Congratulations to Dr. Katja Fischer who was awarded the 2020 Bancroft-Mackerras Medal for Excellence from the Australian Society for Parasitology. Katja Fischer heads the Scabies laboratory at the QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute in Brisbane. She completed a Diploma in Biology/Parasitology in 1991 from the University of Freiburg, Germany and in 1998 completed her PhD…
We are thrilled to announce that Rebecca Traub has been elected for the position of President-Elect at the ASP AGM, 29 July 2020, she was nominated by Barbara Nowak and Una Ryan. Professor Rebecca Traub was awarded the John Frederick Adrian Sprent Prize of the Australian Society for Parasitology in 2005, for her outstanding PhD…
Parasitravaganza 2020 – Join us for an online Parasite Fest! Friday 31st July 2020 from 1-6pm AEST online Hear from our dynamic students and early career researchers as they discuss the latest research and state-of-the-art technologies in parasitology. We hope you will join us for our inaugural ASP online conference; all of the talks for…
The 2020 Annual General Meeting for the Australian Society for Parasitology Inc. will take place as an on online Zoom meeting on Wednesday 29th July, 2 – 5pm AEST. Please register in advance for this meeting, check your Membership email for the registration link or email the Secretary (secretary@parasite.org.au). Please see the agenda and reports for…
Download the latest ASP newsletter (www.parasite.org.au/publications/newsletters/), Vol 31 Issue 3 April 2020 The photo on the cover of the latest ASP newsletter may well summarise how many of us felt during the lock down (and may still feel). COVID 19 continues to challenge our research, with access to laboratories and field work limited by the social…
The Australian Society for Parasitology (ASP) stands with #BlackLivesMatter and #AboriginalLivesMatter movements to end racism, injustice and inequality. The ASP operates on the basis of Inclusivity Principles (PRINCIPLES, BY-LAWS AND GUIDELINES FOR AWARDS, GRANTS, JOURNALS, COMMITTEES AND ARCHIVES OF THE AUSTRALIAN SOCIETY FOR PARASITOLOGY INC.), which means ASP recognises that we operate in a diverse…
Axel Scheffler has illustrated a digital book for primary school age children, free for anyone to read on screen or print out, about the coronavirus and the measures taken to control it. Published by Nosy Crow, and written by staff within the company, the book has had expert input: Professor Graham Medley of the London…
Download the latest ASP newsletter (www.parasite.org.au/publications/newsletters/), Vol 32 Issue 2 April 2020 In this newsletter find out about: Do we have a new contender for the cute Easter bunny…how about the Easter arctic lemming? Find out about the researcher who fell in love with the landscape and wilderness of the arctic and has spent the past…