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TWiP 262: Do schistosomes affect behavior?

July 29, 2025
Tagged as: behavior, Dickson Despommier, gut-brain axis, microbiome, parasite, parasitism, parasitology, schistosome

TWiP reviews research suggesting that schistosome infection affect behavior through the gut-brain axis, and Chuck Knirsch joins to reminisce about Dickson Despommier. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Daniel Griffin, and Christina Naula Guest: Chuck Knirsch Click arrow…

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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 53: Anti-saliva immunity

April 20, 2013
Tagged as: Dickson Despommier, leishmania, leishmaniasis, Lutzomyia longipalpis, parasite, parasitism, saliva, sandfly, twip

Vincent and Dickson discuss the finding that immunity to a sandfly salivary protein protects against fatal visceral leishmaniasis in hamsters.

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TWiP 262: Do schistosomes affect behavior?

TWiP 254: Our hero Dickson

TWiP 53: Anti-saliva immunity

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