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. .

Gesamtlänge aller Episoden: 13 days 22 hours 18 minutes

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TWiP 50: Antagonism in the mosquito midgut


Hosts:  and  Vincent and Dickson reveal how malaria parasites avoid lysis by complement in the mosquito. Links for this episode: Malaria parasites  (Cell Host Microbe)  system (Wikipedia)  on TWiP 50 Contact Send...


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 February 16, 2013  1h11m
 
 

TWiP 49: Making sense of toxo and heme


Hosts:  and  Vincent and Dickson discuss innate immune sensing of Toxoplasma gondii in mice, and heme metabolism in protozoan parasites. Links for this episode:  Toxoplasma in mice (Cell Host Microbe)  (PLoS...


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 January 26, 2013  1h34m
 
 

TWiP 48: A parasitic cloaking device


Hosts: , , and Josef Sabo Vincent, Dickson, and Josef discuss tetraspanins on the surface of schistosomes as vaccine candidates and immune evasion proteins. Links for this episode: S. japonicum tetraspanin-2 as a  (PLoS...


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 December 19, 2012  1h7m
 
 

TWiP 47: For whom the trich tolls


Hosts:  and  Vincent and Dickson review evidence that a virus of the protozoan parasite Trichomonas vaginalis may exacerbate disease. Links for this episode: Endobiont viruses  (PLoS One)  on TWiP...


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 November 28, 2012  1h9m
 
 

TWiP 46: Malaria gets the (zinc) finger


Hosts:  and  Vincent and Dickson meet with Judith Straimer and Marcus Lee to discuss their method for site-specific genome editing in Plasmodium falciparumusing zinc finger nucleases. Right-click to download  (46 MB .mp3,...


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 October 17, 2012  1h4m
 
 

TWiP 45: Free range Toxoplasma with John Boothroyd


Hosts:  and  Vincent and Dickson discuss Toxoplasma biology with Stanford University Professor . Links for this episode: T. gondii and  Kiss and spit: Toxoplasma  (Nat Rev...


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 September 26, 2012  1h0m
 
 

TWiP 44: Parasites provide a cricket subsidy for trout


Hosts:  and  Vincent and Dickson explain how a nematode manipulates cricket behavior and alters the food web of a stream. Links for this episode: Nematomorph parasites  (Ecol Lett)  by a trematode (Parasitology) Cockles...


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 September 8, 2012  1h20m
 
 

TWiP 43: Two remarkable host-parasite conflicts


Vincent and Dickson review how sickle cell microRNAs contribute to malaria resistance, and inhibition of innate immune responses by an enzyme from trypanosomes. Links for this episode: microRNAs involved in  to Plasmodium (Cell...


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 August 23, 2012  1h32m
 
 

TWiP 42: The tick keeps on ticking


Hosts:  and  Vincent and Dickson answer listener emails about Leishmania, dual infection of vectors, tapeworms, liver flukes, toxoplasmosis, and much more. Links for this episode:  required by Leishmania (Ann Rev...


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 August 10, 2012  1h14m
 
 

TWiP 41: Flying and crawling beasts


Hosts:  and  Vincent and Dickson review medically important arthropods. Links for this episode:  in insects (jpg)  in an insect with aquatic immature stages (jpg)  in an insect with terrestrial immature stages...


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 June 27, 2012  1h33m