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Conference Agenda

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Wed01July
Plenary Lecture Theatre
Lecture Theatre 1
Lecture Theatre 2
Lecture Theatre 3
Tea breaks, Registration and Sponsor space
Lunch Area
No specific location / location unknown
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9:00am
10:00am
11:00am
12:00pm
1:00pm
2:00pm
3:00pm
4:00pm
5:00pm
6:00pm
7:00pm
8:00pm
9:00pm
Tribute: Tribute to Dame Bridget Ogilvie AC delivered by Professor Karen Day, The University of Melbourne
9:00am - 9:10am
Plenary Lecture Theatre
Aaron Jex
Location: Plenary Lecture Theatre
Session Chair: Aaron Jex, WEHI

Professor Karen Day, The University of Melbourne, will deliver the Tribute to Dame Bridget Ogilvie AC. 

BOM: Bridget Ogilvie Medal Award and Oration
9:10am - 9:45am
Plenary Lecture Theatre
Aaron Jex
Location: Plenary Lecture Theatre
Session Chair: Aaron Jex, WEHI
CP7: Education & Outreach - 15 min talks
9:45am - 10:30am
Plenary Lecture Theatre
Michelle Power
Location: Plenary Lecture Theatre
Session Chair: Michelle Power, Macquarie University

20 years of inspiring parasitology outreach

Lisa Jones, Nick Smith



From farm to outbreak: One Health parasitology education on one campus

Charlotte Oskam



Delivering Microbes & Parasites Workshops for Home‑School Groups

Rina Wong

Sprent: Sprent Award and Oration
3:30pm - 4:00pm
Plenary Lecture Theatre
Aaron Jex
Location: Plenary Lecture Theatre
Session Chair: Aaron Jex, WEHI
AGM: 2026 ASP Annual General Meeting
4:00pm - 6:15pm
Plenary Lecture Theatre
Aaron Jex, Jake Baum
Location: Plenary Lecture Theatre
Session Chair: Aaron Jex, WEHI
Session Chair: Jake Baum, UNSW Sydney
CP8: Drugs & Drug Resistance 1 - 10 min talks
11:00am - 11:50am
Lecture Theatre 1
Christopher Hart, Hannah Smith
Location: Lecture Theatre 1
Session Chair: Christopher Hart, Griffith University
Session Chair: Hannah Smith, Griffith University

Combating treatment refractory giardiasis with new antigiardial compounds and novel drug combination strategies

Tina Skinner-Adams, Keely Fayd’Herbe, Christopher Hart, Andrew Riches, John Ryan



Effects of endochin-like quinolones (ELQs) on Toxoplasma gondii infection and responses of human retinal pigment epithelial cells: implications for the treatment of ocular toxoplasmosis

Liam M. Ashander, Melissa H. Brown, Giles Best, J. Stone Doggett, Katherine M. Liebman, Keryn A. Williams, Justine R. Smith



Identifying the mechanism of action of the antiplasmodial pantothenate analogue AH-2-45 in Plasmodium falciparum

Scarlett Cox, Zaynab Radih, Chunling Blue Lan, Karine Auclair, Kevin J. Saliba



Plasmepsin IX and X dual inhibitor impairs sporozoite development in mosquitoes and their infectivity in human hepatocytes

Elena Lantero Escolar, John A. McCauley, David B. Olsen, Alan F. Cowman, Justin A. Boddey



Defining chemical resistance in the Australian cattle tick (Rhipicephalus australis)

Hannah Siddle, Guilherme Klafke, Ala Tabor

CP8.1: Drugs and Drug Resistance 1 - 5 min talks
11:50am - 12:15pm
Lecture Theatre 1
Christopher Hart, Hannah Smith
Location: Lecture Theatre 1
Session Chair: Christopher Hart, Griffith University
Session Chair: Hannah Smith, Griffith University

Defining the target of potent and selective drug-leads in Giardia duodenalis

Keely Fayd'Herbe, Christopher Hart, Andrew Riches, Ghizal Siddiqui, Jack Ryan, Tina Skinner-Adams



Investigating PPCS as a Novel Antimalarial Drug Target in Plasmodium falciparum

Eva El Hassan, Weronika Szablowska, Lara E. Skibbie, Xiangning Liu, Qiuyuan Li, Henry D. Schrecker, Rory C. Smith, Cynthia S. Dowd, Kevin J. Saliba



