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…
On 17–18 October 2026 in Melbourne, the Australian Oral-Systemic Infection & One Health Clinical Summit will bring together clinicians, researchers and educators across dentistry, microbiology, parasitology, pathology, public health and integrative healthcare. Most parasitologists have, at some point, looked at a sample under the scope and wondered what a working clinician would make of it.…
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…
Outcome of the bid to host the 16th International Congress of Parasitology (ICOPA) in 2030 The Australian Society for Parasitology congratulates the Malaysian Society of Parasitology and Tropical Medicine on being selected to host International Congress of Parasitology – ICOPA 2030 in Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia. While the ASP are naturally disappointed not to be welcoming…
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…
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.…