This Week in Parasitism
Episodes
TWiP 76: Herpesvirus worms its way out
02 Sep 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Vincent and Dickson discuss how infection of mice with helminths induces cytokines that reactivate a latent gamma-herpesvirus. Hosts: Vincent Racani...
TWiP 75: Parasite wonders with Bobbi Pritt
21 Jul 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Bobbi Pritt joins Vincent and Dickson to talk about directing a clinical parasitology laboratory and her weekly case reports at Creepy Dreadful Wonder...
TWiP 74: Nature has all the answers, what is your question?
04 Jul 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Vincent and Dickson review a novel malaria vaccine candidate comprising a parasite protein involved in egress from red blood cells. Hosts: Vincent R...
TWiP 73: I'm nibbling my way back to you
13 Jun 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Vincent and Dickson discuss how nibbling of human cells by Entamoeba histolytica, a process called amoebic trogocytosis, contributes to cell killing ...
TWiP 72: Wormholes
24 May 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Vincent and Dickson discuss five ways that helminths manipulate host tissues to survive. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello and Dickson Despommier Links f...
TWiP 71: Happy trails to you
10 May 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello and Dickson Despommier Vincent and Dickson review the finding that urocanic acid in the skin is a chemoattractant for th...
TWiP 70: Invasion of the swamp eels
12 Apr 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello and Dickson Despommier Vincent and Dickson discuss the finding of Gnathostoma nematodes in Asian swamp eels from US li...
TWiP 69: Malaria rising
29 Mar 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello and Dickson Despommier Vincent and Dickson discuss an increase in the altitude of malaria distribution in warmer years i...
TWiP 68: Sex and the single trypanosome
08 Mar 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello Dickson Despommier, and Sagi Shapira Vincent, Dickson, and Sagi discuss evidence that the pathogen Trypanosoma brucei ...
TWiP 67: They find each other delightful
22 Feb 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello and Dickson Despommier Vincent and Dickson explain the genetic and molecular basis of drug resistance in Schistosoma ma...
TWiP 66: A nitrile warhead for Chagas disease
08 Feb 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello and Dickson Despommier Vincent and Dickson discuss reversible inhibitors of cruzipain as new drugs for treating Chagas di...
TWiP 65: The real world wide web
13 Jan 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello and Dickson Despommier Vincent and Dickson consider the effects of climate change on parasitic diseases. Links for this e...
TWiP 64: Three new ways to prevent malaria
19 Dec 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello and Dickson Despommier Vincent and Dickson review three novel approaches to antimalarial chemotherapy. Links for this epi...
TWiP 63: Plasmodium of the apes
12 Nov 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello and Dickson Despommier Vincent and Dickson discuss evidence that the malaria parasite originated in gorillas. Links for t...
TWiP 62: More bats out of hell
01 Nov 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello and Dickson Despommier Vincent and Dickson discuss the high diversity of malaria parasites in West African bats, and a va...
TWiP 61: Some creep crept into the crypt and crapped
15 Oct 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello and Dickson Despommier Vincent and Dickson review examples of paleoparasitology, the detection of parasites in archaeolog...
TWiP 60: Urine a game of cat and mouse
25 Sep 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello and Dickson Despommier Vincent and Dickson discuss how infection with Toxoplasma gondii causes mice to lose their avers...
TWiP 59: Apicomplexity
09 Sep 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello and Dickson Despommier Vincent and Dickson update the multistate outbreak of cyclosporiasis, discuss the avian malaria pa...
TWiP 58: People, parasites, and plowshares
09 Aug 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello and Dickson Despommier Guest: Cali Despommier Vincent and Dickson update the multistate outbreak of cyclosporiasis, and D...
TWiP 57: An outbreak of cyclosporiasis
20 Jul 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello and Dickson Despommier Vincent and Dickson review a multistate outbreak of cyclosporiasis caused by the single-celled coc...
TWiP 56: Whirling disease
03 Jul 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello and Dickson Despommier Vincent and Dickson discuss Myxobolus cerebralis, the parasite that causes whirling disease of sa...
