This Week in Parasitism

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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June 24, 2025 65 mins

TWiP explains how circadian clocks of parasite and vector circadian mediate efficient malaria transmission.

Hosts: Vincent RacanielloDaniel Griffin, and Christina Naula

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TWiP solves the case of the man in the Malaysian city of Kucheng who presents with daily fevers and shaking chills, and serve a new clinical puzzle for you to solve.

Hosts: Vincent RacanielloDaniel Griffin, and Christina Naula

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May 13, 2025 62 mins

TWiP describes how a gut commensal protozoan influences respiratory disease outcomes by shaping pulmonary immunity, and body shape variation in lice that parasitize diving hosts.

Hosts: Vincent RacanielloDaniel Griffin, and Christina Naula

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April 19, 2025 51 mins

TWiP solves the case of the man in the Malaysian city of Kucheng who presents with left arm swelling, and presents a new case for you to decipher.

Hosts: Vincent RacanielloDaniel Griffin, and Christina Naula

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TWiP explains a study that carries out selection of Plasmodium falciparum in the presence of inhibitors to identify determinants of drug resistance, and a paleoparasitological analysis of a 5th–16th c. CE latrine.

Hosts: Vincent RacanielloDaniel Griffin, and Christina Naula

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March 22, 2025 56 mins

Michelle Labrunda joins TWiP to solve the case of the Georgian in Guinea with fever and dry cough, and describe a new case for you to solve.

Hosts: Vincent RacanielloDaniel Griffin, and Christina Naula

Guest: Michelle Labrunda

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March 9, 2025 60 mins

TWiP explains a study which finds that tissue spaces are reservoirs of antigenic diversity for Trypanosoma brucei, then remembers our departed colleague Dickson Despommier.