Congratulations to recently graduated PhD student Melanie Ridgway for winning the 2023 John Frederick Adrian Sprent Prize for her PhD thesis “Sex specific biology of Plasmodium falciparum”. Melanie studied Life Sciences as an Excellence-Major Scholar at Université Pierre et Marie Curie in Paris. For her Honours research project supervised by Dr. Adele Lehane and Prof.…
Congratulations to 2024 Fellow of the Australian Society for Parasitology, Peter Rolfe! Peter Rolfe is one those “busy bees” of parasitological experience and contribution, utilising expertise learned and gained from a variety of “parasitological pursuits and postings” and flitting from project to project, fertilising R, D & E operations with incisive research contributions and managerial…
Congratulations to 2024 Fellow of the Australian Society for Parasitology, Shokoofeh Shamsi! Professor Shokoofeh Shamsi has been a member of the Society for over 20 years. After completing a Bachelors and Masters Degrees in Iran she moved to Australia and was awarded a PhD for research in fish parasitology from the University of Melbourne in…
Congratulations to Professor Alex Maier who was awarded the 2024 Bridget Ogilvie Medal from the Australian Society for Parasitology. Alex Maier is Professor at the Research School of Biology at the Australian National University in Canberra. Through functional genomic, cell biological and biochemical approaches he is trying to untangle the molecular machinery underlying key survival…
Congratulations to Professor Jake Baum who was awarded the 2024 Bancroft-Mackerras Medal for Excellence from the Australian Society for Parasitology. Professor Jake Baum is a leading figure in parasitology, known for his groundbreaking work on malaria parasite biology, vaccine design, drug discovery, and diagnostic innovation. He began his career with significant contributions to host-pathogen coevolution…
Happy National NAIDOC week! NAIDOC celebrations are held around Australia each July to celebrate the history, culture and achievements of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. NAIDOC Week is an opportunity for all Australians to learn about First Nations cultures and histories and participate in celebrations of the oldest, continuous living cultures on earth. Keep…
Join our online ASP Seminar Series Friday 19th July 2024, 1pm AEST, featuring Capella Maguire, Australian National University presenting “Exploring redundancies in central carbon metabolism in Toxoplasma parasites” and Lizenn Delisle, Cawthron Institute, New Zealand presenting “Health Challenges in Aquaculture: A Perkinsus olseni in Green-lipped Mussel case study”, with co-chairs Jill Chmielewski, Walter and Eliza…
Join us for a two-week course at UQ’s Moreton Bay Research Station offering students a unique opportunity to work with prominent Australian parasitologists and learn state-of-the-art research techniques. The next Concepts in Parasitology (CiP) course will take place between Sunday 24th November and Friday 6th December 2024. To apply complete the course application form online.…
Join our online ASP Seminar Series Friday 14th June 2024, 1pm AEST, featuring Maxine Smith, James Cook University presenting “A potential helminth-derived therapeutic for early life inflammatory bowel disease” and Lucas Huggins, The University of Melbourne presenting “Advanced diagnostic tools for the detection of vector-borne pathogens – from development to deployment “, with co-chairs Jill…
International Symposium on Fish Parasites in Mexico 20-24 January 2025 Fish Health, Parasites and Biodiversity Conservation. https://isfpxi.com/ The event will also include the Acanthocephala workshop, and the Horizon Scanning workshop, and a mini-symposium on Parasite Conservation. Invited Speakers: Isabel Blasco-Costa, Natural History Museum of Geneva, Switzerland. Topic: Parasite biodiversity and eco-evolution in aquatic systems Gabriela…