25 April is World Malaria Day (https://www.who.int/campaigns/world-malaria-day) Malaria is a preventable and treatable disease that continues to have a devastating impact on the health and livelihood of people around the world. In 2020, there were an estimated 241 million new cases of malaria and 627 000 malaria-related deaths in 85 countries. More than two thirds…
Download the ASP newsletter March 2022 Vol 33.1 for all the latest news in parasitology. In this newsletter: Last chance to submit your abstract for the #2022ASP Conference 4-7 July in Cairns, Queensland with the early-bird deadline 31 March 2022 www.parasite.org.au/conference2022 2022 Australian Society for Parasitology AGM will be held as a hybrid, face-to-face at the…
Happy International Women’s Day 2021. This week we celebrate #WomenInSTEM and our awesome #womeninparasitology their achievements and how they are changing the world one parasite at a time! #IWD2021 Dr Carolyn A. Behm was President of the ASP in 1992 and 1993, the first woman to hold the position. Carolyn Behm received a BSc (Hons)…
The 10th International Symposium for Fish Parasitology is integrated in fish parasitology sessions at ICOPA XV Copenhagen 21-26 August 2022 For more information see the ISFPX website https://www.dafinet.dk/isfp-x
Download the ASP newsletter Vol 32.4 for all the latest news in parasitology. In this newsletter: Congratulations to the International Journal for Parasitology who have celebrated their 50th Anniversary! Well done to the whole IJP team both past and present for producing a fabulous Journal with high impact and longevity over the past five decades. We…
Download the October 2021 ASP newsletter Vol 32.3 for all the latest news in parasitology. In this newsletter: 2021 ASP AGM report Obituary for Akira Ito Obituary for Christopher Bryant Meet the President, Professor Rebecca Traub Congratulations to the 2021 ASP Fellows, Una Ryan and David Jenkins Meet your newly elected ASP State Representatives Narelle…
Are all parasites “gross” and bad? How many parasites are out there? Why are parasitologists so crazy about parasites? Watch the free UN Parasite Biodiversity Day Presentations that took place online 15 & 16 October from 10am – 2pm AEDT. In celebration of U.N. Biodiversity Conference COP 15, Global Parasitologist Coalition presents this eight-session event…
Strongyloides in Australia: End the Neglect Watch the recent Strongyloides Australia Webinar held Thursday 7th October 9:00—11:00 am AEDT. This was a fabulous presentation by Northern Territory 2021 Australian of the year Dr Wendy Page and panel discussion with physicians and researchers. If you were unable to attend or would like to view the recording,…
Wear It Purple Day 2021 is Friday 27th August, the theme is Start the Conversation…Keep it Going (https://www.wearitpurple.org/we-are-the-change-2020-theme) Wear it Purple has a simple message: “You have the right to be proud of who you are.” Who you love and how you define yourself does not change that. If we are to empower rainbow young…
Congratulations to Madeline Dans for her presentation “The sulfonylpiperazine MMV020291 prevents red blood cell invasion through interference with actin-1/profilin dynamics in the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum” winning Best 15 Minute Talk by an ASP Student Member 2021 ASP Online Conference Congratulations to Qiao Su for her presentation “In vitro selection of Giardia duodenalis for Albendazole resistance identifies a β-tubulin…