Events
BSP annual meetings
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.
BSP Spring Meeting, April 6-9, 2026. Glasgow, UK
Trypanosomiasis & Leishmaniasis Seminar, September 14-17, 2027. Antwerp, Belgium
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.
The British Society for Parasitology Tryps Club
24 September 2025 – Career Talk with Prof. Paul Selzer - Principal Fellow Research Parasitology at Böhringer Ingelheim Animal Health
Obligate intracellular bacteria – from bench to field and bedside, November 3-4, 2025. Manchester, UK
This meeting will be led by Dr Jing Jing Khoo from the University of Liverpool, Dr Jeanne Salje from the University of Cambridge and Dr Richard Hayward from the University of Cambridge.
Obligate intracellular bacteria include a wide range of bacteria with medical and veterinary importance. Rickettsiales and Chlamydiales include numerous important human, livestock and wildlife pathogens.
Other members of the obligate intracellular bacteria group include arthropod symbionts that could be implicated in the control of arthropod disease vectors.
This scientific meeting will be the first in the UK to bring together researchers and clinicians from a variety of different scientific disciplines (from infection biology to ecology) to discuss obligate intracellular bacteria.
Speakers and attendees will share the latest insights in this field and generate new research directions linking both pathogens and symbionts.
This meeting is intended for researchers in relevant fields. Advance registration is essential.
More information about the speakers, programme and how to register for this meeting can be found on the Royal Society website.
Keystone Symposia. Fungal Pathogens: Emerging Threats and Future Challenges, January 12 - 15, 2026. Breckenridge, USA
However, many recent scientific advances are revealing fungal virulence factors and immune susceptibilities that provide insight into how to combat these troublesome pathogens. A recent explosion in the discovery and characterization of novel monogenic inborn errors of immunity that predispose patients to fungal disease have enhanced our understanding of how the immune system normally recognizes and eliminates these pathogens. Along with the development of clinically relevant animal models of disease, both mucocutaneous and/or invasive tissues-specific forms, these advances have collectively pointed to cell type-, tissue-, and fungus-specific recognition, effector pathways, and adaptive immune responses. The improved molecular understanding of fungal virulence traits and immune protective mechanisms will guide the development of targeted treatment strategies against fungal pathogens.
This meeting will unite scientists studying fungal virulence and fungal immunology across numerous organisms to integrate emerging research on the cellular and molecular determinants of fungal pathogenesis and mammalian antifungal immunity. This cross-disciplinary approach will provide the foundation for precision risk stratification, as well as prophylactic, therapeutic and vaccination strategies to combat life-threatening fungal infections in vulnerable patient populations.
Important Deadlines
Early Registration Deadline: November 13, 2025
Scholarship Deadline: September 16, 2025
Short Talk Abstract Deadline: September 16, 2025
Poster Abstract Deadline: December 22, 2025