Book now for National Science Week’s Parasite Pandemic: Unlocking Science Through Immersive Experience in Canberra and Kioloa

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Are you ready to save humankind from a rapidly spreading parasite pandemic? Step inside the ‘A Race for the Antidote’ Escape Room; visit a Parasite Zoo packed with live and preserved specimens; identify and avoid parasitic infections through virtual reality; meet real-world parasitologists; and explore the fictional world of Manga characters with parasitic mutations. The…

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Congratulations to 2025 Fellow of the Australian Society for Parasitology, Haylee Weaver

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Congratulations to 2025 Fellow of the Australian Society for Parasitology, Haylee Weaver! Haylee Weaver is a parasite taxonomist, with research interests in the taxonomy of parasites, and parasite-host ecology. Haylee has woven parasitology into her entire working career which has spanned her work at The Australian National University, the University of the Sunshine Coast and…

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Congratulations to 2025 Fellow of the Australian Society for Parasitology, Nathan Bott

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Congratulations to 2025 Fellow of the Australian Society for Parasitology, Nathan Bott! Associate Professor Nathan Bott is internationally renowned for his research on fish parasitology. He obtained his PhD in 2006 from the University of Queensland and is currently Associate Professor and Deputy Head of Department, Biology, School of Science, STEM College, RMIT University. Associate…

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Congratulations to Dr Rina Wong (Fu), Bridget Ogilvie Medal 2025 winner

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Congratulations to Dr Rina Wong (Fu), Bridget Ogilvie Medal 2025 winner. Rina is a research scientist, university lecturer, award-winning science communicator, as well as performing artist, author, and singer-songwriter who brings this diversity of practise into her Engaging Children & the Community In Science (ECIS) initiative that embeds Parasitology Education. Rina’s initiative offers an authentic,…

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2025 ASP Conference abstract e-book available

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Next week in Melbourne 270 scientists will meet at the 2025 Australian Society for Parasitology (ASP) Annual Conference to discuss the latest research and state-of-the-art technologies in parasitology. We would like to acknowledge the generous support of our 2025 ASP Conference sponsors, thanks to Elsevier and the International Journal for Parasitology (IJP), IJP DDR and…

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ASP Parasite Podcast: What’s eating you? Giardia

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Episode 6 of ASP Parasite Podcast: What’s eating you? Giardia has dropped! Join our “What’s eating you?” podcast hosts Dr Sarah Preston, from Federation University Australia, Lisa Jones, from the ASP and visiting comedian, Alexandra Hudson as they question, quiz, and grill Professor Michelle Power, our expert parasitologist from the ASP. Professor Michelle Power is…

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National Reconciliation Week (NRW) 2025

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National Reconciliation Week (NRW) is a time for all Australians to learn about our shared histories, cultures, and achievements, and to explore how each of us can contribute to achieving reconciliation in Australia. The National Reconciliation Week (NRW) 2025 theme, Bridging Now to Next, reflects the ongoing connection between past, present and future. Bridging Now…

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ASP Online Seminar Series: Fri 16 May @ 1pm AEST

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Join our online ASP Seminar Series Friday 16 May 2025 @1pm AEST, featuring Lenin De Silva Manage, Murdoch University presenting “Morpological and Moleclar Characterisation of Digeneas (Platyhelminthes: Trematoda) Endoparasitic in Marine Snakes of Sri Lanka.” and Joanne Lee, Australian National University presenting “A Closer Look at Lipid Droplet Dynamics in Plasmodium falciparum: More than just…

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Apply for 2025 ASP Concepts in Parasitology course

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Join us for a two-week course at UQ’s Moreton Bay Research Station offering students a unique opportunity to work with prominent Australian parasitologists and learn state-of-the-art research techniques. The next Concepts in Parasitology (CiP) course will take place between Tuesday 25th November and Sunday 7th December 2025. To apply complete the course application form online.…

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