Episode 3 of ASP Parasite Podcast: What’s eating you? Cryptosporidium has dropped! Join our “What’s eating you?” podcast hosts Dr Sarah Preston, from Federation University Australia, Lisa Jones, from the ASP and visiting comedian, Alexandra Hudson as they question, quiz, and grill Professor Una Ryan, our expert parasitologist from the ASP. Professor Una Ryan is…
Warm wishes for a happy holiday and a joyful New Year! Penguins are featured on our e-card and you can find out about parasites in penguins and other wildlife in our ASP journal IJP Parasites and Wildlife, one of a suite of Elsevier Parasitology Journals, International Journal for Parasitology; IJP Drugs and Drug Resistance and…
Join us in Melbourne for the ASP Annual Conference 2025, 30 June – 3 July 2025. The 2025 Australian Society for Parasitology (ASP) Annual Conference will be held from Monday June 30th to Thursday July 3rd, 2025, at Melbourne Connect, Melbourne, Victoria. Join us to discuss the latest research and state-of-the-art technologies in parasitology. The…
Episode 2 of ASP Parasite Podcast: What’s eating you? is all about Feral Pig parasites has dropped! Join our “What’s eating you?” podcast hosts Dr Sarah Preston, from Federation University Australia, Lisa Jones, from the ASP and visiting comedian, Alexandra Hudson as they question, quiz, and grill Dr Narelle Dybing, our expert parasitologist from the…
Join our “What’s eating you?” podcast hosts Dr Sarah Preston, from Federation University Australia, Lisa Jones, from the ASP and visiting comedian, Alexandra Hudson as they question, quiz, and grill our expert parasitologists from the ASP. Is it headlice that’s making your head itch? Or Cryptosporidium giving you a dodgy tummy? And was that a…
Download the latest newsletter ASP newsletter Vol 35.2 October 2024 (https://www.parasite.org.au/publications/newsletters/) for all the latest news in parasitology. In this newsletter: Report and photos from the Parasites in the Pacific 2024 Conference, University of Auckland, New Zealand, 26 – 29 August 2024 Australian Society for Parasitology AGM and the results of the ASP Council election,…
Join our online ASP Seminar Series Friday 15th November 2024, 4pm AEDT, featuring Elise Ringwaldt, University of Tasmania presenting “The epidemiology of rumpwear in common brushtail possums: insights from visual clinical signs, camera trapping, and machine-learning” and Long Huynh, The University of Melbourne presenting “Cytostome formation in artemisinin resistant Plasmodium parasites” with co-chairs Jill Chmielewski,…
Join our online ASP Seminar Series Friday 18th October 2024, 1pm AEDT, featuring Arkasha Sadhewa, Menzies School of Health Research and Charles Darwin University presenting “Performance of Quantitative Point-of-Care Tests to measure G6PD activity: An Individual Participant Data Meta-Analysis” with co-chairs Jill Chmielewski, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute and Emma McHugh, University of Melbourne. Please…
Congratulations to our 2024 ASP Student Prize winners at the Parasites in the Pacific Conference in Auckland! Winners from left to right: Xavier Barton (Murdoch Uni) Best 15-min presentation, Ashleigh Peck (Murdoch University) Best 5-min presentation, Jessica Home (University of Melbourne) Best overall conference presentation, Ashton Kelly (University of Queensland) Runner-up for Best 15-min presentation,…
Congratulations to the following ASP Council representatives were elected at the ASP AGM on Wednesday 28 August 445pm NZST. President-Elect, 2024 Aaron Jex has been elected into the position of President-Elect, 2024. He was nominated by ASP members Clare Anstead and Robin Gasser. Treasurer, 2023 Hayley Rugarabamu (nee Bullen) has been elected into the position of Treasurer,…