The 2022 ASP Conference Program has been finalised* and is available to view online https://www.conftool.org/parasitology2022/sessions.php *Program is subject to change You can also download a copy of the 2022 ASP Conference E-Program booklet here If you are attending the conference in person you can download the Conference4me App and select ASP2022 Conference to see the…
Is there really Science behind Eurovision? Is Eurovision parasitising the Arts? What’s with Australia’s symbiotic associate with Eurovision? To answer these questions, and more, come along to an Australian Society for Parasitology’s Eurovision social event Sunday May 15 from 6.30pm, at the Salisbury Hotel, Stanmore. In collaboration with NSW Queers in Science Branch we will…
Join our online ASP Seminar Series Friday 13 May 2022 when Louis Lignereux from University of Adelaide will present “Should serology be used to estimate the exposure of feral house mice (Mus musculus) to Toxoplasma gondii?” and Narelle Dybing from the Feral Pig Action Plan will present “Feral Pig Parasites: What’s hidden within?” with co-chairs…
25 April is World Malaria Day (https://www.who.int/campaigns/world-malaria-day) Malaria is a preventable and treatable disease that continues to have a devastating impact on the health and livelihood of people around the world. In 2020, there were an estimated 241 million new cases of malaria and 627 000 malaria-related deaths in 85 countries. More than two thirds…
Download the ASP newsletter March 2022 Vol 33.1 for all the latest news in parasitology. In this newsletter: Last chance to submit your abstract for the #2022ASP Conference 4-7 July in Cairns, Queensland with the early-bird deadline 31 March 2022 www.parasite.org.au/conference2022 2022 Australian Society for Parasitology AGM will be held as a hybrid, face-to-face at the…
Join us for the Annual Conference for the Australian Society for Parasitology from 4-7 July 2022 at the Shangri-la Hotel, The Marina, Cairns, Queensland. https://www.parasite.org.au/conference2022/ Registration has opened for the 2022 ASP Annual Conference
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)…
Join our online ASP Seminar Series Friday 11 March 2022 when Jenni Hayward from Australian National University will present “Elucidating and exploiting the mitochondrial electron transport chain of T. gondii parasites” and Greg Brown from Macquarie University will present about “Host-parasite interactions during a biological invasion.” with co-chairs Sarah Preston (Federation University) and Stuart Ralph…