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.

Joint Parasitology Societies Meeting, March 10-14, 2025

Abstract Submission - 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.

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 

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

Genomic Epidemiology of Malaria, September 18 - 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.

Miniature Worlds: Organoid Research in Parasitology Symposium, November 8, 2024

The Infection and Immunity Research Theme (School of Biological Sciences, University of Cambridge) and Parasitology (Cambridge University Press) are thrilled to announce that registration for the Miniature Worlds: Organoid Research in Parasitology Symposium is now open.

 

The symposium will take place 12:30-17:00 on Friday 8^th November at West Hub, Cambridge University.

 

The symposium’s registration deadline is Friday 11^th October. To register, please complete this short registration form.

 

The event will delve into the exciting intersection of the organoid and parasitology fields, featuring talks from renowned experts. We are also offering a platform for early career investigators working on pathogens in organoids to present their work at the meeting and invite registrants to submit abstracts for consideration for short talks by Friday 27^th September. 

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

Future of Parasitology Symposium, November 14-15, 2024

Institute Pasteur, Department of Parasites and Insect Vectors

Keystone Symposia. Host-Microbe Co-Evolution in Human Health: The Microbiome-Pathobiont Continuum, February 18-21, 2025

Mammals and microbes have co-evolved over 250 million years and host-microbial interactions are central to health and disease. This meeting will bring together groups of scientists working on pathogens, commensals, microbial sensing, innate immunity, evolution, and disease pathogenesis to integrate knowledge and collectively address major questions in the field.

This meeting will explore the:

1) impact of viruses on the host, in particular endogenous retroelements and chronic viral infections

2) impact of commensal bacteria and fungi and persistent intracellular pathogens on the host

3) definition of a pathobiont

4) co-evolution of host-microbial interactions

5) role of microbes in disease

To further expand the scope of the meeting we will organize two workshops: one on neuronal control of host-microbial interactions and one on the interface of nutrition, microbiome and disease. The interdisciplinary nature of the meeting and its focus on host-microbe interactions across microbial species will give investigators a broad perspective on host-microbial interactions and encourage them to go beyond traditional disciplinary boundaries.

The conference will be held jointly with the Keystone Symposium on Human Microbiome: Diversity, Selection and Adaptation to enable cross-disciplinary insights and collaborations towards a more comprehensive and integrative understanding of the holobiont.

Keystone Symposia. Malaria: Mechanisms of Immunity & Protection, March 30 - April 2, 2025

Progress against malaria remains a global challenge, and improvements achieved in the last decades have recently slowed down and plateaued. Novel research and implementation strategies are needed, and a renewed combination of innovative approaches to tackle this global health problem.  The key will be to uncover the mechanisms by which children develop protection against severe malaria after only a few infections, as well as the determinants of naturally acquired immunity after years of exposure. With these insights we can design effective prevention and treatment strategies to finally conquer this formidable foe.

This conference aims to reveal these central immunologic principles to combat malaria by integrating mechanistic and clinical research advances.  The program will:

1. reveal new insights into the fundamental aspects of immune protection against severe malaria.
2. explore how clinical immunity against mild malaria develops over the course of repeated infections, while still allowing for asymptomatic carriage of parasites.
3. highlight emerging data from the latest next generation vaccines trials, as well as immunization strategies aimed at blocking transmission.
4. examine passive immunization approaches or drug administration to induce naturally acquired immunity to malaria
5. integrate multiomics and modeling approaches to better understand both the natural development of immunity and the impact of interventions.

Attendees will learn about emerging scientific discoveries, method development and clinical practice approaches to empower their work.  The conference will provide a multitude of networking opportunities for trainees and field leaders alike, promoting connections and collaborations that will drive innovative advances.