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…
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…
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…
Today the ASP observes World Malaria Day, 25 April 2025. Find out more about malaria parasites and what some of our ASP researchers are working on to combat this deadly parasite. Listen to episode 4 of ASP Parasite Podcast: What’s eating you? which is all about Malaria. In this episode our expert parasitologist is Dr…
Join our online ASP Seminar Series Thursday 24th April 2025 @1pm AEST, to help celebrate World Malaria Day featuring Frankie Lyons, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute (WEHI) presenting “Transmission-blocking nanobodies targeting Plasmodium falciparum fertilisation antigens” and Ashton Kelly, University of Queensland (UQ) presenting “Understanding the molecular basis of immune heterogeneity in NK cells during controlled…
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/…
Episode 5 of ASP Parasite Podcast: What’s eating you? Strongyloides 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 Cameron Raw, our expert parasitologist from the ASP. Our expert parasitologist is…
Happy International Women’s Day 2025. From the UN Women website: “Equal rights. Equal opportunities. Equal power. On International Women’s Day (8 March), that is the bold call for action for all women and girls worldwide. As we mark the 30th year of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, the world is deeply unequal. International…
Join our online ASP Seminar Series Friday 21st March 2025 @1pm AEDT, featuring Ernest Teo, Hokkaido University presenting “What allows ticks to tick? The effects of climate on the geographic distribution and the abundance of ticks – extended.” and Xavier Barton, Murdoch University presenting “Do Ticks Care About the Environment?” with co-chairs Jill Chmielewski, Walter…
Episode 4 of ASP Parasite Podcast: What’s eating you? Malaria 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 Jill Chmielewski, our expert parasitologist from the ASP. Our expert parasitologist is…