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27 Feb 2024
Professor Alexander Maier, from the ANU Research School of Biology, has taken out the science category in the 2023 Awards for Teaching Excellence, announced by...
16 Aug 2023
Professor Alexander Maier wants us to change our mind about parasites.
5 Jul 2021
Professor Bruno von Schmarotzersindwunderbarhausen in his idiosyncratic attire is not something you would see during a regular day on campus. He only appears...
4 Mar 2021
Researchers from The Australian National University (ANU) have exposed a fatal flaw in the deadly parasite that causes malaria - one of the world's...
30 Sep 2020
Merryn Fraser explains how the malaria parasite's appetite for cholesterol can be used against them. This speech is intended for audiences of 12+. Or,...
7 Aug 2020
"How could I have been so naive to think that parasites would not have an intrinsic role to play in every ecosystem considering the fundamentals of...
9 Jun 2020
In fiction and popular culture, parasitic characters appear as a metaphor for the threat and spread of disease.
28 Nov 2018
Students from ANU and Humboldt University in Berlin talk about the International Research Training Group 'Crossing Boundaries: Molecular interactions in...
27 Nov 2018
"40% of the world's population is living under the threat of contracting malaria"
27 Nov 2018
In this video Dr Alex Maier talks about how a collaboration between ANU and Humboldt University is investigating new interdisciplinary approaches to...
25 Sep 2018
Alex Maier has been elected as a Fellow of the Australian Society for Parasitology.