This Week in Parasitism

This week in virology, parasitism, and microbiology

In the past five days we released three science shows on the TWi* network. On This Week in Microbiology (TWiM) episode #52, Vincent and Michael meet up with Ellen Jo Baron to talk about working in a clinical microbiology laboratory. On This Week in Parasitism (TWiP) episode #52, Vincent and Dickson review the life cycle and pathogenesis of the giant kidney worm, Dioctophyme …

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This Week in microbiology, parasitism, and virology

In the past five days we released three science shows on the TWi* network. On This Week in Microbiology (TWiM) episode #51, Vincent, Michael, and Elio meet up with Hazel Barton to talk about cave microbiology. On This Week in Parasitism (TWiP) episode #51, special guest Anthony A. James joins Vincent and Dickson to discuss how mosquitoes …

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TWiP 38: How to Trichomonas

On episode #38 of the science show This Week in Parasitism, 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. You can find TWiP #38 at microbeworld.org/twip.

TWiP 32: Evasive trypanosomes and schistosomes

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello and Dickson Despommier Vincent and Dickson discuss immune evasion by the cruzain protease of T. cruzi, and novel tetraspanin antigens of S. japonicum. [powerpress url=”http://traffic.libsyn.com/twip/TWiP032.mp3″] Click the arrow above to play, or right-click to download TWiP #32 (65 MB .mp3, 90 minutes). Please help us by taking our listener survey. Links for this episode: …

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TWiP 31: A malaria vaccine

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello and Dickson Despommier Vincent and Dickson discuss the promising results of a phase III trial of a malaria vaccine in African children. [powerpress url=”http://traffic.libsyn.com/twip/TWiP031.mp3″] Click the arrow above to play, or right-click to download TWiP #31 (50 MB .mp3, 70 minutes). Links for this episode: First results of RTS,S/AS01 phase III trial (NEJM) Development …

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