THE SEARCH BEGINS FOR AUSTRALIA’S NEXT CONSTELLATION OF #SuperstarsofSTEM A nationwide search begins today for the next 60 Superstars of STEM – brilliant women in science, technology, engineering and mathematics who want to step into the spotlight as media stars. Minister for Industry, Science and Technology Karen Andrews will launch the next round of applications…
In 2019, the ASP recognised the importance and urgency of the climate crisis by becoming the first scientific society to declare a Climate & Ecological Emergency. As part of this, we would like to draw our member’s attention to the current UniSuper Divest campaign. What is the UniSuper Divest campaign? UniSuper is the default superannuation…
Congratulations to 2020 Fellow of the Australian Society for Parasitology, David Piedrafita! David Piedrafita is Associate Professor and Associate Dean for Research at Federation University in Victoria. David obtained a BSc Hons in 1991 from ANU and a PhD in 1996 in Parasite Immunology from La Trobe University. In 1997, David was awarded a prestigious…
Congratulations to 2020 Fellow of the Australian Society for Parasitology, Katherine Andrews! Professor Katherine Andrews is head of the Tropical Parasitology Group at the Griffith Institute for Drug Discovery and currently Acting Director of the Institute. She obtained a BSc Hons in 1990 and a PhD in 1998 in Microbiology from Griffith University. Katherine conducted…
Congratulations to recently graduated PhD student Kathryn Parker for winning the 2020 John Frederick Adrian Sprent Prize. Apicomplexans rely on plasma membrane-localised transporter proteins to take up essential nutrients from their host. Although nutrient uptake is essential for parasite proliferation and virulence, the transporter proteins that mediate the uptake of many essential nutrients, including amino…
Congratulations to Dr. Katja Fischer who was awarded the 2020 Bancroft-Mackerras Medal for Excellence from the Australian Society for Parasitology. Katja Fischer heads the Scabies laboratory at the QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute in Brisbane. She completed a Diploma in Biology/Parasitology in 1991 from the University of Freiburg, Germany and in 1998 completed her PhD…
We are thrilled to announce that Rebecca Traub has been elected for the position of President-Elect at the ASP AGM, 29 July 2020, she was nominated by Barbara Nowak and Una Ryan. Professor Rebecca Traub was awarded the John Frederick Adrian Sprent Prize of the Australian Society for Parasitology in 2005, for her outstanding PhD…
Parasitravaganza 2020 – Join us for an online Parasite Fest! Friday 31st July 2020 from 1-6pm AEST online Hear from our dynamic students and early career researchers as they discuss the latest research and state-of-the-art technologies in parasitology. We hope you will join us for our inaugural ASP online conference; all of the talks for…
The 2020 Annual General Meeting for the Australian Society for Parasitology Inc. will take place as an on online Zoom meeting on Wednesday 29th July, 2 – 5pm AEST. Please register in advance for this meeting, check your Membership email for the registration link or email the Secretary (secretary@parasite.org.au). Please see the agenda and reports for…
Download the latest ASP newsletter (www.parasite.org.au/publications/newsletters/), Vol 31 Issue 3 April 2020 The photo on the cover of the latest ASP newsletter may well summarise how many of us felt during the lock down (and may still feel). COVID 19 continues to challenge our research, with access to laboratories and field work limited by the social…