Join our last online ASP Seminar Series for this year on Friday 20th November 2026 @1pm AEDT, featuring Josh Levendis, University of Melbourne presenting “The RNA modification m6A positions polyadenylation in Plasmodium falciparum” and Alex Harris, Burnet Institute presenting “Repeated malaria vaccine booster doses in children shapes protective antibody responses” with co-chairs Karan Singh and…
Join our online ASP Seminar Series Friday 16 October @1pm AEDT, featuring Melissa Carabott, RMIT presenting “Advancing Diagnostics and Monitoring for Blood Flukes in Bluefin Tuna Aquaculture” and Sarah Farrell, PhD student, The University of Melbourne presenting “Medicating mosquitoes to block parasite transmission.” with co-chairs Ben Liffner, Adelaide University and Karan Singh, WEHI. Please register…
Join our online ASP Seminar Series Friday 18 September @1pm AEST, featuring Lena Chng, PhD Student, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute presenting “Identification and Characterisation of Cryptosporidium Effector Proteins in Host-Pathogen Interaction” and Frank Weate, PhD student, University of New South Wales presenting “Deep Learning in Malaria, from Parasite Detection to Interaction Discovery” with chair…
Celebrate National Science Week 2026! Join our online ASP Seminar Series Friday 21 August @1pm AEST, featuring Jill Chmielewski, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research presenting “Nanobodies against Plasmodium vivax AMA1 block parasite invasion” and PhD student Brenna Daily, The University of Queensland, presenting “Multi-omics approaches to understanding host immune heterogeneity in Plasmodium…
Join our online ASP Seminar Series Friday 17 July @1pm AEST, featuring Vincent C. Duru, BUA Joint PhD Scholar (BER-MEL Network) The University of Melbourne presenting “First in vitro feeding of an Australian wildlife tick, Ixodes hirsti, provides insights into tick morphology and microbiome” and Nicole (Nic) Addams, PhD Student with the Jex Lab, Walter…
Join our online ASP Seminar Series Friday 19 June @1pm AEST, featuring Joe van den Bergh, Adelaide University presenting “Developing Expansion Microscopy for Whole Arthropods” and Rebecca Farnell, Federation University presenting “Preparing for climate change: Enhanced Haemonchus contortus parasite surveillance in sheep in the Australian state of Victoria” with co-chairs Ben Liffner, University of Adelaide…
Welcome to “PARA-SITE: an electronic guide to parasitology” ISBN 978-1-74272-501-7 Produced as an educational initiative of the Australian Society of Parasitology (ASP), The University of Queensland (UQ), and the Australian Biological Resources Study (ABRS). Developed and written by Professor Peter O’Donoghue, Faculty of Science, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia [p.odonoghue@uq.edu.au] PARA-SITE provides basic information about parasites…
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 24th November and Sunday 6th December 2026. To apply complete the course application form online.…
Episode 8 of ASP Parasite Podcast: What’s eating you? Taenia solium 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 Amanda Ash our expert parasitologist from the ASP. Our expert parasitologist…
Join our online ASP Seminar Series Friday 15 May @1pm AEST, featuring Karan Singh, WEHI, presenting “The role of Ubiquitin during Toxoplasma Differentiation” and Katrina Larcher, WEHI presenting “Plasmodium falciparum GAPM proteins are required for merozoite invasion and gametocyte maturation” with co-chairs Ben Liffner, University of Adelaide and Grace Peters, University of New South Wales.…