Events

The key events in the annual BSP calendar include the annual residential meetings in spring and autumn which are focused upon general and specialist aspects of parasitology.

The video on the right gives a flavour of our events, which are attended by a wide range of academics, researchers and students.

07/01/2024

BSP Autumn Symposium, September 4-5, 2024

Highlighting female and male genital schistosomiasis in Africa

Wednesday 4^th September 2024: 12.00pm - 5.30pm and Thursday 5^th September 2024: 08:30am – 1:00pm, the Flett Room, Natural History Museum, London

Lead organisers: Dr Sekeleghe Kayuni (MLW, Malawi) & Dr Bonnie Webster (NHM, UK)

Co-organisers: Prof Russell Stothard (LSTM, UK), Prof Janelisa Musaya (MLW, Malawi), Prof Amaya Bustinduy (LSHTM, UK), Dr James LaCourse (LSTM, UK) & Mr John Archer (LSTM, UK).

Schistosomiasis is a waterborne parasitic disease which afflicts millions of adults and children in Africa. This is a globally important disease brings together trematode blood flukes and snails that have a complex lifecycle and water borne epidemiology.

A newly recognised facet of the schistosomiasis is extensive genital tract damage, particularly in women. Indeed, female genital schistosomiasis (FGS) blights the lives of up to 60 million African women. Moreover, FGS is an epidemiological driver for other concurrent viral, bacterial and protist infections. At the same time, disease in men, male genital schistosomiasis (MGS) is also significantly overlooked.

The Autumn Symposium of the BSP will bring together clinicians and biologists interested in discussing knowledge gaps concerning the natural history of the disease, its diagnostic challenges as well as clinical management. The meeting will also encourage a diversity of speakers and early career researchers who shall give invited/open oral presentations and interact further during the open poster sessions.

Possible invited speakers: Jennifer Downs (USA), Dingase Kumwenda (Malawi), David Rollinson (UK).

Abstract Submission - now open

Registration - expected to open shortly

07/15/2024

Joint Parasitology Societies Meeting, March 10-14, 2025

A joint meeting with the British, German and Swiss Societies of Parasitology

Würzburg, Germany, 10^th - 14^th March, 2025

Lead organiser: Prof. Dr Markus Engstler (Würzburg)

All three societies have agreed to merge their annual meetings for a conference in Würzburg.

The meeting will have all of the usual features of a BSP spring meeting but with a wider audience.

Würzburg is a delightful Bavarian town with a historic town center.

We are excited at this opportunity to cooperate with our European colleagues.

The meeting will include a number of satellite meetings, so stay tuned for more information.

Abstract Submission - Expected October 2024

Registration - Expected October 2024

Other events

Other organisations run events that you might find interesting: here are some up and coming online events from across the world for those with an interest in parasitology.

07/18/2024

14th European Multicolloquium of Parasitology, August 26-30, 2024

07/15/2024

Kinetoplastid Molecular Cell Biology meeting, September 10-14, 2024

The Kinetoplastid Molecular Cell Biology (KMCB) meeting will be held at Woods Hole, Massachusetts, USA on 10-14 September 2024

Meeting organizers:

Luisa Figueiredo (Instituto de Medicina Molecular)

Chris de Graffenried (Brown University)

Megan Povelones (Villanova University)

Omar Harb (University of Pennsylvania)

Important dates:

KMCBM: September 10-14, 2024

YIPs: September 14-15, 2024

Abstract submission deadline: extended to July 1, 2024

07/18/2024

Molecular Parasitology Meeting (MPM XXXV), September 15-19, 2024

MPM 2024 organizers

Bibo Li (Cleveland State Univeristy)

Manuel Llinás (The Pennsylvania State University)

Maryse Lebrun (Université Montpellier)

Communications & Technical Support: Omar S. Harb (University of Pennsylvania)

Education & Inclusion lead: Deepali B. Ravel (Harvard University)

07/20/2024

Genomic Epidemiology of Malaria, September 18 - 20, 2024

This meeting provides a common forum for malaria scientists, clinicians, and public health professionals working at the interface of genome science and technology, epidemiology and statistical and population genetics, with an interest in understanding the clinical and biological consequences of genome variation in malaria-exposed populations. The conference will bring researchers from across the globe working on various aspects of human, parasite and mosquito genetics together with policy makers to focus on how new biological insights can be used to control malaria.

The elimination of malaria is one of the greatest challenges facing modern medical science, and has been hindered by growing levels of diagnostic and insecticide resistance, invasive vector species and the lack of a highly efficacious vaccine. Knowledge of genome variation in the host, parasite and vector populations is important to overcome these and other obstacles to malaria elimination.

The meeting will explore the genomic epidemiology of the host, vector and parasite, highlighting the practical relevance to malaria control and elimination, including impact on long-term and novel diagnostics and control measures, such as anti-malarial drug therapies, insecticide resistance and vaccines. We will also explore how data standards can be harmonised, sign-post analysis resources for public health, and discuss future priorities for the field.

This interdisciplinary conference will be a hybrid meeting – with onsite or virtual attendance. The programme will also include short oral presentations from submitted abstracts, poster sessions, poster pitch talks, panel discussions and plenty of opportunities for networking at this highly interactive meeting.

07/20/2024

Next Generation In Parasitology - Workshop, September 30 - October 3, 2024

ParaFrap is organizing the ParaFrap Next Generation in Parasitology Workshop for the first time in 2024. It aims to support the new generation of European parasitologists in developing their collaboration networks and raising awareness about funding opportunities.

This inaugural edition, scheduled to take place from September 30th to October 3rd, 2024 in the Grenoble region, is being organized by two young researchers from the ParaFrap network: Christopher Swale (IAB, Grenoble) and Jessica Bryant (Institut Pasteur, Paris), with assistance from Mohamed-Ali Hakimi and Artur Sherf.

The workshop will include a scientific session open to all attendees, where 12 junior PIs (10 selected by the organizing committee and 2 by the organizers) will present their research. Following this, the 12 young scientists will take part in a retreat focused on new technologies.

Registration for the scientific session is free but mandatory, and includes participation in the scientific presentations, lunch on Monday, and coffee breaks.

Registration deadline: September 4th, 2024.

07/20/2024

ASTMH Annual Meeting, November 13 - 17, 2024

The ASTMH Annual Meeting is the premier international forum for the exchange of scientific and clinical advances in tropical medicine, hygiene and global health. World-class research findings, clinical updates and topical discussions about the hot-button global issues from the world’s brightest scientific experts and thought leaders are presented over five days.

The scientific program is designed for researchers, professors, government and public health officials, military personnel, travel clinic physicians, practicing physicians in tropical medicine, students, and all healthcare providers working in the fields of tropical medicine, hygiene, and global health. The meeting draws thousands of tropical medicine and global health professionals representing academia, foundations, government, not-for-profit organizations, non-governmental organizations, the private sector, the military, and private practice.

07/16/2024