TWiP 55: A ladybird's weapon
15 Jun 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello and Dickson Despommier Vincent and Dickson reveal how invasive harlequin ladybirds use biological weapons against their c...
TWiP 54: Unde venis?
23 May 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello and Dickson Despommier Vincent and Dickson consider a case history of a young man with Blastocystis hominis - is it cau...
TWiP 53: Anti-saliva immunity
20 Apr 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello and Dickson Despommier Vincent and Dickson discuss the finding that immunity to a sandfly salivary protein protects again...
TWiP 52: Not your ordinary unsegmented roundworm
16 Mar 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello and Dickson Despommier Vincent and Dickson review the life cycle and pathogenesis of the giant kidney worm, Dioctophyme ...
TWiP 51: Modifying mosquitoes with Anthony A. James
02 Mar 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello and Dickson Despommier Guest: Anthony A. James Special guest Anthony A. James joins Vincent and Dickson to discuss how m...
TWiP 50: Antagonism in the mosquito midgut
16 Feb 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello and Dickson Despommier Vincent and Dickson reveal how malaria parasites avoid lysis by complement in the mosquito. Links ...
TWiP 49: Making sense of toxo and heme
26 Jan 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello and Dickson Despommier Vincent and Dickson discuss innate immune sensing of Toxoplasma gondii in mice, and heme metabol...
TWiP 48: A parasitic cloaking device
18 Dec 2012
Contributed by Lukas
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, and Josef Sabo Vincent, Dickson, and Josef discuss tetraspanins on the surface of schistosomes as vac...
TWiP 47: For whom the trich tolls
28 Nov 2012
Contributed by Lukas
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello and Dickson Despommier Vincent and Dickson review evidence that a virus of the protozoan parasite Trichomonas vaginalis ...
TWiP 46: Malaria gets the (zinc) finger
17 Oct 2012
Contributed by Lukas
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello and Dickson Despommier Vincent and Dickson meet with Judith Straimer and Marcus Lee to discuss their method for site-spec...
TWiP 45: Free range Toxoplasma with John Boothroyd
26 Sep 2012
Contributed by Lukas
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello and Dickson Despommier Vincent and Dickson discuss Toxoplasma biology with Stanford University Professor John Boothro...
TWiP 44: Parasites provide a cricket subsidy for trout
07 Sep 2012
Contributed by Lukas
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello and Dickson Despommier Vincent and Dickson explain how a nematode manipulates cricket behavior and alters the food web of...
TWiP 43: Two remarkable host-parasite conflicts
23 Aug 2012
Contributed by Lukas
Vincent and Dickson review how sickle cell microRNAs contribute to malaria resistance, and inhibition of innate immune responses by an enzyme from try...
TWiP 42: The tick keeps on ticking
10 Aug 2012
Contributed by Lukas
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello and Dickson Despommier Vincent and Dickson answer listener emails about Leishmania, dual infection of vectors, tapeworms...
TWiP 41: Flying and crawling beasts
27 Jun 2012
Contributed by Lukas
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello and Dickson Despommier Vincent and Dickson review medically important arthropods. Links for this episode: Thomas Eisner ...
TWiP 40: Doctor, there's a worm in my eye!
17 May 2012
Contributed by Lukas
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello and Dickson Despommier Vincent and Dickson discuss loaiasis caused by the filarial nematode Loa loa. Right-click to down...
TWiP 39: I encyst, said the amoeba
26 Apr 2012
Contributed by Lukas
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello and Dickson Despommier Vincent and Dickson review the biology and pathogenesis of the amoebae Naegleria fowlerii and A...
TWiP 38: How to Trichomonas
03 Apr 2012
Contributed by Lukas
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello and Dickson Despommier Vincent and Dickson tackle the backlog of listener email, then consider the life cycle and pathog...
