Upcoming events
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…
Join our online ASP Seminar Series with Siobhon Egan from Murdoch University, speaking speaking on “What’s in the wildlife? Surveillance of ticks and their associated microbes in Australian wildlife.” and Bonnie Derne, from Flinders University, speaking on “Of parasites and pygmy bluetongues: An investigation of parasite and gut microbiota dynamics following a wildlife translocation.” with…
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…
Join us on the ASP Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/ASParasitology to find out more about this seminar series and the first two presenters Myllena Melo (IOC, Brazil) and Ayman Hemasa (ANU, Aust). Jump onto the ASP Facebook page on Tuesday 1st December at 1pm AEDT when co-chairs Amanda Barbosa and Stuart Ralph will go live and have…
Join our online ASP Seminar Series on Thursday 10th December 2020 at 1pm AEDT with researchers Myllena Melo, from the Laboratory of Molecular Biology and Endemic Diseases of Instituto Oswaldo Cruz (IOC) from Fiocruz Rio de Janeiro -Brazil, speaking on “Quantification of parasites load in sera samples of patients with distinct clinical manifestations during the…
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…
Eastern Mediterranean Region VIII Parasitology Summer Course (ParSCo) 5th-14th June 2020 Esfahan, Iran ParSCo is a residency course on parasites, arthropod vectors and transmitted pathogens in the Eastern Mediterranean region. We are pleased to announce the eighth edition of the Parasitology Summer Course (VIII ParSCo) organized by the Parasitology Unit of the Department of Veterinary…
The Australian Society for Parasitology Inc. (ASP) has declared a climate and ecological emergency. The ASP was the first scientific society to do so, and hopes to inspire others to follow. The Parliament of Australia, House of Representatives currently have a petition open EN1041 “Declare a climate emergency”. If this petition gets enough signatures by…