The Wellcome Centre for Anti-Infectives Research (WCAIR) invites you to join us in Dundee from 12-15 May 2019. The aim of the conference is to harness cross-disciplinary and cross-disease learning to accelerate drug discovery and reduce drug candidate attrition rates for infectious diseases affecting low and middle income countries. Conference attendees will take home new ideas and technologies…
The Michelson Prizes are scientific awards of $150,000 given annually to young investigators who are applying disruptive research concepts and inventive processes to advance vaccine and immunotherapy research for major global diseases. The 2019 Michelson Prizes have been expanded to include three focus areas: Human Immunology, Computational Biology and Protein Engineering, and Neglected Parasitic Diseases. All focus areas…
The XV. International Congress of Acarology will take place in Antalya, Turkey on September 2-8, 2018 (http://www.acarology.org/ica/ica2018/index.html). The main topics of the congress include: Taxonomy and systematics, Evolution and phylogeny, Ecology and behavior of mites, Ecology and behavior of ticks, Invasive species and biosecurity, Chemical control and resistance, Alternative pesticides, Biological control, Integrated pest management,…
The SBP (Brazilian Society of Parasitology) is pleased to announce that XXV Congress of SBP, will be held in Buzios-Rio de Janeiro,from September 03-06th, 2017. Further information can be found in the link below. We look forward to seeing you! Click here for more information
The December 2015 WFP Newsletter is available for download in PDF format.
The January 2015 WFP Newsletter is available for download in PDF format.
It is with great sadness that I pass on the news that Associate Professor Ian Whittington passed away last Sunday (27 October 2014) after a long illness. Ian was 54 years old. Throughout his career, Ian has been an enthusiastic researcher and a champion of studies of the biology of monogenean parasites of fishes. After…
Information about the Russian Journal of Parasitology can be found at the link given below. The journal and website is undergoing a makeover currently and is in the process of being listed on the Web of Knowledge/Web of Science. If you are interested in reading archived editions or submitting then please follow the associated links…
Contributed by Eric P. Hoberg1 and Anna J. Phillips2 1 US National Parasite Collection, Agricultural Research Service, USDA, Beltsville, MD 20705, USA 2 Department of Invertebrate Zoology, Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC 20560, USA Over the past 120 years since its founding in 1892, the United States National Parasite Collection (NPC), a…
Today we are saddened to learn of the passing of Professor Emeritus Dr. Michael (Mick) David Brunskill Burt (1938-2014). His obituary notice is attached and highlights his exemplary career. Mick developed a lifelong passion for the field of parasitology and remained a mentor for students in the field even up until this year. May his…