Sat, 16 March 2013
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello and Dickson Despommier Vincent and Dickson review the life cycle and pathogenesis of the giant kidney worm, Dioctophyme renale. Links for this episode:
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Sat, 2 March 2013
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello and Dickson Despommier Guest: Anthony A. James Special guest Anthony A. James joins Vincent and Dickson to discuss how mosquitoes can be genetically modified to control infectious diseases. Links for this episode:
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Sat, 16 February 2013
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello and Dickson Despommier Vincent and Dickson reveal how malaria parasites avoid lysis by complement in the mosquito. Links for this episode:
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Sat, 26 January 2013
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello and Dickson Despommier Vincent and Dickson discuss innate immune sensing of Toxoplasma gondii in mice, and heme metabolism in protozoan parasites. Links for this episode:
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Tue, 18 December 2012
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 for this episode:
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Wed, 28 November 2012
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:
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Wed, 17 October 2012
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 zinc finger nucleases. Right-click to download TWiP #46 (46 MB .mp3, 64 minutes). Links for this episode:
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Tue, 25 September 2012
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello and Dickson Despommier Vincent and Dickson discuss Toxoplasma biology with Stanford University Professor John Boothroyd. Links for this episode:
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Fri, 7 September 2012
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:
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Thu, 23 August 2012
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:
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Fri, 10 August 2012
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 for this episode:
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Tue, 26 June 2012
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello and Dickson Despommier Vincent and Dickson review medically important arthropods. Links for this episode:
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Wed, 16 May 2012
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello and Dickson Despommier Vincent and Dickson discuss loaiasis caused by the filarial nematode Loa loa. Right-click to download TWiP #40 (52 MB .mp3, 73 minutes). Links for this episode:
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Thu, 26 April 2012
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello and Dickson Despommier Vincent and Dickson review the biology and pathogenesis of the amoebae Naegleria fowlerii and Acanthamoeba castellani. Links for this episode:
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Mon, 2 April 2012
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello and Dickson Despommier Vincent and Dickson tackle the backlog of listener email, then consider the life cycle and pathogenesis of Trichomonas vaginalis, the flagellated protozoan transmitted by sexual contact. Links for this episode:
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Sun, 19 February 2012
Vincent and Dickson discuss the life cycle and pathogenesis of Dracunculus medinensis, the filarial nematode that causes dracunculiasis, or Guinea worm disease.
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Wed, 1 February 2012
Vincent and Dickson review how gut bacteria help establish T. muris in the large intestine of mice. |
Thu, 12 January 2012
Vincent and Dickson discuss control of malaria with their Columbia University colleague David Fidock. |
Tue, 13 December 2011
Vincent and Dickson discuss control of malaria and filariasis with the bacterial endosymbiont Wolbachia. |
Thu, 24 November 2011
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. |
Tue, 8 November 2011
Vincent and Dickson discuss immune evasion by the cruzain protease of T. cruzi, and novel tetraspanin antigens of S. japonicum. |
Thu, 20 October 2011
Vincent and Dickson discuss the promising results of a phase III trial of a malaria vaccine in African children. |
Thu, 15 September 2011
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. |
Tue, 23 August 2011
Vincent and Dickson converse with Peter Hotez about global health, vaccinology, and neglected tropical diseases. |
Tue, 26 July 2011
Vincent and Dickson discuss medical entomology with Robert W. Gwadz, Assistant Chief of the Laboratory of Malaria and Vector Research at NIAID. |
Wed, 22 June 2011
Vincent and Dickson continue their discussion of trematodes, or flukes, which have a snail as a reservoir host. |
Fri, 27 May 2011
Vincent and Dickson take on the schistosomes, agents of a series of related diseases in humans referred to as schistosomiasis. |
Wed, 27 April 2011
Vincent and Dickson review Wuchereria bancrofti, the nematode that causes lymphatic filariasis, also known as elephantiasis. |
Thu, 31 March 2011
