ASP parasitologists recognised among our nation’s most distinguished scientists

Congratulations to ASP members, Professor Barbara Nowak, The Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies (IMAS) and Deputy Associate Dean of Research at University of Tasmania, Burnet Institute Director and CEO Professor Brendan Crabb AC, and Redmond Barry Distinguished Professor Robin Gasser, Parasitologist at the University of Melbourne, who are among 22 scientists acknowledged for their…

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ASP Online Seminar Series: 28 May @ 1pm AEST

Join our online ASP Seminar Series with Cecilia Power from RMIT, Melbourne, speaking about “Bloody flukes – a look at aporocotylids from cultured Southern bluefin tuna” and Emily Crisafulli from The University of Melbourne speaking about “Drug interactions in malaria parasites: Australia’s leading malaria prophylactic behaves antagonistically with a front-line antimalarial” with our co-chairs Stuart…

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Read the March 2021 ASP Newsletter

Please download the latest ASP newsletter to read at your leisure over the Easter holiday period (www.parasite.org.au/publications/newsletters/ ), Vol 32.1 Issue 1 March 2021, it’s packed with news about our conference and AGM and some fabulous news updates from our researchers and Journals with some truly stunning images. In this newsletter: 2021 ASP Annual General…

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ASP Online Seminar Series: 26 March @ 1pm AEDT

Join our online ASP Seminar Series with Siobhon Egan from Murdoch University, speaking speaking on “What’s in the wildlife? Surveillance of ticks and their associated microbes in Australian wildlife.” and Bonnie Derne, from Flinders University, speaking on “Of parasites and pygmy bluetongues: An investigation of parasite and gut microbiota dynamics following a wildlife translocation.” with…

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International Women’s Day 2021

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 Mabel Josephine Mackerras (1896-1971) was was an Australian parasitologist, zoologist and entomologist. She made contributions to the study of the blood parasites of Australian marine…

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