Send your nominations in to help celebrate the excellence of our Members through ASP Awards and Prizes. Nominations for the following three Awards will close next Tuesday 30th September 2025. BMM The Bancroft-Mackerras Medal for Excellence allows the Australian Society for Parasitology to recognise outstanding contributions of its members to the Science of Parasitology. Applications close…
Interested in joining the Australian Society for Parasitology? Come for an evening of parasite-themed trivia and get to know your local parasitologists! When? November 13, 2025 What time? 5:30 pm – 9:00 pm (Trivia from 6:30 pm) Where? The Shakespeare Hotel, 200 Devonshire St, Surry Hills, NSW Enjoy a complimentary drink and be in the…
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 15 August 2025 @1pm AEST, featuring Jessica Home presenting “Unravelling clindamycin resistance in Plasmodium.” and Jem Murdoch, University of New South Wales presenting “Seeing the Wood for the Trees: Looking beyond the immunodominance of the malaria parasite surface protein CSP” with co-chairs Jill Chmielewski, Walter and Eliza Hall…
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…
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,…
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…
June is Pride month and a time to recognise and celebrate the LGBTQ+ community. We would like to congratulate our very own Michelle Power who received a Pride in Diversity National Leadership award for her advocacy and support for the LGBTQ+ community through contributions to leading Macquarie University’s LGBTQ+ Ally Network. Michelle has been a…
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…
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…