Australian Society for Parasitology (ASP) stands with #BlackLivesMatter and #AboriginalLivesMatter movements to end racism, injustice and inequality.

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The Australian Society for Parasitology (ASP) stands with #BlackLivesMatter and #AboriginalLivesMatter movements to end racism, injustice and inequality. The ASP operates on the basis of Inclusivity Principles (PRINCIPLES, BY-LAWS AND GUIDELINES FOR AWARDS, GRANTS, JOURNALS, COMMITTEES AND ARCHIVES OF THE AUSTRALIAN SOCIETY FOR PARASITOLOGY INC.), which means ASP recognises that we operate in a diverse…

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COVID-19 Expert Database

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The Australian Academy of Science has launched a national COVID-19 Expert Database. The database is championed by Australia’s Chief Scientist, Dr Alan Finkel AO. They are calling on experts from a broad range of fields who can contribute to the national and global effort to tackle and recover from COVID-19 to register on this database.…

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Postponed: Researcher Exchange, Travel and Training and JD Smyth Postgraduate Student Travel Awards March 2020 round postponed until September 2020

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In light of the COVID-19 outbreak worldwide we regret to announce that the March 2020 round of the Researcher Exchange, Travel and Training and JD Smyth Postgraduate Student Travel Awards will be postponed until September 2020, if the situation allows. We can’t fund travel whilst the COVID-19 outbreak is happening. We hope that all applicants…

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Volunteers to assist with COVID-19 testing

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The Australian Society for Microbiology (ASM) is putting together a database of qualified people who are willing to be called upon in case of a potential staff shortage to assist with COVID-19 testing (or any other requests required) at hospitals or any other diagnostics lab across Australia. This database will be shared with local public…

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The Mike Bull Award for Early Career Nature Scientists

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The Fund The late Professor Mike Bull made a notable contribution to the scientific community, such as the first published record of monogamy in a reptile, the sleepy lizard (aka shingleback lizard, bobtail lizard). He mentored around 50 PhD students and numerous researchers over the course of his career, contributing over 320 research papers to…

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Celebrating International Women’s Day 2020 #womeninparasitology #womeninSTEM

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We celebrate our Extraordinary women in parasitology on International Women’s Day, March 8th, 2020. #EachforEqual This image shows just a fraction of the many incredible women who work in parasitology. Celebrating women’s achievements and increasing visibility, while calling out inequality, is key. The ASP recognises and values the wealth of talent, creativity and discoveries achieved by…

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2020 ASP & ISFPX Conference in Cairns – register and submit your abstract before the deadlines

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Join us in Cairns this July for the joint meeting of the Australian Society for Parasitology (ASP) Annual Conference and the 10th International Symposium for Fish Parasitology (ISFPX). The Conference will take place at the Shangri-La Hotel Cairns, Australia from 6-9 July 2020. www.isfpx.org Register and submit your abstract online www.conftool.org/parasitology2020/ before abstract submission closes…

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