Vincent and Dickson discuss the life cycle and pathogenesis of Onchocerca volvulus, the vector-borne filarial nematode parasite that causes onchocerciasis, or river blindness. |
Thu, 3 March 2011
Vincent and Dickson review the life cycle and pathogenesis of the world's most unusual parasite, Strongyloides stercoralis. |
Wed, 9 February 2011
Vincent and Dickson discuss possibly the most socially and politically important nematode of humans, the hookworm Ancylostoma duodenale and Necator americanus. |
Wed, 19 January 2011
Vincent and Dickson review the biology and pathogenesis of Ascaris lumbricoides, one of the largest nematodes to infect humans. |
Thu, 16 December 2010
Vincent and Dickson continue their discussion of nematodes with the whipworm Trichuris trichiura. Host links: Vincent Racaniello and Dickson Despommier Links for this episode:
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Sat, 20 November 2010
Vincent and Dickson move on to nematodes with a discussion of the pinworm Enterobius vermicularis. Host links: Vincent Racaniello and Dickson Despommier Links for this episode:
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Wed, 27 October 2010
Vincent and Dickson discuss the intracellular parasite Cryptosporidium, which causes diarrheal disease in most mammalian species. Host links: Vincent Racaniello and Dickson Despommier Links for this episode:
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Tue, 5 October 2010
Vincent and Dickson continue their discussion of protozoan parasites that cause diarrhea with a review of amebic dysentery caused by Entamoeba histolytica. Host links: Vincent Racaniello and Dickson Despommier Links for this episode:
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Fri, 24 September 2010
Vincent and Dickson review the life cycle and pathogenesis of the flagellated protozoan parasite Giardia lamblia. Host links: Vincent Racaniello and Dickson Despommier Links for this episode:
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Thu, 9 September 2010
Vincent and Dickson discuss the life cycle and pathogenesis of the protozoan parasite Trypanosoma. Host links: Vincent Racaniello and Dickson Despommier Links for this episode: |
Wed, 11 August 2010
Vincent and Dickson consider the life cycle and pathogenesis of the protozoan parasite Leishmania. Host links: Vincent Racaniello and Dickson Despommier Links for this episode: |
Wed, 14 July 2010
Vincent and Dickson continue their discussion of the obligate intracellular protozoan Toxoplasma gondii with a consideration of the clinical consequences of infection and pathogenesis. Host links: Vincent Racaniello and Dickson Despommier Links for this episode: |
Thu, 17 June 2010
Vincent and Dickson introduce the obligate intracellular protozoan Toxoplasma gondii, one of the most successful parasites on earth. Host links: Vincent Racaniello and Dickson Despommier Links for this episode: |
Wed, 2 June 2010
Vincent and Dickson continue their discussion of malaria, with emphasis on clinical aspects of the disease. Host links: Vincent Racaniello and Dickson Despommier Links for this episode: |
Wed, 19 May 2010
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 for this episode: |
Wed, 5 May 2010
Vincent and Dickson move on to protozoan parasites with a discussion of the early history of malaria. Host links: Vincent Racaniello and Dickson Despommier Links for this episode:
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Thu, 22 April 2010
Dickson reads his story about sparganosis caused by the diphyllobothroid tapeworm Spirometra mansonoides. Host links: Vincent Racaniello and Dickson Despommier Links for this episode:
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Thu, 8 April 2010
Vincent and Dickson continue their discourse on tapeworms, covering the fish and dog varieties. Host links: Vincent Racaniello and Dickson Despommier Links for this episode:
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Wed, 24 March 2010
Vincent and Dick talk about the anatomy and life cycle of beef and pork tapeworms, and why House was wrong about neurocysticercosis. Host links: Vincent Racaniello and Dickson Despommier Links for this episode:
Science Picks Dickson Peace through vaccine diplomacy by Peter Hotez |
Wed, 3 March 2010
Vincent and Dick discuss the nurse cell, a unique structure formed in the host muscle by Trichinella species. Host links: Vincent Racaniello and Dickson Despommier Links for this episode:
Weekly Science Picks Dickson Every Living Thing by Rob Dunn |
Sat, 30 January 2010
Vincent and Dick trace the life cycle of Trichinella spiralis in an infected host. Host links: Vincent Racaniello and Dickson Despommier Links for this episode:
Weekly Science PicksDickson David Scharf's pictures of microbial life |
Sun, 27 December 2009
Vincent and Dick distinguish among intracellular and extracellular parasites, then discuss the history and general characteristics of Trichinella spiralis. Host links: Vincent Racaniello and Dickson Despommier Links for this episode:
Weekly Science PicksDickson The Doctor and the Devils |
Mon, 30 November 2009
Vincent and Dick classify parasites according to whether or not they are transmitted by a vector, then consider the implications of long-lived parasites. Host links: Vincent Racaniello and Dickson Despommier |
Fri, 13 November 2009
Vincent and Dick provide an overview of parasites and parasitism. Host links: Vincent Racaniello and Dickson Despommier Weekly Science PicksDick The Black Cloud by Fred Hoyle |