
About this podcast
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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This Week in Parasitism
About this podcast
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.
Latest episodeTWiP 287: A Vaccine Against Schistosomiasis? SchistoShield Heads to Phase 2
Recent episodes
- TWiP 286: Pinworms keep coming back! How to stop reinfection in your home27 Aug · 1 h 12 min
- TWiP 285: Why Is Cyclospora So Hard to Contain? Parasitologists Explain the 2026 US Outbreak6 Aug · 53 min
- TWiP 284: It's not the pork27 Jul · 51 min
- TWiP 283: Warming up to cryptosporidiosis7 Jul · 1 h 01 min
- TWiP 282: Does he live in New York?24 Jun · 54 min
- TWiP 281: Ants under the influence22 Jun · 58 min
- TWiP 280: The wriggling diagnosis29 May · 57 min
- TWiP 279: Tolling for hookworms1 May · 51 min
- TWiP 278: Trichinella from eating bear eyeballs24 Apr · 56 min
- TWiP 277: Rif-ing on river blindness21 Apr · 1 h 04 min