Mechanistic insights into repurposed compounds as potential antimalarials

Chris Taylor, Carlo Giannangelo, Darren Creek



Repurposing anticancer drugs as antimalarials

Kwong Sum Lam, Jack Adderley, Christian Doerig, Alexander G. Maier



A questionnaire survey of veterinarians reveals gaps in parasite control practices contributing to anthelmintic resistance in goats in Sri Lanka

Suraj Walimunige, Dulari Thilakarathne, Ghazanfar Abbas, Anil Kalupahana, Jayanthe Rajapakshe, Robin Gasser, Abdul Jabbar

CP8Q: Questions & Discussion Drugs and Drug Resistance 1
12:15pm - 12:30pm
Lecture Theatre 1
Christopher Hart, Hannah Smith
Location: Lecture Theatre 1
Session Chair: Christopher Hart, Griffith University
Session Chair: Hannah Smith, Griffith University
CP11: Cells, Molecules & Genes 2 - 10 min talks
1:30pm - 2:30pm
Lecture Theatre 1
Ellis Joch, Wisam Dawood
Location: Lecture Theatre 1
Session Chair: Ellis Joch, Griffith University
Session Chair: Wisam Dawood, Griffith University

Investigating apical-basal polarity establishment in malaria parasites.

Benjamin Liffner, Thiago Luiz Alves e Silva, Inês Bento, Joel Vega-Rodriguez, Maria Mota, Sabrina Absalon



Two novel apicoplast transporters with different, crucial roles in malaria parasite life cycle

Laura J. Akkerman, Roos Weeda, Pingping Zhu, Robert S. Jansen, Eric Beitz, Laura E. de Vries, Taco W.A. Kooij



PfATP2 drives phosphatidylserine flipping and modulates antimalarial sensitivity in Plasmodium falciparum

Deyun Qiu, Eleanor England, Adele Lehane



The voltage dependent anion channel is a mitochondrial protein critical to the growth of P. falciparum

Mitchell Trickey, Joyanta Modak, Natalie Counihan, Mrittika Chowdury, Darren Creek, Tania de Koning-Ward



Pfs16 forms an oligomeric complex with a membrane-spanning pore in the malaria parasite parasitophorous vacuole membrane

Emmanuel Gyamfi, Grace Peters, Claire Sayers, Kate Michie, Stephen Fairweather, Giel Van Doreen, Jake Baum



Functional Redundancy Between Amino Acid Uptake and Biosynthesis in Toxoplasma gondii

Leqian Zhao, Stephen J. Fairweather, Victor Makota, Giel G. van Dooren

CP11.1: Cells, Molecules & Genes 2 - 5 min talks
2:30pm - 2:45pm
Lecture Theatre 1
Ellis Joch, Wisam Dawood
Location: Lecture Theatre 1
Session Chair: Ellis Joch, Griffith University
Session Chair: Wisam Dawood, Griffith University

Investigating phospholipid transport by the essential Plasmodium falciparum protein PfCSC1

Nathan Yau, Deyun Qiu, Adele M Lehane



Do Plasmodium and Other Apicomplexan Parasites have Parasite Specific mRNA Export?

Lakvin Fernando, Stuart Ralph



Characterising the impact of sorbitol resistance on nutrient uptake in Plasmodium falciparum

Nadine Djunaedi, Christopher MacRaild, Mitchell Trickey, Darren Creek

CP11Q: Questions & Discussion Cells, Molecules & Genes 2
2:45pm - 3:00pm
Lecture Theatre 1
Ellis Joch, Wisam Dawood
Location: Lecture Theatre 1
Session Chair: Ellis Joch, Griffith University
Session Chair: Wisam Dawood, Griffith University
S4: Vaccines Symposium sponsored by Institute for Biomedicine and Glycomics, Griffith University
11:00am - 11:20am
Lecture Theatre 2
Danielle Stanisic, Anouschka Akerman
Location: Lecture Theatre 2
Session Chair: Danielle Stanisic, Institute for Biomedicine and Glycomics, Griffith University
Session Chair: Anouschka Akerman, The University of Queensland

A whole organism vaccine platform to target parasites of medical and veterinary importance

Danielle Stanisic

CP9: Vaccines 15 min talk sponsored by Institute for Biomedicine and Glycomics, Griffith University
11:20am - 11:35am
Lecture Theatre 2
Danielle Stanisic, Anouschka Akerman
Location: Lecture Theatre 2
Session Chair: Danielle Stanisic, Institute for Biomedicine and Glycomics, Griffith University
Session Chair: Anouschka Akerman, The University of Queensland

Genome-based, human-informed development of a T cell-based vaccine against malaria

