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Slack 101 …………………………………………………………………………………………… 100 CONTENT Welcome from the ASP President ……………………………………………………… 3 Welcome from the Organising Committee ………………………………………… 4 Networking during the conference …………………………………………………… 5 Meet the Invited Speakers ………………………………………………………………… 6 Meet the Invited Speakers Life Outside Academia: Career Panelists ………………………………… 8 Awards ……………………………………………………………………………………………… 9 Program - Day 1: Career Workshops ………………………………………………… 10 Program - Day 2: Science Talks ………………………………………………………… 11 Abstracts - Session 1 ………………………………………………………………………… 13 Abstracts - Session 2 ………………………………………………………………………… 19 Abstracts - Session 3 ………………………………………………………………………… 27 Abstracts - Session 4 ………………………………………………………………………… 34 Abstracts - Posters …………………………………………………………………………… 44 Participants Guidelines ……………………………………………………………………… 96 Presenters Guidelines ………………………………………………………………………… 98 Slack 101 …………………………………………………………………………………………… 100 2 Welcome from the ASP President Dear Colleague, the Australian Society for Parasitology Inc. acknowledges Aboriginal peoples and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the Traditional Owners and custodians of the land. We recognise their connection to land, sea and community, and pay our respects to Elders past, present and emerging. On behalf of the ASP Council and the 2020 Conference Organising Committee, we extend a warm welcome to the 2020 ASP Online Conference Parasitravaganza 2020, Thursday 30th - Friday 31st July 2020. This conference, hosted by the Australian Society for Parasitology, includes an outstanding mix of quality international and Australian students and early career researchers (ECRs) as they discuss the latest research and state-of-the-art technologies in parasitology. The Conference will begin with Early Career Researcher career development events on Thursday 30th July 2020 from 1230 until 6pm AEST online and continue with scientific presentations on Friday 31st July 2020 from 1 until 6pm. The scientific posters submitted for this conference will be online until the end of August 2020 so please take a chance to read through them on the ASP website https://www.parasite.org.au/conferences/parasitravaganza/posters/. We would like to thank you, the ASP Membership, for supporting our Society and this Conference so enthusiastically. Professor Barbara Nowak President, ASP 3 Welcome from the Organising Committee We acknowledge the traditional custodians of the lands we have organised this conference on: the Kaurna lands, Whadjuk lands, Wurundjeri lands and Yirrganydji territory. Since the start of 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic has considerably disrupted the world. In the academic world in particular, we recognise that it impacted and will have long lasting effects on young researchers. Many conferences have been postponed or canceled and most opportunities to present our work have disappeared. It is crucial to remain connected, especially within the scientific community, which is why we decided to organise this online conference. We have been truly overwhelmed by your support. We received more than 80 excellent abstracts, including 24 international submissions! We are excited about the scientific program that resulted from these submissions. We also decided to organise a full day dedicated to career development workshops for students and ECRs. We are absolutely thrilled to hear from fantastic invited speakers: A/Prof Inger Mewburn (aka The Thesis Whisperer), Prof Brian Cooke, Prof Una Ryan, A/Prof Alice Motion, Dr Krystal Evans, Prof Rebecca Traub, Prof Andrew Wilks, Dr Cameron Raw and Dr Elena Gomez-Diaz. You will find more information on them in the following pages. We hope that you will enjoy this conference and that this is only the first of many online events. Organising committee (pictures top to bottom) Coralie Boulet (La Trobe University) Siobhon Egan (Murdoch University) Lisa Jones (ASP Secretary and Executive Officer) Thorey Jonsdottir (Burnet Institute) Michelle Power (Macquarie University) Stuart Ralph (University of Melbourne) Lily Tran (La Trobe University) Mae White (Flinders University) 4 Networking during the conference ● SLACK FORUM Slack is a forum where everyone can have a personalised profile and participate in discussions. The slack workspace is https://asp2020-workspace.slack.com. To log in for the first time, follow this link and log in with your email address https://join.slack.com/t/asp2020-workspace/shared_invite/zt-g1btehp0-CFlu8Y_b cSFsrYuLC6TbBg. You can find several “channels” on the left side. For instance, you can introduce yourself in the #bio channel, ask questions for the career panel and to presenters, and if you are a presenter, answer questions. We highly encourage you to use this platform to make the most out of this conference! If you are not