Conference Agenda
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Daily Overview |
| 9:00am - 9:10am |
Tribute: Tribute to Dame Bridget Ogilvie AC delivered by Professor Karen Day, The University of Melbourne Location: Plenary Lecture Theatre Chair: Aaron Jex, WEHI Professor Karen Day, The University of Melbourne, will deliver the Tribute to Dame Bridget Ogilvie AC. |
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| 9:10am - 9:45am |
BOM: Bridget Ogilvie Medal Award and Oration Location: Plenary Lecture Theatre Chair: Aaron Jex, WEHI |
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| 9:45am - 10:30am |
CP7: Education & Outreach - 15 min talks Location: Plenary Lecture Theatre Chair: Michelle Power, Macquarie University 20 years of inspiring parasitology outreach From farm to outbreak: One Health parasitology education on one campus Delivering Microbes & Parasites Workshops for Home‑School Groups |
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| 10:30am - 11:00am |
Morning Tea Break Wednesday Location: Tea breaks, Registration and Sponsor space |
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| 11:00am - 11:15am |
CP10: Wildlife 2: Mammals, Birds, Lizards & Wetas 15 min talk Location: Lecture Theatre 3 Chair: Haylee Crawford-Weaver, DCCEEW 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. |
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| 11:00am - 11:20am |
S4: Vaccines Symposium sponsored by Institute for Biomedicine and Glycomics, Griffith University Location: Lecture Theatre 2 Chair: Danielle Stanisic, Institute for Biomedicine and Glycomics, Griffith University Chair: Anouschka Akerman, The University of Queensland A whole organism vaccine platform to target parasites of medical and veterinary importance |
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| 11:00am - 11:50am |
CP8: Drugs & Drug Resistance 1 - 10 min talks Location: Lecture Theatre 1 Chair: Christopher Hart, Griffith University Chair: Hannah Smith, Griffith University Combating treatment refractory giardiasis with new antigiardial compounds and novel drug combination strategies 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 Identifying the mechanism of action of the antiplasmodial pantothenate analogue AH-2-45 in Plasmodium falciparum Plasmepsin IX and X dual inhibitor impairs sporozoite development in mosquitoes and their infectivity in human hepatocytes Defining chemical resistance in the Australian cattle tick (Rhipicephalus australis) |
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| 11:15am - 11:45am |
CP10.1: Wildlife 2: Mammals, Birds, Lizards & Wetas 10 min talks Location: Lecture Theatre 3 Chair: Haylee Crawford-Weaver, DCCEEW Chair: Nicholas Fountain-Jones, University of Tasmania Let’s Swap: Microbial Sharing Between Hairworm Life Stages and Their Hosts Serological and molecular detection of Toxoplasma gondii in naturally infected red foxes (Vulpes vulpes) from Victoria, Australia Integrative taxonomy of Gemellicotyle sp. nov. (Digenea: Paramphistomidae) from the western grey kangaroo: combining histological, microCT imaging, and molecular data |
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| 11:20am - 11:35am |
CP9: Vaccines 15 min talk sponsored by Institute for Biomedicine and Glycomics, Griffith University Location: Lecture Theatre 2 Chair: Danielle Stanisic, Institute for Biomedicine and Glycomics, Griffith University Chair: Anouschka Akerman, The University of Queensland Genome-based, human-informed development of a T cell-based vaccine against malaria |
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| 11:35am - 12:05pm |
CP9.1: Vaccines 10 min talks sponsored by Institute for Biomedicine and Glycomics, Griffith University Location: Lecture Theatre 2 Chair: Danielle Stanisic, Institute for Biomedicine and Glycomics, Griffith University Chair: Anouschka Akerman, The University of Queensland Rational discovery of a novel human hookworm subunit vaccine Title: A population genetics view of a multi-stage malaria vaccine candidate Impact of malaria infection on priming and boosting immunity induced by a CAF01-adjuvanted whole parasite P. yoelii blood-stage malaria vaccine |