Anouschka Akerman, Maggie King, Jonathan Tan, Mengistu Seid, Ashton M Kelly, Yomani Sarathkumara, Brenna Daily, Daniel J Browne, Jamie L Brady, David J Pattinson, Sarah Draper, Lauren Holz, Ian F Hermans, William R Heath, Gavin F Painter, Carla Proietti, Denise L Doolan

CP9.1: Vaccines 10 min talks sponsored by Institute for Biomedicine and Glycomics, Griffith University
11:35am - 12:05pm
Lecture Theatre 2
Danielle Stanisic, Anouschka Akerman
Location: Lecture Theatre 2
Session Chair: Danielle Stanisic, Institute for Biomedicine and Glycomics, Griffith University
Session Chair: Anouschka Akerman, The University of Queensland

Rational discovery of a novel human hookworm subunit vaccine

Eti Sarkar, Suchandan Sikder, Connor McHugh, Paul Giacomin, Alex Loukas



Title: A population genetics view of a multi-stage malaria vaccine candidate

Edith Spiers, Mun Hua Tan, Karen Day



Impact of malaria infection on priming and boosting immunity induced by a CAF01-adjuvanted whole parasite P. yoelii blood-stage malaria vaccine

John Ategeka, Mark Burgess, Hamidreza Sadegh, Guilherme de Souza, Danielle I. Stanisic, Michael F. Good

CP9.2: Vaccines 5 min talks sponsored by Institute for Biomedicine and Glycomics, Griffith University
12:05pm - 12:15pm
Lecture Theatre 2
Danielle Stanisic, Anouschka Akerman
Location: Lecture Theatre 2
Session Chair: Danielle Stanisic, Institute for Biomedicine and Glycomics, Griffith University
Session Chair: Anouschka Akerman, The University of Queensland

Enhancing antigen density on nanoparticle platforms to enable multi-stage malaria vaccines

Anne Nguyen, Jaanaky Vigneswaran, Daniel Luque, Michael Johnson, Jake Baum



Investigation of perforin inhibition on malaria disease progression during Plasmodium yoelii blood-stage infection.

Hamidreza Sadegh, Mark Burgess, Skye Van Esch, Joe Trapani, Michael Good, Danielle Stanisic

CP9Q: Questions & Discussion Vaccines sponsored by Institute for Biomedicine and Glycomics, Griffith University
12:15pm - 12:30pm
Lecture Theatre 2
Danielle Stanisic, Anouschka Akerman
Location: Lecture Theatre 2
Session Chair: Danielle Stanisic, Institute for Biomedicine and Glycomics, Griffith University
Session Chair: Anouschka Akerman, The University of Queensland
CP12: Sheep & Goats - 10 min talks
1:30pm - 2:30pm
Lecture Theatre 2
Vern Bowles, Nichola Calvani
Location: Lecture Theatre 2
Session Chair: Vern Bowles, The University of Melbourne
Session Chair: Nichola Calvani, The University of Sydney

Growth and development of Fasciola hepatica on anin-vitro 3D cell culture model: how does it compare to in-vivo?

Hayley Martinez DeCristi, Michael Kuligowski, Katharine Muscat, Javier Gonzalez Miguel, Nichola Eliza Davies Calvani



A practical miracidial motility assay for assessing Fasciola hepatica sensitivity to compounds in vitro

Mengwei Zheng, Aya Taki, Tanapan Sukee, Jane Hodgkinson, Terry Spithill, Robin Gasser, Neil Young



High-Resolution Climate Modelling of Fasciolosis Risk in Australia: A One Health Early-Warning Framework

Rana M. Athar Ali, Mark A. Stevenson, Leah Tyrell, Nichola E.D. Calvani, Travis Beddoe, Grant Rawlin, Terry Spithill, Neil D. Young, Abdul Jabbar



COMPARISON OF LARVAL CULTURE TO NEMABIOME DEEP-AMPLICON SEQUENCING

Rebecca Farnell, Steve Cotton, David Piedrafita, Christiane Bahlo, Sarah Preston



Mimicking Natural Immunity: Trickle Infection Induces Protective Responses to Trichostrongylus colubriformis

Tatum Scharkie, Tom N. McNeilly, Alasdair Nisbet, Dan Price, David Smith, Collette Britton, Samuel Duncan, Mike Laurence, Nicholas Andronicos



Chemical perturbation reveals a cytoskeletal–trafficking vulnerability in Haemonchus contortus

Aya C. Taki, Nghi Nguyen, Tao Wang, Joseph J. Byrne, Anson V. Koehler, Harry T. Shanley, Ching-Seng Ang, Jennifer Keiser, Cécile Häberli, Brad E. Sleebs, Robin B. Gasser

