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TWiP 254: Our hero Dickson

  • March 9, 2025
  • Tagged as: antigenic variation, Dickson Despommier, parasite, parasitism, parasitology, tissue spaces, Trypanosoma brucei

TWiP explains a study which finds that tissue spaces are reservoirs of antigenic diversity for Trypanosoma brucei, then remembers our departed colleague Dickson Despommier. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Daniel Griffin, and Christina Naula  Click arrow to…

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TWiP 161: All I need is a bit of skin

  • November 10, 2018
  • Tagged as: antigenic variation, Chagas disease, chromatin, chromosome conformation capture, Hi-C, histone, nucleosome, parasite, parasitism, parasitology, Trypanosoma cruzi, trypanosome, variant surface glycoprotein

The TWiPsters solve the case of the Brazilian Immigrant With Heart Problems, and describe how genome organization controls trypanosome antigenic variation.

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TWiP 87: Stumped by pinworm

  • April 21, 2015
  • Tagged as: antigenic variation, case study, parasite, parasitism, pinworm, T. brucei, trypanosome

Vincent, Dickson, and Daniel review new insight into antigenic variation in trypanosomes, reveal the difficult solution to the last case study, and present another mystery for your solving.

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