This Week in Parasitism

By Vincent Racaniello

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 Dec 18, 2018

cj
 Nov 11, 2018
I enjoy all the TWI...podcasts but especially the parasitism. I particularly like when Dickson brings ecology and evolution into the picture. Thank you for your science education and entertainment. Keep up the good work!

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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.

Episode Date
TWiP 246: Everything spiral: a worm in a hurry
Nov 01, 2024
TWiP 245: Flying purple people eater with Ben LaBrot
Oct 18, 2024
TWiP 244: Engineering Toxoplasma
Oct 05, 2024
TWiP 243: Don't blame it on Mexico
Sep 20, 2024
TWiP 242: Worms impair COVID vaccines
Sep 06, 2024
TWiP 241: There once was a patient from China
Aug 19, 2024
TWiP 240: A daily history of malaria with Sean Murphy
Aug 02, 2024
TWiP 239: Cryptosporidiosis from NYC tap water in an AIDS patient
Jul 19, 2024
TWiP 238: Eliminating sleeping sickness
Jul 05, 2024
TWiP 237: Pass the venison, deer with Marilyn Fabbri
Jun 21, 2024
TWiP 236: Prime-and-trap vaccine for malaria
Jun 01, 2024
TWiP 235: The case of the regurgitated wriggler
May 17, 2024
TWiP 234: Hookworms and a leech - parasites suck!
May 04, 2024
TWiP 233: Cryptosporidium not cryptocurrency
Apr 19, 2024
TWiP 232: Lives of Wolbachia
Apr 05, 2024
TWiP 231: Scotch in drink and tape
Mar 31, 2024
TWiP 230: Healing cutaneous leishmaniasis with Maria Adelaida Gomez
Mar 01, 2024
TWiP 229: The very hungry flatworm
Feb 27, 2024
TWiP 228: Parasitic fountain of youth
Feb 06, 2024
TWiP 227: Alpha-gal syndrome
Jan 20, 2024
TWiP 226: Successful systems attract parasites
Jan 03, 2024
TWiP 225: Wandering worm with Lee Gottesdiener
Dec 20, 2023
TWiP 224: Neglected tropical diseases roadmap with Chuck Knirsch
Dec 12, 2023
TWiP 223: Voluminous diarrhea
Nov 28, 2023
TWiP 222: Balamuthia in the brain with Natasha Spottiswoode
Oct 31, 2023
TWiP 221: Delusional parasitosis
Oct 01, 2023
TWiP 220: Denies any bug bites
Aug 20, 2023
TWIP 219: Sick as a dog
Jul 24, 2023
TWiP 218: Malaria parasite evades mosquito
Jun 29, 2023
TWiP 217: ChatGPT solves the case
Jun 05, 2023
TWiP 216: A challenging case
May 01, 2023
TWiP 215: A mobile piece of spaghetti
Mar 30, 2023
TWiP 214: Tropical medicine excursions with Kay Schaefer
Feb 27, 2023
TWiP 213: One deadly snail with Jessie Stone, MD
Feb 04, 2023
TWiP 212: The Man from Mali with Shauna Gunaratne
Dec 26, 2022
TWiP 211: Monoclonal against malaria in Mali
Dec 07, 2022
TWiP 210: Is there a doctor on board? with Aisha Khatib
Nov 03, 2022
TWiP 209: A worm in paradise
Sep 27, 2022
TWiP 208: A red herring
Aug 18, 2022
TWiP 207: Accidental host with Claire Panosian, MD
Jul 01, 2022
TWiP 206: Bacteria protect mosquitoes from parasites
May 30, 2022
TWiP 205: Two for the price of one
May 03, 2022
TWiP 204: Near a fast-flowing river
Mar 28, 2022
TWiP 203: True, true, and unrelated
Feb 23, 2022
TWiP 202: 80 microns and ovoid
Jan 23, 2022
TWiP 201: Tiny and hairy
Dec 08, 2021
TWiP 200: Parasites without borders
Nov 04, 2021
TWiP 199: Chagas kisses Cruzi and Brucei bites
Oct 12, 2021
TWiP 198: Cyclospora in the dining room with the salad bar
Sep 14, 2021
TWiP 197: An adventurous eater
Aug 16, 2021
TWiP 196: Naked eye entomologist
Jul 12, 2021
TWiP 195: Shocking diseases in attractive NY accents
May 31, 2021
TWiP 194: Eye had a corneal scraping
Apr 24, 2021
TWiP 193: A serpiginous trail
Mar 29, 2021
TWiP 192: Towel off vigorously
Feb 15, 2021
TWiP 191: Dickson's ocular anomaly
Jan 11, 2021
TWiP 190: But Doc, what could it be?