CP12.1: Sheep & Goats - 5 min talks
2:30pm - 2:45pm
Lecture Theatre 2
Vern Bowles, Nichola Calvani
Location: Lecture Theatre 2
Session Chair: Vern Bowles, The University of Melbourne
Session Chair: Nichola Calvani, The University of Sydney

High-throughput phenotypic screening of Medicines for Malaria Venture’s Hit Generation Library 1 identifies new nematocidal chemotypes

Joseph Byrne, Aya Taki, Bill Chang, Benoit Laleu, Timothy Wells, Abdul Jabbar, Robin Gasser



A national survey of gastrointestinal nematodes in Australian dairy goats using faecal egg counts and deep amplicon sequencing

Endris Ali, Abdul Ghafar, Ghazanfar Abbas, Bahar E Mustafa, Sandra Baxendell, Elysia Ling, Charles Guaci, Ian Beveridge, Mark Stevenson, Abdul Jabbar



“First frost, last frost” Updating current knowledge on the seasonality of Fasciola hepatica in the Southern Tablelands of NSW

Priscilla Huynh, Roger A. Willoughby, Neil Young, Tanapan Sukee, Emily K. Francis, Nichola E. D. Calvani

CP12Q: Questions & Discussion Sheep and Goats
2:45pm - 3:00pm
Lecture Theatre 2
Vern Bowles, Nichola Calvani
Location: Lecture Theatre 2
Session Chair: Vern Bowles, The University of Melbourne
Session Chair: Nichola Calvani, The University of Sydney
CP10: Wildlife 2: Mammals, Birds, Lizards & Wetas 15 min talk
11:00am - 11:15am
Lecture Theatre 3
Haylee Crawford-Weaver, Nicholas Fountain-Jones
Location: Lecture Theatre 3
Session Chair: Haylee Crawford-Weaver, DCCEEW
Session Chair: Nicholas Fountain-Jones, University of Tasmania

First in vitro feeding of an Australian wildlife tick, Ixodes hirsti, provides insights into host cues, feeding biology, morphology and changes in microbiome structure.

Vincent C. Duru, Bahar E. Mustafa, Abdul Ghafar, Ian Beveridge, Charles G. Gauci, Khawla Elati, Ard M. Nijhof, Abdul Jabbar

CP10.1: Wildlife 2: Mammals, Birds, Lizards & Wetas 10 min talks
11:15am - 11:45am
Lecture Theatre 3
Haylee Crawford-Weaver, Nicholas Fountain-Jones
Location: Lecture Theatre 3
Session Chair: Haylee Crawford-Weaver, DCCEEW
Session Chair: Nicholas Fountain-Jones, University of Tasmania

Let’s Swap: Microbial Sharing Between Hairworm Life Stages and Their Hosts

Rosemary Presburger, Robert Poulin, Priscila Madi Salloum



Serological and molecular detection of Toxoplasma gondii in naturally infected red foxes (Vulpes vulpes) from Victoria, Australia

Tharaka Liyanage, Leonardo Brustenga, Panayotis Loukopoulos, Megan Fisher, Jessica Haining, Charles G. Gauci, Livia Lucentini, Alessandro D. Uboldi, Christopher J. Tonkin, Giulia Morganti, Giulia Rigamonti, Fabrizio Passamonti, Fabrizia Veronesi, Jasmin Hufschmid, Abdul Jabbar



Integrative taxonomy of Gemellicotyle sp. nov. (Digenea: Paramphistomidae) from the western grey kangaroo: combining histological, microCT imaging, and molecular data

Tanapan Sukee, Ian Beveridge, Sunita B. Sumanam, Jay Black, David Blair, Anson V. Koehler, Robin B. Gasser, Neil D. Young

CP10.2: Wildlife 2: Mammals, Birds, Lizards & Wetas 5 min talks
11:45am - 12:15pm
Lecture Theatre 3
Haylee Crawford-Weaver, Nicholas Fountain-Jones
Location: Lecture Theatre 3
Session Chair: Haylee Crawford-Weaver, DCCEEW
Session Chair: Nicholas Fountain-Jones, University of Tasmania

Molecualar phylogeny of Australian Amblyomma with a focus on subgenus Cernyomma

Mingeun Cho



Sarcocystidae parasites in Australian invasive mammals: insights from DNA sequencing

Keira Brown, Anthony R. Rendall, Diane P. Barton, Shokoofeh Shamsi



Omics investigation of bandicoot immunity to the eastern paralysis tick, Ixodes holocyclus.

