Upcoming events
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 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…
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…
Join our online ASP Seminar Series Friday 19 September 2025 @1pm AEST, featuring Anjana Rai, Menzies School of Health Research presenting “Genetic evidence of cross-border P. vivax spread in pre-elimination regions of South Asia” and Shamit Singla, University of Adelaide presenting “Form follows function. How the spatial arrangement of protein molecules can help us understand…
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…
Join us in Melbourne for the ASP Annual Conference 2025, June 30 – July 3, 2025. The 2025 Australian Society for Parasitology (ASP) Annual Conference will be held from Monday June 30th to Thursday July 3rd, 2025, at Melbourne Connect, Melbourne, Victoria. Join us to discuss the latest research and state-of-the-art technologies in parasitology. https://www.parasite.org.au/aspconference/…
Happy International Day of Women and Girls in Science 2025. 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. This Day is an opportunity to promote full and equal…
Summer Social with a Splash of Science Event Interested in joining the Australian Society for Parasitology? Join us on 27th February 2025, from 5.30pm at The Castle Hotel, 56 Courtney St, North Melbourne VIC in the sports room. This evening will feature two parasitology talks by: Gothami Welikadage (The University of Melbourne). Talk title: “Identifying…