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January 2015

Sat, 24 January 2015

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

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

Direct download: TWiP081.mp3
Category:Science -- posted at: 10:15am PST

Wed, 7 January 2015

TWiP 80: Daniel in the parasites' den

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

Contact

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

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

Direct download: TWiP080.mp3
Category:Science -- posted at: 6:15pm PST