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| 11:45am - 12:15pm |
CP10.2: Wildlife 2: Mammals, Birds, Lizards & Wetas 5 min talks Location: Lecture Theatre 3 Chair: Haylee Crawford-Weaver, DCCEEW Chair: Nicholas Fountain-Jones, University of Tasmania Molecualar phylogeny of Australian Amblyomma with a focus on subgenus Cernyomma Sarcocystidae parasites in Australian invasive mammals: insights from DNA sequencing Omics investigation of bandicoot immunity to the eastern paralysis tick, Ixodes holocyclus. Fowl play in the Fitz-Stirling: What a mallee fowl revealed after death From land to the sea: First detection of Neospora caninum in an Australian marine mammal, Neophoca cinerea (Australian Sea Lion) Detection of Orthohalarachne attenuata (Acari: Halarachnidae) in captive Pacific walrus (Odobenus orsmarus divergens) |
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| 11:50am - 12:15pm |
CP8.1: Drugs and Drug Resistance 1 - 5 min talks Location: Lecture Theatre 1 Chair: Christopher Hart, Griffith University Chair: Hannah Smith, Griffith University Defining the target of potent and selective drug-leads in Giardia duodenalis Investigating PPCS as a Novel Antimalarial Drug Target in Plasmodium falciparum Mechanistic insights into repurposed compounds as potential antimalarials Repurposing anticancer drugs as antimalarials A questionnaire survey of veterinarians reveals gaps in parasite control practices contributing to anthelmintic resistance in goats in Sri Lanka |
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| 12:05pm - 12:15pm |
CP9.2: Vaccines 5 min talks sponsored by Institute for Biomedicine and Glycomics, Griffith University Location: Lecture Theatre 2 Chair: Danielle Stanisic, Institute for Biomedicine and Glycomics, Griffith University Chair: Anouschka Akerman, The University of Queensland Enhancing antigen density on nanoparticle platforms to enable multi-stage malaria vaccines Investigation of perforin inhibition on malaria disease progression during Plasmodium yoelii blood-stage infection. |
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| 12:15pm - 12:30pm |
CP8Q: Questions & Discussion Drugs and Drug Resistance 1 Location: Lecture Theatre 1 Chair: Christopher Hart, Griffith University Chair: Hannah Smith, Griffith University |
CP9Q: Questions & Discussion Vaccines sponsored by Institute for Biomedicine and Glycomics, Griffith University Location: Lecture Theatre 2 Chair: Danielle Stanisic, Institute for Biomedicine and Glycomics, Griffith University Chair: Anouschka Akerman, The University of Queensland |
CP10Q: Questions & Discussion Wildlife 2: Mammals, Birds, Lizards & Wetas Location: Lecture Theatre 3 Chair: Haylee Crawford-Weaver, DCCEEW Chair: Nicholas Fountain-Jones, University of Tasmania |
| 12:30pm - 1:30pm |
Lunch Wednesday Location: Lunch Area |
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| 1:30pm - 1:50pm |
S5: Symposium Ticks, Mites, kissing bugs Location: Lecture Theatre 3 Chair: Katja Fischer, QIMR Berghofer Chair: Xavier Barton, Murdoch University Scabies Diagnostics: Past, present and future |
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| 1:30pm - 2:30pm |
CP11: Cells, Molecules & Genes 2 - 10 min talks Location: Lecture Theatre 1 Chair: Ellis Joch, Griffith University Chair: Wisam Dawood, Griffith University Investigating apical-basal polarity establishment in malaria parasites. Two novel apicoplast transporters with different, crucial roles in malaria parasite life cycle PfATP2 drives phosphatidylserine flipping and modulates antimalarial sensitivity in Plasmodium falciparum The voltage dependent anion channel is a mitochondrial protein critical to the growth of P. falciparum Pfs16 forms an oligomeric complex with a membrane-spanning pore in the malaria parasite parasitophorous vacuole membrane Functional Redundancy Between Amino Acid Uptake and Biosynthesis in Toxoplasma gondii |
