mem Inst...


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 October 15, 2013  1h14m