Book now for National Science Week’s Parasite Pandemic: Unlocking Science Through Immersive Experience in Canberra and Kioloa

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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…

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Congratulations to Dr Rina Wong (Fu), Bridget Ogilvie Medal 2025 winner

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Congratulations to Dr Rina Wong (Fu), Bridget Ogilvie Medal 2025 winner. Rina is a research scientist, university lecturer, award-winning science communicator, as well as performing artist, author, and singer-songwriter who brings this diversity of practise into her Engaging Children & the Community In Science (ECIS) initiative that embeds Parasitology Education. Rina’s initiative offers an authentic,…

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2025 ASP Conference abstract e-book available

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Next week in Melbourne 270 scientists will meet at the 2025 Australian Society for Parasitology (ASP) Annual Conference to discuss the latest research and state-of-the-art technologies in parasitology. We would like to acknowledge the generous support of our 2025 ASP Conference sponsors, thanks to Elsevier and the International Journal for Parasitology (IJP), IJP DDR and…

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ASP Parasite Podcast: What’s eating you? Giardia

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Episode 6 of ASP Parasite Podcast: What’s eating you? Giardia 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 Professor Michelle Power, our expert parasitologist from the ASP. Professor Michelle Power is…

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National Reconciliation Week (NRW) 2025

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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…

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ASP Online Seminar Series: Fri 16 May @ 1pm AEST

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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…

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World Malaria Day, 25 April 2025

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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…

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ASP Online Seminar for World Malaria Day Thurs 24th April @ 1pm AEST

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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…

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ASP 2025 early bird registration and abstract submission extended!

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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/…

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