familiar with Slack, please have a look at pages 100-103 for some explanations on how to use Slack 101. ● ZOOM You are probably already familiar with Zoom! To make the conference as participative as possible, it will be a Zoom meeting, not a Webinar. This means that you will be able to have your camera on if you wish to, and will be able to ask questions directly (you can raise your hand virtually to catch the attention of the chair). We also encourage you to use the chat and the Q&A option if you prefer ! ● E-POSTERS You can find all the e-posters following this link: https://www.parasite.org.au/conferences/parasitravaganza/posters/. They will be available online until end of August 2020. Please have a look at them (even better if you can do so before the conference). If you are interested in the work presented there, you can even use Slack to directly contact the author ! Please, read the Participants & Presenters Guidelines on pages 96-99. 5 Meet the Invited Speakers A/Prof Inger Mewburn, aka The Thesis Whisperer, Director of Researcher Development at the Australian National University Inger has a background as a designer and a researcher, which was nurtured at the University of Melbourne and RMIT University. Since 2006, she has worked exclusively with PhD students and early career academics, helping them finish complex research projects with (sometimes very) demanding stakeholders. She’s passionate about helping people reach their potential as researchers and helping to create a kinder, more inclusive academy. Aside from creating new posts on the Thesis Whisperer blog, she writes scholarly papers, books and book chapters about research education, with a special interest in post PhD employability. Prof Brian Cooke, James Cook University, International Journal of Parasitology Editor Brian Cooke is the current Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal for Parasitology. He has more than three decades of experience in teaching and research in parasitology and infectious diseases and has been an expert in social distancing since March 2020. Prof Una Ryan, Murdoch University, Parasitology Research Editor Prof Una Ryan is a Professor in Biochemistry at Murdoch University. She obtained her undergraduate degree in Zoology in 1988 from University College Dublin, Ireland and her PhD in 1996 in Parasitology from Murdoch University (MU). Since 2000, she has been a tenured academic at MU and was appointed as a Professor in Biochemistry in 2010. In 2014 she was awarded the Bancroft-Mackerras Medal from the Australian Society for Parasitology for excellence in research. She is currently Co-Editor-in-Chief of Parasitology Research. 6 Meet the Invited Speakers A/Prof Alice Motion, University of Sydney, Science Communicator Alice Motion is a chemist and science communicator based at The University of Sydney. Her research focuses on open science and Science Communication, Outreach, Participation and Education (SCOPE). Finding ways to connect people with science and to make research more accessible is the overarching theme of Alice’s interdisciplinary research. Dr Cameron Raw, BVSc and PhD candidate, University of Melbourne Cam is a Palawa man from Southern Tasmania. After graduating from the University of Melbourne with a Bachelor of Veterinary Science, he has worked in mixed practices with a range of species in Northern Victoria, Yorkshire, West Sussex and Arnhem Land. Throughout his career he has been involved in volunteer programs in remote Aboriginal communities across Arnhem Land in the Northern Territory. Through this work he’s become increasingly involved in planning, improving and implementing such programs with the involvement of other volunteer vets and final year veterinary students. Dr Elena Gómez-Díaz, Institute of Parasitology and Biomedicine “López-Neyra” (IPBLN), Spain Elena has worked in France, USA and Spain. Since 2016, she leads a research group at the CSIC. Her research focuses on understanding how epigenetics modulates the adaptations of the malaria-causing parasites to their mosquito and vertebrate hosts. She is the founder and coordinator of “Women In Malaria" (@womeninmalaria, https://womeninmalaria.weebly.com). She fights to break glass ceilings, to promote fully access and equal participation of women in science, to give women voice so we serve as role models for other women. 7 Meet the Invited Speakers Life Outside Academia: Career Panelists Dr Krystal Evans, Medical Science Liaison GSK Krystal is currently the Head of Communications and Government Affairs in GSK: she leads the stakeholder management and external relations functions for the Vaccines business unit, including government affairs, communications, media relations, patient advocacy lead, stakeholder engagement and advocacy campaigns. Krystal has a PhD and post-doctoral experience
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