TWiP 48: A parasitic cloaking device
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, and Josef Sabo Vincent, Dickson, and Josef discuss tetraspanins on the surface of schistosomes as vaccine candidates and immune evasion proteins. Links f...
18 Dec 20121h 7min
TWiP 47: For whom the trich tolls
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello and Dickson Despommier Vincent and Dickson review evidence that a virus of the protozoan parasite Trichomonas vaginalis may exacerbate disease. Links for this episode: Endob...
28 Nov 20121h 9min
TWiP 46: Malaria gets the (zinc) finger
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello and Dickson Despommier Vincent and Dickson meet with Judith Straimer and Marcus Lee to discuss their method for site-specific genome editing in Plasmodium falciparumusing zin...
17 Okt 20121h 4min
TWiP 45: Free range Toxoplasma with John Boothroyd
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello and Dickson Despommier Vincent and Dickson discuss Toxoplasma biology with Stanford University Professor John Boothroyd. Links for this episode: T. gondii and free range ani...
26 Sep 20121h
TWiP 44: Parasites provide a cricket subsidy for trout
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello and Dickson Despommier Vincent and Dickson explain how a nematode manipulates cricket behavior and alters the food web of a stream. Links for this episode: Nematomorph paras...
7 Sep 20121h 20min
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 invo...
23 Aug 20121h 32min
TWiP 42: The tick keeps on ticking
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello and Dickson Despommier Vincent and Dickson answer listener emails about Leishmania, dual infection of vectors, tapeworms, liver flukes, toxoplasmosis, and much more. Links fo...
10 Aug 20121h 14min
TWiP 41: Flying and crawling beasts
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello and Dickson Despommier Vincent and Dickson review medically important arthropods. Links for this episode: Thomas Eisner Incomplete metamorphosis in insects (jpg) Complete me...
27 Juni 20121h 33min