Dhafer Algarni, Andrew Walker, Stephen Barker



Fowl play in the Fitz-Stirling: What a mallee fowl revealed after death

Narelle A Dybing, Natalie K Grassi



From land to the sea: First detection of Neospora caninum in an Australian marine mammal, Neophoca cinerea (Australian Sea Lion)

Michelle Power, Mariel Fulham, Rachael Gray



Detection of Orthohalarachne attenuata (Acari: Halarachnidae) in captive Pacific walrus (Odobenus orsmarus divergens)

Di Barton, Chris Perkins, Paolo Martelli, Natalie Jefferson, Shokoofeh Shamsi

CP10Q: Questions & Discussion Wildlife 2: Mammals, Birds, Lizards & Wetas
12:15pm - 12:30pm
Lecture Theatre 3
Haylee Crawford-Weaver, Nicholas Fountain-Jones
Location: Lecture Theatre 3
Session Chair: Haylee Crawford-Weaver, DCCEEW
Session Chair: Nicholas Fountain-Jones, University of Tasmania
S5: Symposium Ticks, Mites, kissing bugs
1:30pm - 1:50pm
Lecture Theatre 3
Katja Fischer, Xavier Barton
Location: Lecture Theatre 3
Session Chair: Katja Fischer, QIMR Berghofer
Session Chair: Xavier Barton, Murdoch University

Scabies Diagnostics: Past, present and future

Deepani D Fernando, Grant Hansman, Katja Fischer

CP13: Ticks, Mites, kissing bugs 10 min talks
1:50pm - 2:30pm
Lecture Theatre 3
Katja Fischer, Xavier Barton
Location: Lecture Theatre 3
Session Chair: Katja Fischer, QIMR Berghofer
Session Chair: Xavier Barton, Murdoch University

IMPACT OF STANDARD SCABICIDE TREATMENT ON SKIN MICROBIAL DYSBIOSIS IN SCABIES

Nuzhat Surve, Martha Zakrzewski, Pallavi Surase, Siddhi Chikhalkar, Sara Taylor, Deepani Fernando, Gita Nataraj, Chaya A Kumar, Katja Fischer



Venom exaptation and adaptation during the trophic switch to blood-feeding by kissing bugs

Andrew Walker



Life-stage resolved microbiota of Sarcoptes scabiei reveals a stable core bacterial community comprised of opportunistic pathogens

Sara Taylor, Martha Zakrzewski, Deepani D Fernando, Kajta Fischer



Elucidating keratinocyte-mediated non-histaminergic signalling in scabies-associated itch

Deepani D. Fernando, Tia Hutton, Jakub O'Grady, Tam H Nguyen, Gunter Hartel, Gil Yosipovitch, Katja Fischer

CP13.1: Ticks, Mites, kissing bugs 5 min talks
2:30pm - 2:45pm
Lecture Theatre 3
Katja Fischer, Xavier Barton
Location: Lecture Theatre 3
Session Chair: Katja Fischer, QIMR Berghofer
Session Chair: Xavier Barton, Murdoch University

Phylogeography and genetic structure of Haemaphysalislongicornis (Asian longhorned tick)

Zainab Umar Abdullahi, Dieter Bulach, Joanne M. Devlin, Glenn F. Browning



The Ticks You're Not Seeing: How Seasonality Shapes Tick Detection in Western Australia

Xavier Barton, Abdul Ghaffar Qamar, Jani Sormunen, Joseph Fontaine, Charlotte Oskam



Quantitative Assessment of α‑Gal Production in Ixodes holocyclus Salivary Glands Using Indirect ELISA Methods

Emily Smith, Alexander Gofton, Raine Mercedes, Stephen Barker, Andrew Walker

S5Q: Questions & Discussion Ticks, Mites, kissing bugs
2:45pm - 3:00pm
Lecture Theatre 3
Katja Fischer, Xavier Barton
Location: Lecture Theatre 3
Session Chair: Katja Fischer, QIMR Berghofer
Session Chair: Xavier Barton, Murdoch University
Morning Tea Break Wednesday
10:30am - 11:00am
Tea breaks, Registration and Sponsor space
Location: Tea breaks, Registration and Sponsor space
Afternoon Tea Break Wednesday
3:00pm - 3:30pm
Tea breaks, Registration and Sponsor space
Location: Tea breaks, Registration and Sponsor space
Lunch Wednesday
12:30pm - 1:30pm
Lunch Area
Location: Lunch Area
Student social event: ECR Student social event
6:30pm - 9:00pm