Download the latest newsletter ASP newsletter Vol 35.1 April 2024 (https://www.parasite.org.au/publications/newsletters/) for all the latest news in parasitology. In this newsletter: Register and submit your abstract for Parasites in the Pacific 2024 Conference, University of Auckland, New Zealand, 26 – 29 August before the early-bird deadline 26 May 2024 (NZST) 2024 Australian Society for Parasitology…
Download the latest newsletter for some holiday cheer ASP newsletter December 2023 Vol 34.2 for (https://www.parasite.org.au/publications/newsletters/) for all the latest news in parasitology. In this newsletter: Read all about the 2023 ASP Annual Conference and see the photos, plus interviews with our prize winners! Save the date for Parasites in the Pacific 2024, University of Auckland,…
Download the ASP newsletter June 2023 Vol 34.1 for all the latest news in parasitology. In this newsletter (https://www.parasite.org.au/publications/newsletters/) : Read all about the 2023 ASP Annual Conference which will take place 5-8 September, DoubleTree by Hilton Esplanade, Darwin NT. The 2023 Australian Society for Parasitology Annual General Meeting will be held on Wednesday 6th September (https://www.parasite.org.au/the-society/join-the-asp-council/)…
Congratulations to Jack Ingelbrecht, Murdoch University for his presentation “A new microbothriid monogenean Dermopristis pterophilus n. sp. from the skin of the Critically Endangered green sawfish Pristis zijsron Bleeker, 1851 (Batoidea: Pristidae) in Western Australia” winning Best 15 Minute Talk presented by a student 2022 ASP Conference 4-7 July, Cairns. Congratulations to Samantha Gunasekera, Murdoch University for her presentation…
Congratulations to 2022 Fellow of the Australian Society for Parasitology, David Emery! David has made an outstanding contribution to parasitology and parasite immunopathology through his extensive scientific publications, his role as a teacher at the University of Sydney and his role within the Society. David has published 135 papers in refereed journals and ten book…
Congratulations to 2022 Fellow of the Australian Society for Parasitology, Donald McManus! Don received his PhD in 1973 from the University of Wales, UK, and was awarded a DSc in 1996 from that same Institution. After the award of his PhD, Don was appointed as a Research Fellow and Lecturer at Imperial College in London,…
Congratulations to Professor Tania de Koning-Ward who was awarded the 2022 Bancroft-Mackerras Medal for Excellence from the Australian Society for Parasitology. Professor Tania de Koning-Ward has made a substantial contribution to knowledge in the field of malaria, in particular to understanding the molecular basis for key events in the parasite’s life-cycle. The work has the…
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 Carolyn A. Behm was President of the ASP in 1992 and 1993, the first woman to hold the position. Carolyn Behm received a BSc (Hons)…
Congratulations to 2021 Fellow of the Australian Society for Parasitology, David Jenkins! David Jenkins is Associate Professor (Veterinary Parasitology), School of Animal and Veterinary Sciences, Charles Sturt University and Part-time lecturer in parasitology, Research School of Biology, Australian National University. David Jenkins began what is now a 40+ year career as a parasitologist, beginning in…
Congratulations to 2021 Fellow of the Australian Society for Parasitology, Una Ryan! Una Ryan is Professor in Biochemistry at the School of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences at Murdoch University. Professor Una Ryan is an internationally recognised expert in molecular epidemiology of protozoan parasites and vector-borne diseases and she is the leader of the Vector and…