Parasite Pandemic: Unlocking Science Through Immersive Experience
Your mission: find the antidote and save humankind from a rapidly spreading parasite pandemic! Step inside the ‘A Race for the Antidote’ Escape Room; visit a Parasite Zoo packed with 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.
To find out more and to book into each of the four one-hour workshops. Click here for events in Canberra and click for here for events in Kioloa, NSW South Coast
Parasite Pandemic combines interactive science games and activities aimed at sparking interest in the study of parasites. It also aims to provide participants with insights into how scientists tackle global health challenges more broadly.
Parasite Pandemic will run fun science events during National Science Week, for anyone aged 12 yo or over, on Saturday August 9 & Sunday August 10 at the Australian National University, Canberra and on Thursday August 14, Friday August 15 and Saturday August 16, 2025 at the ANU Kioloa Coastal Campus, Kioloa, south coast NSW. This Inspiring Australia event is supported by the Australian Government as part of National Science Week and co-hosted by the Australian National University and the Australian Society for Parasitology.
