Upcoming events
Join our online ASP Seminar Series Nick Fountain-Jones from The University of Tasmania speaking about “‘Can wildlife management impact microparasite transmission and evolution? Lessons learned from hunting big cats” and Emma Halliwell from La Trobe University speaking about “Diagnostics for the identification of worm resistant sheep.” with co-chairs Sarah Preston (Federation University) and Stuart Ralph…
Join our online ASP Seminar Series Michelle Clark from WEHI speaking about “‘Unleishing’ cell death: Cellular inhibitors of apoptosis are an effective therapeutic target for the treatment of Leishmania donovani” and Steven Kho from Menzies Institute speaking about “A novel endosplenic Plasmodium lifecycle in chronic malaria” with co-chairs Sarah Preston (Federation University) and Stuart Ralph…
Are all parasites “gross” and bad? How many parasites are out there? Why are parasitologists so crazy about parasites? Watch the free UN Parasite Biodiversity Day Presentations that took place online 15 & 16 October from 10am – 2pm AEDT. In celebration of U.N. Biodiversity Conference COP 15, Global Parasitologist Coalition presents this eight-session event…
ASP Climate Focus Series: Seminar 3 “Carbon Neutral Conferences” Watch the ASP Climate Focus Series: Seminar 3 “Carbon Neutral Conferences” with Associate Professor Justin Boddey which took place on Thursday 9th September, 1:00pm – 2:00pm (AEST) Associate Professor Justin Boddey from the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute delivered a fabulous seminar in our ASP Climate…
Join our online ASP Seminar Series with Roland Ruscher from James Cook University, speaking about “High throughput screening of hookworm secreted proteins reveals novel anti-inflammatory biologics” and Muhammad Noman Naseem from University of Queensland speaking about “Buffalo fly lesions; are Stephanofilaria to blame?” with co-chairs Sarah Preston (Federation University) and Ali Raza (University of Queensland).…
Happy National NAIDOC week! NAIDOC celebrations are held around Australia each July to celebrate the history, culture and achievements of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. #HealCountry is the 2021 NAIDOC theme Heal Country! – calls for stronger measures to recognise, protect, and maintain all aspects of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander culture and heritage.…
Join our online ASP Seminar Series with Cecilia Power from RMIT, Melbourne, speaking about “Bloody flukes – a look at aporocotylids from cultured Southern bluefin tuna” and Emily Crisafulli from The University of Melbourne speaking about “Drug interactions in malaria parasites: Australia’s leading malaria prophylactic behaves antagonistically with a front-line antimalarial” with our co-chairs Stuart…
The 2021 Annual General Meeting for the Australian Society for Parasitology Inc. will take place as an on online Zoom meeting on Thursday 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). The agenda and reports for this…
Parasitravaganza 2021 – Join us for the 2021 ASP online conference, our second Parasite Fest! Wednesday 23rd – Friday 25th June 2021 online via Zoom Join us to discuss the latest research and state-of-the-art technologies in parasitology. Student and Early Career Researchers are invited to an Early Career Researcher event so please add this event…
#Malaria is a life-threatening disease caused by parasites that are transmitted to people through the bites of infected female Anopheles mosquitoes. It is preventable and curable. According to the latest World malaria report, released on 30 November 2020, there were 229 million cases of malaria in 2019 compared to 228 million cases in 2018. The…