Dec 08, 2020
TWiP 189: Toe jammin'
Nov 07, 2020
TWiP 188: Terrible tropisms
Sep 26, 2020
TWiP 187: Granny's granuloma
Aug 29, 2020
TWiP 186: Not rationing rationality
Aug 01, 2020
TWiP 185: Latrinalia
Jul 03, 2020
TWiP 184: The hunter gets captured by the game
Jun 06, 2020
TWiP 183: When they dry they die
May 08, 2020
TWiP 182: Super spreaders of science
Apr 11, 2020
TWiP 181: Daniel's drive-through
Mar 14, 2020
TWiP 180: A spleen palaver
Feb 08, 2020
TWiP 179: Verminous visitors
Jan 11, 2020
TWiP 178: The shadowlands of medicine
Dec 04, 2019
TWiP 177: A scabrous education
Nov 06, 2019
TWiP 176: Blood schmear
Oct 09, 2019
TWiP 175: None alone pathognomonic
Sep 04, 2019
TWiP 174: Fat cat
Aug 01, 2019
TWiP 173: Rose colored spots
Jul 13, 2019
TWiP 172: A painless lesion
Jun 14, 2019
TWiP 171: Better than a sharp stick in the eye
May 23, 2019
TWiP 170: A worm's eye view
May 08, 2019
TWiP 169: What goes on in the snail
Apr 11, 2019
TWiP 168: Kleptoparasitism and the stercoraceous souvenir
Mar 27, 2019
TWiP 167: The constipated mathematician
Feb 27, 2019
TWiP 166: From remote locations
Feb 16, 2019
TWiP 165: The sound of crackles
Jan 26, 2019
TWiP 164: Surf n' perf
Jan 12, 2019
TWiP 163: Trout and parasites
Dec 29, 2018
TWiP 162: That swollen parcel of dropsies
Nov 21, 2018
TWiP 161: All I need is a bit of skin
Nov 10, 2018
TWiP 160: Toddy tappers
Oct 10, 2018
TWiP 159: Loa and Loa but not gone
Sep 28, 2018
TWiP 158: Ant-appetising slime balls
Sep 14, 2018
TWiP 157: What a long, strange TWiP it's been
Aug 29, 2018
TWiP 156: The parasitic devil is in the details
Aug 08, 2018
TWiP 155: Miss Dickson
Jul 24, 2018
TWiP 154: A louse-y episode
Jun 27, 2018
TWiP 153: Ars longa, vita brevis
Jun 13, 2018
TWiP 152: A range of rads
May 26, 2018
TWiP 151: Indiscriminate bulk feeders
May 02, 2018
TWiP 150: Fast food
Apr 19, 2018
TWiP 149: Stranger in a strange land
Mar 22, 2018
TWiP 148: Weep and sweep
Mar 07, 2018
TWiP 147: The savvy physician tests the tissue
Feb 24, 2018
TWiP 146: Thus misspake Despommier
Jan 31, 2018
TWiP 145: Is it excreted or secreted?
Jan 17, 2018
TWiP 144: A blood-free snip
Dec 14, 2017
TWiP 143: There's a lot of worms out there
Nov 28, 2017
TWiP 142: Just a virus, go home
Nov 17, 2017
TWiP 141: Paratransgenesis
Oct 31, 2017
TWiP 140: Blasting Blastocystis
Oct 17, 2017
TWiP 139: Eggsactly, ova and ova
Sep 21, 2017
TWiP 138: Telmophages and the skin parasite landscape
Sep 06, 2017
TWiP 137: An aberrant encounter
Aug 12, 2017
TWiP 136: Daniel throws a softball
Jul 11, 2017
TWiP 135: Embryonated eggs of wisdom
Jun 21, 2017
TWiP 134: Does toxoplasma make you sexy?
May 24, 2017
TWiP 133: Tape test
May 13, 2017
TWiP 132: Salted crab som tum
Apr 29, 2017
TWiP 131: Entomophagy
Apr 15, 2017
TWiP 130: Paige Turner
Apr 01, 2017
TWiP 129: Human kindness, river blindness
Mar 15, 2017
TWiP 128: It's over 9000!
