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This Week in Parasitism
This Week in Parasitism (TWiP) is a podcast about eukaryotic parasites hosted by Vincent Racaniello and Dick Despommier. Following in the path of their successful podcast 'This Week in Virology' (TWiV), they strive for an informal yet informative conversation about parasites which is accessible to everyone, no matter what their science background.
As science Professors at Columbia University, they have spent their entire academic careers directing research laboratories focused on parasites (Dick) and viruses (Vincent). Their enthusiasm for teaching inspired them to reach beyond the classroom with new media. TWiP is for everyone who wants to learn about parasites in a relaxing way.
Music used on TWiP is composed and performed by Ronald Jenkees and used with permission.
TWiP 35: Malaria control with David Fidock
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- Created on Friday, 13 January 2012 02:08
- Written by Vincent Racaniello
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello and Dickson Despommier
Vincent and Dickson discuss control of malaria with their Columbia University colleague David Fidock.
Right-click to download TWiP #35 (55 MB .mp3, 77 minutes).
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Links for this episode:
- The Fidock laboratory
- Next-generation antimalarial drug discovery (Science)
- Insights into artemisinin resistance (Curr Op Inf Dis)
- Letters read on TWiP 35
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Subscribe to TWiP (free) in iTunes, at the Zune Marketplace, by the RSS feed or by emailTWiP 34: Up against the Wolbachia
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- Created on Tuesday, 13 December 2011 18:37
- Written by Vincent Racaniello
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello and Dickson Despommier
Vincent and Dickson discuss control of malaria and filariasis with the bacterial endosymbiont Wolbachia.
Right-click to download TWiP #34 (66 MB .mp3, 91 minutes).
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Links for this episode:
- Targeting Wolbachia for antifilarial therapy (PLoSNTD)
- Wolbachia inhibits malaria parasite (PLoS One)
- Letters read on TWiP 34
Contact
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Subscribe to TWiP (free) in iTunes, at the Zune Marketplace, by the RSS feed or by emailTWiP 33: Hide and seek
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- Created on Thursday, 24 November 2011 16:21
- Written by Vincent Racaniello
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello and Dickson Despommier
Vincent and Dickson review an in silico pipeline for identifying molecular mimicry candidate proteins in the genomes of parasites, and catch up on listener email.
Right-click to download TWiP #33 (63 MB .mp3, 88 minutes).
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Links for this episode:
- Molecular mimicry candidates in parasites (PLoS One)
- Letters read on TWiP 33
Contact
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Subscribe to TWiP (free) in iTunes, at the Zune Marketplace, by the RSS feed or by emailTWiP 32: Evasive trypanosomes and schistosomes
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- Created on Tuesday, 08 November 2011 21:13
- Written by Vincent Racaniello
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello and Dickson Despommier
Vincent and Dickson discuss immune evasion by the cruzain protease of T. cruzi, and novel tetraspanin antigens of S. japonicum.
Right-click to download TWiP #32 (65 MB .mp3, 90 minutes).
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Links for this episode:
- NF-kappaB: Nuclear Factor binding kappa enhancer in B cells
- Immune evasion by T. cruzi cruzain (PLoS Pathogens)
- Novel tetraspanins in S. japonicum (Acta Tropica)
- Intravenously administered malaria vaccine (Science)
- TWiP on trypanosomes (#15) and schistosomes (#26)
- Monsters Inside Me
- Futures in Biotech with Dr. Jack Horner, advisor for Jurassic Park
- Dickson's Pick: Labcoats in Hollywood by David Kirby
- Letters read on TWiP 32
Contact
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Subscribe to TWiP (free) in iTunes, at the Zune Marketplace, by the RSS feed or by emailTWiP 31 - A malaria vaccine
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- Created on Friday, 21 October 2011 01:20
- Written by Vincent Racaniello
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello and Dickson Despommier
Vincent and Dickson discuss the promising results of a phase III trial of a malaria vaccine in African children.
Right-click to download TWiP #31 (50 MB .mp3, 70 minutes).
