Drugs, Tayto CRISP[R]s and other parasite craic in Belfast
This year, the British Society for Parasitology Autumn Symposium was hosted by Queens University Belfast (QUB) in Northern Ireland, a country home to Tayto… Read more »
Tom Pennance
Tom completed his BSc in Zoology at the University of Manchester, before carrying out his MSc in Medical Parasitology at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. He is now a PhD candidate based at the Natural History Museum and Cardiff University focusing on the transmission and genetic relationship between schistosomes, their intermediate host snails and the environment. Tom is also a student representative for the British Society of Parasitology council.
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Manchester BSP Spring Meeting Part 2: News, awards and more celebrations
Here is the second of two blogs (here you find the first part) reporting on the 2019 British Society for Parasitology Spring Meeting in Manchester.
The parasitology place to bee: Meeting report from the Manchester BSP Spring Conference
The British Society for Parasitology held a very successful Spring Meeting jointly with The Netherlands Society of Parasitology and The Belgian Society for… Read more »
Parasites: meal or squeal?
Members of the public were introduced to parasites that can infect us via the food we eat during an evening event at the Natural History Museum.
The timing and the tools for tallying up trematodes: diagnosing and quantifying the burden of intestinal schistosomiasis.
In the control of parasitic diseases, the correct diagnostic tool at the right time will accurately assess the burden of disease, monitor the impact of the… Read more »
The multidisciplinarity of parasitology
The British Society for Parasitology hosted their autumn symposium in London in association with the Linnean society. This years fitting theme was “The… Read more »