Mar 04, 2017
TWiP 127: Kava not Cava
Feb 15, 2017
TWiP 126: A virus walks into a parasite
Feb 04, 2017
TWiP 125: Third time's a charm
Jan 21, 2017
TWiP 124: RPAing with the tryps
Jan 05, 2017
TWiP 123: What we know is confusing
Dec 20, 2016
TWiP 122: If the thunder don't get you, the lightning will
Dec 06, 2016
TWiP 121: A parasite without borders
Nov 16, 2016
TWiP 120: When they die they calcify
Nov 10, 2016
TWiP 119: A kinder and gentler case
Oct 25, 2016
TWiP 118: Crispr capers with Toxoplasma
Oct 06, 2016
TWiP 117: Parasitic puzzles
Sep 26, 2016
TWiP 116: One drug to rule them all
Sep 11, 2016
TWiP 115: The Cuscuta Factor
Aug 27, 2016
TWiP 114: Plant potions perturb Plasmodium
Aug 12, 2016
TWiP 113: Flying pigs
Jul 23, 2016
TWiP 112: A NOD to a tricky helminth
Jun 25, 2016
TWiP 111: Bug bites
Jun 03, 2016
TWiP 110: Malaria at the Bronx Zoo
May 21, 2016
TWiP 109: Blame it on Mother
May 13, 2016
TWiP 108: B1 cells and Leishmania, insider traitors
Apr 23, 2016
TWiP 107: Parasites leave a bad taste in my gut
Apr 11, 2016
TWiP 106: Trematode stormtroopers in snail wars
Mar 26, 2016
TWiP 105: Survival of the fattest
Mar 12, 2016
TWiP 104: La maladie du sommeil
Feb 27, 2016
TWiP 103: Scroll down, please
Feb 13, 2016
TWiP 102: Nursing eosinophils
Feb 06, 2016
TWiP 101: Is it round or is it flat?
Jan 23, 2016
TWiP 100: Driving past a milestone
Jan 09, 2016
TWiP 99: You get your polar bear from your nana
Dec 05, 2015
TWiP 98: Resistance is not futile
Oct 31, 2015
TWiP 97: The seven year itch
Oct 17, 2015
TWiP 96: Salivary pharmacopeia
Oct 03, 2015
TWiP 95: Arsenic and Leishmania
Sep 19, 2015
TWiP 94: Loa hanging fruit
Sep 05, 2015
TWiP 93: A fishy tale unfolds
Aug 08, 2015
TWiP 92: Kleptohaemodeipnonism
Jul 04, 2015
TWiP 91: Born to deform
Jun 20, 2015
TWiP 90: A carbuncle is a large furuncle
May 30, 2015
TWiP 89: Day TWiPers
May 16, 2015
TWiP 88: French foreign lesion
May 02, 2015
TWiP 87: Stumped by pinworm
Apr 21, 2015
TWiP 86: Worms Loa the immune response to mycobacteria
Mar 29, 2015
TWiP 85: Channeling tryps
Mar 14, 2015
TWiP 84: Bigfoot
Feb 28, 2015
TWiP 83: Hidden costs of infection
Feb 23, 2015
TWiP 82: A NOD to helminths
Feb 07, 2015
TWiP 81: Living in a wormy world
Jan 24, 2015
TWiP 80: Daniel in the parasites' den
Jan 08, 2015
TWiP 79: Across the river and into the trees
Nov 22, 2014
TWiP 78: Eau de rodent
Oct 29, 2014
TWiP 77: Mixed messages
Sep 19, 2014
TWiP 76: Herpesvirus worms its way out
Sep 02, 2014
TWiP 75: Parasite wonders with Bobbi Pritt
Jul 21, 2014
TWiP 74: Nature has all the answers, what is your question?
Jul 04, 2014
TWiP 73: I'm nibbling my way back to you
Jun 13, 2014
TWiP 72: Wormholes
May 24, 2014
TWiP 71: Happy trails to you
May 10, 2014
TWiP 70: Invasion of the swamp eels
Apr 12, 2014
TWiP 69: Malaria rising
Mar 29, 2014
TWiP 68: Sex and the single trypanosome
Mar 08, 2014
TWiP 67: They find each other delightful
Feb 22, 2014
TWiP 66: A nitrile warhead for Chagas disease
Feb 08, 2014
TWiP 65: The real world wide web
Jan 13, 2014
TWiP 64: Three new ways to prevent malaria
Dec 19, 2013
TWiP 63: Plasmodium of the apes
Nov 12, 2013
TWiP 62: More bats out of hell
Nov 01, 2013
TWiP 61: Some creep crept into the crypt and crapped
Oct 15, 2013
TWiP 60: Urine a game of cat and mouse
Sep 25, 2013
TWiP 59: Apicomplexity
Sep 09, 2013
TWiP 58: People, parasites, and plowshares
Aug 09, 2013
TWiP 57: An outbreak of cyclosporiasis
Jul 20, 2013
TWiP 56: Whirling disease
Jul 03, 2013
TWiP 55: A ladybird's weapon
Jun 15, 2013
TWiP 54: Unde venis?
