Please download the latest ASP newsletter to read at your leisure over the Easter holiday period (www.parasite.org.au/publications/newsletters/ ), Vol 32.1 Issue 1 March 2021, it’s packed with news about our conference and AGM and some fabulous news updates from our researchers and Journals with some truly stunning images. In this newsletter: 2021 ASP Annual General…
Join our online ASP Seminar Series with Siobhon Egan from Murdoch University, speaking speaking on “What’s in the wildlife? Surveillance of ticks and their associated microbes in Australian wildlife.” and Bonnie Derne, from Flinders University, speaking on “Of parasites and pygmy bluetongues: An investigation of parasite and gut microbiota dynamics following a wildlife translocation.” with…
Happy International Women’s Day 2021. This week we celebrate #WomenInSTEM and our awesome #womeninparasitology their achievements and how they are changing the world one parasite at a time! #IWD2021 Dr Mabel Josephine Mackerras (1896-1971) was was an Australian parasitologist, zoologist and entomologist. She made contributions to the study of the blood parasites of Australian marine…
Watch the second ASP Climate Focus Series: Seminar “Parasites and Climate” with Dr Andreas Stroehlein from The University of Melbourne on Thursday 4th March, 1:00pm – 2:00pm (AEDT). Dr Andreas Stroehlein is a Postdoctoral Researcher in Parasite Genetics & Genomics within the Melbourne Veterinary School, Faculty of Veterinary and Agricultural Sciences at The University of…
Survey for academics using the e-textbook for teaching On behalf of The Australian Society for Parasitology (ASP), and Professors Beveridge and Emery, editors of the “Australasian Animal Parasites Inside and Out”, we are seeking feedback from those who have used this textbook in their teaching on how to improve the first edition before producing a second…
Join the ASM Victorian branch and Doherty Institute for the annual ASP Parasitology and Tropical Medicine Special Interest Group meeting 11 March 2021, 630 – 800 pm (AEDT) either face-to-face or virtually through Zoom. The program includes case study presentations by Dr Lauren McShane (NT); Dr Eddie Chan (St Vincent’s Hosp.); Dr Andrew Gador-Whyte (Geelong…
We have opened the Researcher Exchange, Travel and Training Award including a JD Smyth Postgraduate Travel Award scheme and the deadline for applications is 31st March 2021. In light of the COVID-19 outbreak worldwide we have updated the Travel Award guidelines and the application form, so please ensure that you read the updated guidelines before…