TWiP 37: Dracunculiasis
19 Feb 2012
Contributed by Lukas
Vincent and Dickson discuss the life cycle and pathogenesis of Dracunculus medinensis, the filarial nematode that causes dracunculiasis, or Guinea wo...
TWiP 36: Trichuris and microbes plan a hatch
01 Feb 2012
Contributed by Lukas
Vincent and Dickson review how gut bacteria help establish T. muris in the large intestine of mice.
TWiP 35: Malaria control with David Fidock
13 Jan 2012
Contributed by Lukas
Vincent and Dickson discuss control of malaria with their Columbia University colleague David Fidock.
TWiP #34 - Up against the Wolbachia
13 Dec 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Vincent and Dickson discuss control of malaria and filariasis with the bacterial endosymbiont Wolbachia.
TWiP #33 - Hide and seek
24 Nov 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Vincent and Dickson review an in silico pipeline for identifying molecular mimicry candidate proteins in the genomes of parasites, and catch up on l...
TWiP #32: Evasive trypanosomes and schistosomes
08 Nov 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Vincent and Dickson discuss immune evasion by the cruzain protease of T. cruzi, and novel tetraspanin antigens of S. japonicum.
TWiP #31 - A malaria vaccine
21 Oct 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Vincent and Dickson discuss the promising results of a phase III trial of a malaria vaccine in African children.
TWiP #30 - Global infectious disease control with Charles Knirsch
15 Sep 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Vincent and Dickson have a broad-ranging conversation with Charles Knirsch of Pfizer, Inc. about how public-private partnerships can function to contr...
TWiP #29 - Neglected tropical diseases with Peter Hotez
23 Aug 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Vincent and Dickson converse with Peter Hotez about global health, vaccinology, and neglected tropical diseases.
TWiP #28 - Medical entomology with Robert W. Gwadz
26 Jul 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Vincent and Dickson discuss medical entomology with Robert W. Gwadz, Assistant Chief of the Laboratory of Malaria and Vector Research at NIAID.
TWiP #27 - Trematodes
22 Jun 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Vincent and Dickson continue their discussion of trematodes, or flukes, which have a snail as a reservoir host.
TWiP #26 - The schistosomes
27 May 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Vincent and Dickson take on the schistosomes, agents of a series of related diseases in humans referred to as schistosomiasis.
TWiP #25 - Wuchereria bancrofti
28 Apr 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Vincent and Dickson review Wuchereria bancrofti, the nematode that causes lymphatic filariasis, also known as elephantiasis.
TWiP #24 - Onchocerca volvulus, a vector-borne, filarial nematode
31 Mar 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Vincent and Dickson discuss the life cycle and pathogenesis of Onchocerca volvulus, the vector-borne filarial nematode parasite that causes onchocer...
TWiP #23 - Strongyloides sterocoralis, a most unusual parasite
03 Mar 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Vincent and Dickson review the life cycle and pathogenesis of the world's most unusual parasite, Strongyloides stercoralis.
TWiP 22 - Hookworm
09 Feb 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Vincent and Dickson discuss possibly the most socially and politically important nematode of humans, the hookworm Ancylostoma duodenale and Necato...
TWiP #21 - The giant intestinal worm, Ascaris lumbricoides
20 Jan 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Vincent and Dickson review the biology and pathogenesis of Ascaris lumbricoides, one of the largest nematodes to infect humans.
TWiP #20 - The whipworm Trichuris trichiura
17 Dec 2010
Contributed by Lukas
Vincent and Dickson continue their discussion of nematodes with the whipworm Trichuris trichiura. Host links: Vincent Racaniello and Dickson Despommi...
TWiP #19 - Enterobius vermicularis, the pinworm
20 Nov 2010
Contributed by Lukas
Vincent and Dickson move on to nematodes with a discussion of the pinworm Enterobius vermicularis. Host links: Vincent Racaniello and Dickson Despommi...
TWiP #18 - Cryptosporidium
27 Oct 2010
Contributed by Lukas
Vincent and Dickson discuss the intracellular parasite Cryptosporidium, which causes diarrheal disease in most mammalian species. Host links: Vincent ...
