2026 World Parasite Awareness Day It is a moment to recognize that pets around the globe face a persistent, but often invisible, risk: parasites. Parasites are one of the most common health threats to pets worldwide, yet they often go unnoticed until serious harm is done. Fleas, ticks, worms, and other parasites can cause discomfort,…
Join our online ASP Seminar Series Friday 20 March @1pm AEDT, featuring Simona Seizova, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute, presenting “Cryptosporidium: the new frontier of molecular parasitology” with co-chairs Ben Liffner, University of Adelaide and Grace Peters, University of New South Wales. This is also World Parasitology Awareness Day! Please register online using this link for your…
Register for the 2026 ASP Annual Conference which will take place on the Gold Coast, Queensland from Monday June 29 – Thursday July 2, 2026 at Mantra on View Surfers Paradise, Gold Coast. Register and submit your abstract online before the deadline Friday April 3, 2026 and for the best early-bird prices https://www.conftool.net/asp2026/ Join us…
Happy International Women’s Day 2026. From the UN Women Australia website: “Balance the Scales is a promise that every woman and girl – regardless of background or identity – should be safe, heard, and free to shape their own lives. Yet in 2026, too many across Australia and the world are still denied that fair…
Happy International Day of Women and Girls in Science 2026! The International Day of Women and Girls in Science, celebrated on 11 February, is implemented by UNESCO and UN-Women, in collaboration institutions and civil society partners that aim to promote women and girls in science. “From vision to impact: Redefining STEM by closing the gender…
Download the latest newsletter ASPnewsletterVol36.1(https://www.parasite.org.au/publications/newsletters/) for all the latest news in parasitology. In this newsletter: 2025 Australian Society for Parasitology AGM and the results of the ASP Council election, meet the new ASP Executive and our new State Representatives from Vic, SA, QLD and ACT Congratulations to our ASP prize winners: 2025 BOM winner, winners…
Episode 7 of ASP Parasite Podcast: What’s eating you? Liver Flukes 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 Dr Michael Smout, our expert parasitologist from the ASP. Dr Michael Smout…
Join our online ASP Seminar Series Friday 21 November 2025 @1pm AEDT, featuring Ashleigh Peck, Murdoch University presenting “Mapping Diversity and Vector Associations of Mosquito-Borne Parasites in Western Australia.” and Maria Saeed, University of Melbourne presenting “Antibody-dependent neutrophil phagocytosis of Plasmodium falciparum infected erythrocytes is mediated by FcγRIIa” with co-chairs Ben Liffner, University of Adelaide…
Congratulations to Mary-Louise Wilde, winner of The Don McManus Tropical Health Research Centre & QIMR Berghofer Early Career Researcher Award for the highest rated abstract submitted by an Early Career Researcher at the 2025 Australian Society for Parasitology Annual Conference in Melbourne, 30th June – 3rd July 2025 for your abstract “Building gene drives to…
