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…
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…
Join us for a two-week course at UQ’s Moreton Bay Research Station offering students a unique opportunity to work with prominent Australian parasitologists and learn state-of-the-art research techniques. The next Concepts in Parasitology (CiP) course will take place between Tuesday 25th November and Sunday 7th December 2025. To apply complete the course application form online.…
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…