This Week in Parasitism
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This Week in Parasitism

by Vincent Racaniello

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.

100 episodes
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1
Travel history is the key
1:16:39 Mar 23, 2026
2
Novel malaria vector control
42:13 Mar 12, 2026
3
Four tablets for bloating
47:42 Feb 17, 2026
4
TIntestinal parasites in dogs
1:05:42 Feb 6, 2026
5
Don't look and you won't find
57:34 Jan 15, 2026
6
The silent lesion
49:58 Dec 23, 2025
7
They bake my noodle
56:40 Nov 28, 2025
8
Peripatetic Martin Grobusch
1:03:54 Nov 21, 2025
9
A loyal parasite
1:00:07 Nov 9, 2025
10
It dropped from her scalp
54:26 Oct 21, 2025
11
Wraps and ivermectin for malaria
1:00:52 Oct 6, 2025
12
Things that jump are cleaner than things that squat
40:53 Sep 26, 2025
13
Toxoplasma changes your brain
43:53 Aug 29, 2025
14
Tick-tock
57:40 Aug 21, 2025
15
Do schistosomes affect behavior?
1:03:52 Jul 29, 2025
16
A case for Dr. Hickam
1:12:14 Jul 4, 2025
17
Daily rhythms
1:05:37 Jun 24, 2025
18
Know your knowlesi
57:16 Jun 2, 2025
19
The deeper, the rounder
1:02:39 May 13, 2025
20
Malaya and Malaysia
51:03 Apr 20, 2025
21
Amazing antimalarial drug resistance
1:02:55 Apr 4, 2025
22
Katayama fever
56:45 Mar 22, 2025
23
Our hero Dickson
1:00:47 Mar 9, 2025
24
Sub-Saharan somnolence
1:01:47 Feb 22, 2025
25
For malaria vaccine, mosquito is the needle
54:27 Feb 10, 2025
26
Case of the facial ulcer
57:29 Jan 17, 2025
27
Gut bacteria help Trichinella suppress colitis
51:46 Jan 3, 2025
28
A virus and a parasite
55:48 Dec 20, 2024
29
Toxoplasma reduces Alzheimer's disease
1:06:59 Dec 6, 2024
30
Manhattan mystery malady
58:29 Nov 18, 2024
31
Everything spiral: a worm in a hurry
1:23:52 Nov 1, 2024
32
Flying purple people eater with Ben LaBrot
1:16:22 Oct 18, 2024
33
Engineering Toxoplasma
49:41 Oct 5, 2024
34
Don't blame it on Mexico
1:06:23 Sep 20, 2024
35
Worms impair COVID vaccines
47:39 Sep 6, 2024
36
There once was a patient from China
1:14:57 Aug 19, 2024
37
A daily history of malaria with Sean Murphy
57:17 Aug 2, 2024
38
Cryptosporidiosis from NYC tap water in an AIDS patient
30:49 Jul 19, 2024
39
Eliminating sleeping sickness
1:36:53 Jul 5, 2024
40
Pass the venison, deer with Marilyn Fabbri
57:01 Jun 21, 2024
41
Prime-and-trap vaccine for malaria
1:12:40 Jun 1, 2024
42
The case of the regurgitated wriggler
1:15:38 May 17, 2024
43
Hookworms and a leech - parasites suck!
1:22:35 May 4, 2024
44
Cryptosporidium not cryptocurrency
1:20:43 Apr 19, 2024
45
Lives of Wolbachia
53:50 Apr 5, 2024
46
Scotch in drink and tape
55:59 Mar 31, 2024
47
Healing cutaneous leishmaniasis with Maria Adelaida Gomez
1:00:47 Mar 1, 2024
48
The very hungry flatworm
1:02:53 Feb 27, 2024
49
Parasitic fountain of youth
1:08:48 Feb 6, 2024
50
Alpha-gal syndrome
1:38:53 Jan 20, 2024
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