Links for this episode:
- First results of RTS,S/AS01 phase III trial (NEJM)
- Development of RTS,S/AS malaria candidate vaccine (Vaccine)
- Chandler's dog images (one, two - jpg)
- Schistosomiasis hieroglyphics (pdf)
- TWiP on malaria (#9, #10, #11)
- Letters read on TWiP 31
Contact
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Subscribe to TWiP (free) in iTunes, at the Zune Marketplace, by the RSS feed or by emailTWiP 30: Global infectious disease control with Charles Knirsch
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- Created on Thursday, 15 September 2011 16:13
- Written by Vincent Racaniello
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello and Dickson Despommier
Vincent and Dickson have a broad-ranging conversation with Charles Knirsch of Pfizer, Inc. about how public-private partnerships can function to control and eliminate infectious diseases.
Right-click to download TWiP #30 (61 MB .mp3, 85 minutes).
Links for this episode:
- Ivan's images (one, two, three, four - jpg)
- Dickson Despommier's parasitology lectures
- Letters read on TWiP 30
Contact
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Subscribe to TWiP (free) in iTunes, at the Zune Marketplace, by the RSS feed or by emailTWiP 29: Neglected tropical diseases with Peter Hotez
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- Created on Tuesday, 23 August 2011 19:44
- Written by Vincent Racaniello
Vincent and Dickson converse with Peter Hotez about global health, vaccinology, and neglected tropical diseases.
Host links: Vincent Racaniello and Dickson Despommier
Links for this episode:
- Peter Hotez (Wikipedia)
- Hotez going to Baylor
- The Bottom Billion by Paul Collier
- Global Network
- Dickson Despommier's parasitology lectures
- Letters read on TWiP 29
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TWiP #29 (47 MB .mp3, 65 minutes)
TWiP 28: Medical entomology with Robert W. Gwadz
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- Created on Tuesday, 26 July 2011 14:53
- Written by Vincent Racaniello
Vincent and Dickson discuss medical entomology with Robert W. Gwadz, Assistant Chief of the Laboratory of Malaria and Vector Research at NIAID.
Host links: Vincent Racaniello and Dickson Despommier
Links for this episode:
- NIAID Laboratory of Malaria and Vector research
- Tunicate
- Hildegard of Bingen
- TWiP 9: Mala aria
- Dickson's lecture on the malarias (19 MB .mov)
- Letters read on TWiP 28
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TWiP #28 (65 MB .mp3, 91 minutes)
TWiP 27: Trematodes
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- Created on Wednesday, 22 June 2011 20:35
- Written by Vincent Racaniello
Vincent and Dickson continue their discussion of trematodes, or flukes, which have a snail as a reservoir host.
Host links: Vincent Racaniello and Dickson Despommier
Links for this episode:
- Clonorchis sinensis life cycle (jpg)
- Clonorchis sinensis eggs (jpg)
- Clonorchis sinensis adult (jpg)
- C. sinensis under carp scales (jpg)
- Fasciola hepatica life cycle (jpg)
- Fasciola hepatica cercaria (jpg)
- Fasciola hepatica egg (jpg)
- Fasciola hepatica in liver (jpg)
- Fasciola hepatica adult (jpg)
- Paragonimus westermani life cycle (jpg)
- Paragonimus westermani adult (jpg)
- Paragonimus westermani egg (jpg)
- Paragonimus westermani in lung (jpg)
- Paragonimus westermani metacercaria (jpg)
- Fasciolopsis buski adult (jpg)
- Fasciolopsis buski egg (jpg)
- Heterophyes heterophyes adult (jpg)
- Metagonimus yokogawai adult (jpg)
- Dickson's lecture on trematodes (17 MB .mov)
- Letters read on TWiP 27
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TWiP #27 (56 MB .mp3, 77 minutes)
TWiP 26: The schistosomes
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- Created on Thursday, 26 May 2011 18:09
- Written by Vincent Racaniello
Vincent and Dickson take on the schistosomes, agents of a series of related diseases in humans referred to as schistosomiasis.
Host links: Vincent Racaniello and Dickson Despommier
Links for this episode:
- Pair of adult schistosomes (jpg)
- Adult schistosomes in situ (jpg)
- Adult schistosomes in venule (jpg)
- S. mansoni adult (jpg)
- S. mansoni egg (jpg)
- S. haematobium eggs in bladder wall (jpg)
- S. japonicum egg (jpg)
- Schistosome egg in small intestine forming granuloma (jpg)
- Schistosome cercaria (jpg)
- S. mansoni life cycle (jpg)
- S. japonicum life cycle (jpg)
- S. haematobium life cycle (jpg)
- Letters read on TWiP 26
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TWiP #26 (68 MB .mp3, 95 minutes)
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