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Fieldwork in Parasitology: a Mountain Worth Climbing
The Field Notes section includes tales of trials and triumphs in the field and in the lab. In this Field Note, Dr. Janet Koprivnikar...

Kelly Weinersmith
May 24, 20196 min read


Report on the Southwestern Association of Parasitologists 52nd Annual Meeting
By Dr. Joanna Cielocha (Rockhurst University) All photos by Alan Fedynich The Southwestern Association of Parasitologists met for their...

Kelly Weinersmith
May 12, 20192 min read


Field Note: Finding more than parasites north of 60°
by Demi Gagnon (MSc Student, Department of Biological Science, University of Manitoba) As part of my master’s research, I was interested...

Kelly Weinersmith
Apr 30, 20193 min read


Nova Southeastern University's Parasitology Club Celebrates Parasite Month!
By Dr. Christopher Blanar (Nova Southeastern University) March was a busy month for Nova Southeastern University’s first (and only)...

Kelly Weinersmith
Apr 20, 20192 min read


Happenings at the Helminthological Society of Washington - Spring 2019 Meeting Summary
By Kelly Weinersmith The Helminthological Society of Washington (HelmSoc) held its 721st meeting at Shenandoah University in Winchester,...

Kelly Weinersmith
Apr 10, 20192 min read


Happenings at the Helminthological Society of Washington - Spring 2019 Meeting Summary
By Kelly Weinersmith The Helminthological Society of Washington (HelmSoc) held its 721st meeting at Shenandoah University in Winchester,...

Kelly Weinersmith
Apr 10, 20192 min read


10 Reasons to Attend ASP's Annual Conference
By Kelly Weinersmith, Christina Anaya, John Hawdon, and Bobbi Pritt ASP's Annual Conference will be held at The Double Tree by...

Kelly Weinersmith
Mar 28, 20197 min read


Report on Parasite Day 2019
By Kelly Weinersmith & the ASP Public Relations Committee On March 4, 1999 (the anniversary of H.B. Ward’s Birthday), ASP’s Education...

Kelly Weinersmith
Mar 26, 20194 min read


ASP Becomes Inaugural Member of Consortium on Sexual Harassment in STEMM
By Dr. Susan Perkins In 2016, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine launched a committee whose charge it was to...

Kelly Weinersmith
Mar 15, 20191 min read


ASP's Spring 2019 Newsletter is Now Available
Click here to download ASP's Spring 2019 Newsletter (Vol 41, No 1).

Kelly Weinersmith
Feb 14, 20191 min read


Member Spotlight: Christina Anaya
Interview by Susan Perkins For our newest Member Spotlight we feature ASP's student representative, Christina Anaya! 1. What made you...

Kelly Weinersmith
Feb 4, 20194 min read


Happenings at the Helminthological Society of Washington
By Sherman S. Hendrix, Immediate Past-President, Representative to the ASP I would like to report on several recent items at HelmSoc that...

Kelly Weinersmith
Feb 1, 20192 min read


Clinical Parasitology Wet Lab Workshop
At this year's annual conference we are offering a FREE Clinical Parasitology Wet Lab Workshop. See below for more information.

Kelly Weinersmith
Jan 30, 20191 min read


Student Rep Corner: Christina Anaya
By Christina Anaya The 94th Annual ASP conference is around the corner and this year promises to be new and innovative for student...

Kelly Weinersmith
Jan 30, 20192 min read


Member Spotlight: Graham Goodman
By Jillian Detwiler Pardon the pun, but Graham Goodman’s research on the behavioral defenses of birds against ectoparasites is just “so...

Kelly Weinersmith
Jan 24, 20193 min read


Teacher Sign-up For Parasite Day 2019
*********TEACHER SIGN-UPS ARE CLOSED FOR THIS YEAR. YOU CAN FIND OUT ABOUT NEXT YEAR'S SIGN-UPS BY CHECKING THE BLOG, FOLLOWING US ON...

Kelly Weinersmith
Jan 23, 20191 min read


Parasite Day 2019
By Kelly Weinersmith On March 4, 1999 (the anniversary of H.B. Ward’s Birthday), ASP’s Education Committee kicked off the first “Parasite...

Kelly Weinersmith
Jan 5, 20193 min read


Field Note: The Inception of the CPBS and Our First Fish
Written by John Janovy, Jr. Edited by Margaret Doolin In the spring of 1966, the University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL) hired two...

Kelly Weinersmith
Dec 10, 20185 min read


Once more unto the beach…
By Dr. Mike Kinsella My friend and mentor, Al Canaris, has long been fascinated by what happens to helminth communities in shorebirds...

Kelly Weinersmith
Nov 30, 20182 min read


Field Note: Attempting to Solve the Life Cycle of Distoichometra bufonis
Attempting to Solve the Life Cycle of Distoichometra bufonis Dickey 1921, (Cestoda: Nematotaeniidae) while Teaching a Field Course! By...

Kelly Weinersmith
Nov 15, 20185 min read
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