May 23, 2013
TWiP 53: Anti-saliva immunity
Apr 20, 2013
TWiP 52: Not your ordinary unsegmented roundworm
Mar 16, 2013
TWiP 51: Modifying mosquitoes with Anthony A. James
Mar 02, 2013
TWiP 50: Antagonism in the mosquito midgut
Feb 16, 2013
TWiP 49: Making sense of toxo and heme
Jan 26, 2013
TWiP 48: A parasitic cloaking device
Dec 18, 2012
TWiP 47: For whom the trich tolls
Nov 28, 2012
TWiP 46: Malaria gets the (zinc) finger
Oct 17, 2012
TWiP 45: Free range Toxoplasma with John Boothroyd
Sep 26, 2012
TWiP 44: Parasites provide a cricket subsidy for trout
Sep 07, 2012
TWiP 43: Two remarkable host-parasite conflicts
Aug 23, 2012
TWiP 42: The tick keeps on ticking
Aug 10, 2012
TWiP 41: Flying and crawling beasts
Jun 27, 2012
TWiP 40: Doctor, there's a worm in my eye!
May 17, 2012
TWiP 39: I encyst, said the amoeba
Apr 26, 2012
TWiP 38: How to Trichomonas
Apr 03, 2012
TWiP 37: Dracunculiasis
Feb 19, 2012
TWiP 36: Trichuris and microbes plan a hatch
Feb 01, 2012
TWiP 35: Malaria control with David Fidock
Jan 13, 2012
TWiP #34 - Up against the Wolbachia
Dec 13, 2011
TWiP #33 - Hide and seek
Nov 24, 2011
TWiP #32: Evasive trypanosomes and schistosomes
Nov 08, 2011
TWiP #31 - A malaria vaccine
Oct 21, 2011
TWiP #30 - Global infectious disease control with Charles Knirsch
Sep 15, 2011
TWiP #29 - Neglected tropical diseases with Peter Hotez
Aug 23, 2011
TWiP #28 - Medical entomology with Robert W. Gwadz
Jul 26, 2011
TWiP #27 - Trematodes
Jun 22, 2011
TWiP #26 - The schistosomes
May 27, 2011
TWiP #25 - Wuchereria bancrofti
Apr 28, 2011
TWiP #24 - Onchocerca volvulus, a vector-borne, filarial nematode
Mar 31, 2011
TWiP #23 - Strongyloides sterocoralis, a most unusual parasite
Mar 03, 2011
TWiP 22 - Hookworm
Feb 09, 2011
TWiP #21 - The giant intestinal worm, Ascaris lumbricoides
Jan 20, 2011
TWiP #20 - The whipworm Trichuris trichiura
Dec 17, 2010
TWiP #19 - Enterobius vermicularis, the pinworm
Nov 20, 2010
TWiP #18 - Cryptosporidium
Oct 27, 2010
TWiP #17 - Entamoeba histolytica
Oct 06, 2010
TWiP #16: Giardia
Sep 24, 2010
TWiP #15: Tryp the light fantastic
Sep 09, 2010
TWiP #14 - Leishmania
Aug 12, 2010
TWiP #13 - Toxoplasmosis
Jul 15, 2010
TWiP #12 - Toxoplasma gondii
Jun 18, 2010
TWiP #11 - One times three million
Jun 02, 2010
TWiP #10 - Plasmodium life cycle
May 20, 2010
TWiP #9 - Mala aria
May 06, 2010
TWiP #8 - Frog legs and parasite tales
Apr 22, 2010
TWiP #7 - Tapeworms are fantastic!
Apr 09, 2010
TWiP #6 - Tapeworms, the long and short of it
Mar 25, 2010
TWiP #5 - The nurse cell
Mar 04, 2010
TWiP #4 - Trichinella life cycle
Jan 30, 2010
TWiP #3 - Trichinella spiralis
Dec 27, 2009
TWiP #2 - General parasitism
Dec 01, 2009
TWiP #1 - Introduction to parasitism
Nov 13, 2009