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    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.

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    Latest Episodes:
    TWiP 88: French foreign lesion May 02, 2015
    Show notes

    Vincent, Dickson, and Daniel discuss how a secreted protein from the protozoan parasite Theileria transforms its host cells via a cellular proto-oncogene.

    Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, and Daniel Griffin

    Links for this episode:
    • Leishmania (TWiP #14)
    • Transformation by a prolyl isomerase (Nature)
    • Theileria.org
    • Prolyl isomerase (Wikipedia)
    • Image from Transformation & Oncogenesis
    • Letters read on TWiP 88
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    TWiP 87: Stumped by pinworm Apr 21, 2015
    Show notes

    Vincent, Dickson, and Daniel review new insight into antigenic variation in trypanosomes, reveal the difficult solution to the last case study, and present another mystery for your solving.

    Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, and Daniel Griffin

    Links for this episode:
    • Pinworm (CDC)
    • Pinworm on TWiP #19
    • Dynamics of antigenic variation in T. brucei (Science)
    • Image credit
    • Letters read on TWiP 87
    Contact

    Send your questions and comments (email or mp3 file) to twip@twiv.tv

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    TWiP 86: Worms Loa the immune response to mycobacteria Mar 29, 2015
    Show notes

    Vincent, Dickson, and Daniel discuss how filarial infection modulates the immune response to mycobacterial infection, and reveal a new case study.

    Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, and Daniel Griffin

    Links for this episode:
    • Filarial infection modulate immune response (J Immunol)
    • Memory T cells (Wikipedia)
    • Image: Loa loa microfilaria
    • Letters read on TWiP 86
    Contact

    Send your questions and comments (email or mp3 file) to twip@twiv.tv

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    TWiP 85: Channeling tryps Mar 14, 2015
    Show notes

    Vincent, Dickson, and Daniel explain how trypanolytic factor forms membrane channels to lyse trypanosomes, and present a new case study.

    Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, and Daniel Griffin

    Links for this episode:
    • Human trypanolytic factor forms channels (PNAS)
    • Human paragonimiasis (MMWR)
    • Don't eat raw crawfish
    • Daniel and Dickson in studio (jpg)
    • Image credit
    • Letters read on TWiP 85
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    TWiP 84: Bigfoot Feb 28, 2015
    Show notes

    Vincent, Dickson, and Daniel consider the delivery of anti-trypanosome nanobodies to the tsetse fly via a bacterial symbiont, and present a new case study.

    Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, and Daniel Griffin

    Links for this episode:
    • Delivery of a functional nanobody to tsetse flies (Microb Cell Fact)
    • Nanobodies (Wikipedia)
    • V.B. Wigglesworth (Wikipedia)
    • VB Nimble, VB Quick
    • Knott test
    • Mazzotti reaction
    • Image credit
    • Letters read on TWiP 84
    Contact

    Send your questions and comments (email or mp3 file) to twip@twiv.tv

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    TWiP 83: Hidden costs of infection Feb 23, 2015
    Show notes

    Vincent, Dickson, and Daniel present a new case study, and discuss the effect of chronic malaria infection on wild warbler life span and telomere degradation.

    Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, and Daniel Griffin

    Links for this episode:
    • Effect of chronic malaria infection on wild warblers (Science)
    • Image credit
    • Letters read on TWiP 83
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    TWiP 82: A NOD to helminths Feb 07, 2015
    Show notes

    Vincent, Dickson, and Daniel solve last week's case study, present a new one, and reveal how secreted proteins from a helminth prevent diabetes in mice.

    Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, and Daniel Griffin

    Links for this episode:
    • Babesiosis (CDC)
    • Babesiosis blood smear with Maltese cross (NEJM)
    • Helminth proteins prevent diabetes in mice (PLoS One)
    • Letters read on TWiP 82
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    Send your questions and comments (email or mp3 file) to twip@twiv.tv

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    TWiP 81: Living in a wormy world Jan 24, 2015
    Show notes

    Vincent, Dickson, and Daniel provide the solution to last week's case study, present a new one, and discuss how immune suppression by nematodes increases tuberculosis fatality in African buffalo.

    Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, and Daniel Griffin

    Links for this episode:
    • Consequences of living in a wormy world (Am Nat)
    • Opposite effects of antihelminthic treatment on microbial infection (Science)
    • Send your case study solutions to twip@twiv.tv
    • Daniel's cufflinks (jpg)
    • Daniel's TB bowtie (jpg)
    • Image credit
    • Letters read on TWiP 81
    Contact

    Send your questions and comments (email or mp3 file) to twip@twiv.tv

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    Subscribe to TWiP (free) in iTunes, by the RSS feed or by email

    TWiP 80: Daniel in the parasites' den Jan 08, 2015
    Show notes

    Vincent and Dickson welcome new TWiP host Daniel to discuss the association of a new Mycoplasma with Trichomoniasis, and to introduce a new feature to the show, a case study.

    Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, and Daniel Griffin

    Links for this episode:
    • Association of Mycoplasma with trichomoniasis (PLoS One)
    • Biggest DNA genomes (Wikipedia)
    • Send your case study solutions to twip@twiv.tv
    • Letters read on TWiP 80
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    Send your questions and comments (email or mp3 file) to twip@twiv.tv

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    TWiP 79: Across the river and into the trees Nov 22, 2014
    Show notes

    Vincent and Dickson discuss the spread of P. knowlesi in Malaysia, and how Leishmania parasites protect the sandfly gut from bacterial infection.

    Hosts: Vincent Racaniello and Dickson Despommier

    Links for this episode:
    • Spread of P. knowlesi in Malaysia (NY Times)
    • Climate change in Europe and vector transmitted disease (Infez Med)
    • Colonisation resistance in the sandfly gut (Parasites & Vectors)
    • Car Talk co-host dies
    • Early Career Scientists Symposium
    • Image credit: Anne Marie
    • Letters read on TWiP 79
    Contact

    Send your questions and comments (email or mp3 file) to twip@twiv.tv

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