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…
ASP members and new recruits are invited to a face-to-face, family-friendly, free ASP social event after a very long and difficult year under strict COVID restrictions on Thursday 11th March 430-6pm AEDT at the Melbourne Royal Botanic Gardens. This event aims to bring current members and attract new members together in a relaxed environment with…
Festive Greetings from the ASP! Please download the latest ASP newsletter to read at your leisure over the holiday period (www.parasite.org.au/publications/newsletters/ ), Vol 31 Issue 5 December 2020, it’s packed with fabulous stories from our researchers and Journals with some truly stunning images. In this newsletter: ASP Climate-Focus seminar series and our first event “Sustainability…
Applications are now open for new STEM Ambassadors to join the STA STEM Ambassadors program in 2021. A further 27 MPs & Senators wish to participate next year, building on the 24 MPs involved in the first two years of the program. The goal of this program is to build on the success of Science…
On behalf of the ASP Council I would like to wish you all Season’s Greetings and Happy New Year! ASP President, Prof Barbara Nowak, University of Tasmania Image Chromis nitida fish with Anilocra pomacentri parasite attached copyright Robert D. Adlard 1986. On our Season’s Greetings card the fish is the Shining Puller, Chromis nitida, and…
Read the latest Trends in Parasitology article about Education in Parasitology and access the resources online! Abdul Jabbar, Charles G. Gauci, Clare A. Anstead, Parasitology Education Before and After the COVID-19 Pandemic, Trends in Parasitology, 2020, ISSN 1471-4922, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pt.2020.10.009. (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1471492220302944) sharelink to article https://authors.elsevier.com/a/1c3iB5Eb1x5BPW © 2020 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.