TWiP #17 - Entamoeba histolytica
06 Oct 2010
Contributed by Lukas
Vincent and Dickson continue their discussion of protozoan parasites that cause diarrhea with a review of amebic dysentery caused by Entamoeba histoly...
TWiP #16: Giardia
24 Sep 2010
Contributed by Lukas
Vincent and Dickson review the life cycle and pathogenesis of the flagellated protozoan parasite Giardia lamblia. Host links: Vincent Racaniello and D...
TWiP #15: Tryp the light fantastic
09 Sep 2010
Contributed by Lukas
Vincent and Dickson discuss the life cycle and pathogenesis of the protozoan parasite Trypanosoma. Host links: Vincent Racaniello and Dickson Despommi...
TWiP #14 - Leishmania
12 Aug 2010
Contributed by Lukas
Vincent and Dickson consider the life cycle and pathogenesis of the protozoan parasite Leishmania. Host links: Vincent Racaniello and Dickson Despomm...
TWiP #13 - Toxoplasmosis
15 Jul 2010
Contributed by Lukas
Vincent and Dickson continue their discussion of the obligate intracellular protozoan Toxoplasma gondii with a consideration of the clinical consequen...
TWiP #12 - Toxoplasma gondii
18 Jun 2010
Contributed by Lukas
Vincent and Dickson introduce the obligate intracellular protozoan Toxoplasma gondii, one of the most successful parasites on earth. Host links: Vince...
TWiP #11 - One times three million
02 Jun 2010
Contributed by Lukas
Vincent and Dickson continue their discussion of malaria, with emphasis on clinical aspects of the disease. Host links: Vincent Racaniello and Dickson...
TWiP #10 - Plasmodium life cycle
20 May 2010
Contributed by Lukas
Vincent and Dickson trace the life cycle of Plasmodium in a mosquito and in a human host. Host links: Vincent Racaniello and Dickson Despommier Links...
TWiP #9 - Mala aria
06 May 2010
Contributed by Lukas
Vincent and Dickson move on to protozoan parasites with a discussion of the early history of malaria. Host links: Vincent Racaniello and Dickson Despo...
TWiP #8 - Frog legs and parasite tales
22 Apr 2010
Contributed by Lukas
Dickson reads his story about sparganosis caused by the diphyllobothroid tapeworm Spirometra mansonoides. Host links: Vincent Racaniello and Dickso...
TWiP #7 - Tapeworms are fantastic!
09 Apr 2010
Contributed by Lukas
Vincent and Dickson continue their discourse on tapeworms, covering the fish and dog varieties. Host links: Vincent Racaniello and Dickson Despommier ...
TWiP #6 - Tapeworms, the long and short of it
25 Mar 2010
Contributed by Lukas
Vincent and Dick talk about the anatomy and life cycle of beef and pork tapeworms, and why House was wrong about neurocysticercosis. Host links: Vince...
TWiP #5 - The nurse cell
04 Mar 2010
Contributed by Lukas
Vincent and Dick discuss the nurse cell, a unique structure formed in the host muscle by Trichinella species. Host links: Vincent Racaniello and Dicks...
TWiP #4 - Trichinella life cycle
30 Jan 2010
Contributed by Lukas
Vincent and Dick trace the life cycle of Trichinella spiralis in an infected host. Host links: Vincent Racaniello and Dickson Despommier Links for th...
TWiP #3 - Trichinella spiralis
27 Dec 2009
Contributed by Lukas
Vincent and Dick distinguish among intracellular and extracellular parasites, then discuss the history and general characteristics of Trichinella sp...
TWiP #2 - General parasitism
01 Dec 2009
Contributed by Lukas
Vincent and Dick classify parasites according to whether or not they are transmitted by a vector, then consider the implications of long-lived paras...
TWiP #1 - Introduction to parasitism
13 Nov 2009
Contributed by Lukas
Vincent and Dick provide an overview of parasites and parasitism. Host links: Vincent Racaniello and Dickson Despommier Weekly Science Picks Dick The...