Congratulations to our 2024 ASP Student Prize winners at the Parasites in the Pacific Conference in Auckland! Winners from left to right: Xavier Barton (Murdoch Uni) Best 15-min presentation, Ashleigh Peck (Murdoch University) Best 5-min presentation, Jessica Home (University of Melbourne) Best overall conference presentation, Ashton Kelly (University of Queensland) Runner-up for Best 15-min presentation,…
Congratulations to the following ASP Council representatives were elected at the ASP AGM on Wednesday 28 August 445pm NZST. President-Elect, 2024 Aaron Jex has been elected into the position of President-Elect, 2024. He was nominated by ASP members Clare Anstead and Robin Gasser. Treasurer, 2023 Hayley Rugarabamu (nee Bullen) has been elected into the position of Treasurer,…
Congratulations to 2024 Fellow of the Australian Society for Parasitology, Robert Poulin! Robert has been a member since 1993 and has made a major contribution to the Society primarily through his long term role as a specialist editor for the International Journal for Parasitology 2001-2003, 2007-2016, one of the longest specialist editors for the Journal and…
Congratulations to recently graduated PhD student Melanie Ridgway for winning the 2023 John Frederick Adrian Sprent Prize for her PhD thesis “Sex specific biology of Plasmodium falciparum”. Melanie studied Life Sciences as an Excellence-Major Scholar at Université Pierre et Marie Curie in Paris. For her Honours research project supervised by Dr. Adele Lehane and Prof.…
Congratulations to 2024 Fellow of the Australian Society for Parasitology, Peter Rolfe! Peter Rolfe is one those “busy bees” of parasitological experience and contribution, utilising expertise learned and gained from a variety of “parasitological pursuits and postings” and flitting from project to project, fertilising R, D & E operations with incisive research contributions and managerial…
Congratulations to 2024 Fellow of the Australian Society for Parasitology, Shokoofeh Shamsi! Professor Shokoofeh Shamsi has been a member of the Society for over 20 years. After completing a Bachelors and Masters Degrees in Iran she moved to Australia and was awarded a PhD for research in fish parasitology from the University of Melbourne in…
Congratulations to Professor Alex Maier who was awarded the 2024 Bridget Ogilvie Medal from the Australian Society for Parasitology. Alex Maier is Professor at the Research School of Biology at the Australian National University in Canberra. Through functional genomic, cell biological and biochemical approaches he is trying to untangle the molecular machinery underlying key survival…
Congratulations to Professor Jake Baum who was awarded the 2024 Bancroft-Mackerras Medal for Excellence from the Australian Society for Parasitology. Professor Jake Baum is a leading figure in parasitology, known for his groundbreaking work on malaria parasite biology, vaccine design, drug discovery, and diagnostic innovation. He began his career with significant contributions to host-pathogen coevolution…