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TWiP 46: Malaria gets the (zinc) finger

TWiP 46: Malaria gets the (zinc) finger

FromThis Week in Parasitism


TWiP 46: Malaria gets the (zinc) finger

FromThis Week in Parasitism

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Length:
64 minutes
Released:
Oct 17, 2012
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello and Dickson Despommier
Vincent and Dickson meet with Judith Straimer and Marcus Lee to discuss their method for site-specific genome editing in Plasmodium falciparumusing zinc finger nucleases.
Right-click to download TWiP #46 (46 MB .mp3, 64 minutes).
Links for this episode:

Judith Straimer and Marcus Lee
Genome editing in P. falciparum with zinc finger nucleases (Nature Methods)
Zinc finger nucleases (Sigma-Aldrich)
Gene-editing nucleases (Nature Methods)
Illustration by Andrew Lee

Contact
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Released:
Oct 17, 2012
Format:
Podcast episode

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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.