CP12: Sheep & Goats - 10 min talks Location: Lecture Theatre 2 Chair: Vern Bowles, The University of Melbourne Chair: Nichola Calvani, The University of Sydney Growth and development of Fasciola hepatica on an in-vitro 3D cell culture model: how does it compare to in-vivo? A practical miracidial motility assay for assessing Fasciola hepatica sensitivity to compounds in vitro High-Resolution Climate Modelling of Fasciolosis Risk in Australia: A One Health Early-Warning Framework COMPARISON OF LARVAL CULTURE TO NEMABIOME DEEP-AMPLICON SEQUENCING Mimicking Natural Immunity: Trickle Infection Induces Protective Responses to Trichostrongylus colubriformis Chemical perturbation reveals a cytoskeletal–trafficking vulnerability in Haemonchus contortus |
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| 1:50pm - 2:30pm |
CP13: Ticks, Mites, kissing bugs 10 min talks Location: Lecture Theatre 3 Chair: Katja Fischer, QIMR Berghofer Chair: Xavier Barton, Murdoch University IMPACT OF STANDARD SCABICIDE TREATMENT ON SKIN MICROBIAL DYSBIOSIS IN SCABIES Venom exaptation and adaptation during the trophic switch to blood-feeding by kissing bugs Life-stage resolved microbiota of Sarcoptes scabiei reveals a stable core bacterial community comprised of opportunistic pathogens Elucidating keratinocyte-mediated non-histaminergic signalling in scabies-associated itch |
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| 2:30pm - 2:45pm |
CP12.1: Sheep & Goats - 5 min talks Location: Lecture Theatre 2 Chair: Vern Bowles, The University of Melbourne 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 A national survey of gastrointestinal nematodes in Australian dairy goats using faecal egg counts and deep amplicon sequencing “First frost, last frost” Updating current knowledge on the seasonality of Fasciola hepatica in the Southern Tablelands of NSW |
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| 2:30pm - 2:45pm |
CP11.1: Cells, Molecules & Genes 2 - 5 min talks Location: Lecture Theatre 1 Chair: Ellis Joch, Griffith University Chair: Wisam Dawood, Griffith University Investigating phospholipid transport by the essential Plasmodium falciparum protein PfCSC1 Do Plasmodium and Other Apicomplexan Parasites have Parasite Specific mRNA Export? Characterising the impact of sorbitol resistance on nutrient uptake in Plasmodium falciparum |
CP13.1: Ticks, Mites, kissing bugs 5 min talks Location: Lecture Theatre 3 Chair: Katja Fischer, QIMR Berghofer Chair: Xavier Barton, Murdoch University Phylogeography and genetic structure of Haemaphysalislongicornis (Asian longhorned tick) The Ticks You're Not Seeing: How Seasonality Shapes Tick Detection in Western Australia Quantitative Assessment of α‑Gal Production in Ixodes holocyclus Salivary Glands Using Indirect ELISA Methods |
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| 2:45pm - 3:00pm |
CP11Q: Questions & Discussion Cells, Molecules & Genes 2 Location: Lecture Theatre 1 Chair: Ellis Joch, Griffith University Chair: Wisam Dawood, Griffith University |
CP12Q: Questions & Discussion Sheep and Goats Location: Lecture Theatre 2 Chair: Vern Bowles, The University of Melbourne Chair: Nichola Calvani, The University of Sydney |
S5Q: Questions & Discussion Ticks, Mites, kissing bugs Location: Lecture Theatre 3 Chair: Katja Fischer, QIMR Berghofer Chair: Xavier Barton, Murdoch University |
| 3:00pm - 3:30pm |
Afternoon Tea Break Wednesday Location: Tea breaks, Registration and Sponsor space |
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| 3:30pm - 4:00pm |
Sprent: Sprent Award and Oration Location: Plenary Lecture Theatre Chair: Aaron Jex, WEHI |
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| 4:00pm - 6:15pm |
AGM: 2026 ASP Annual General Meeting Location: Plenary Lecture Theatre Chair: Aaron Jex, WEHI Chair: Jake Baum, UNSW Sydney |
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| 6:30pm - 9:00pm |
Student social event: ECR Student social event |
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