Molecular Parasitology Community

The MPM XXXVI website is now online

The next MPM meeting will be from Sunday, September 14th to Thursday, September 18th, 2025

Dr. Roland A. Cooper

The Roland A. Cooper Award was established in 2024 to support parasitologists from endemic areas to attend international parasitology conferences. Roland Cooper was a dedicated attendee of parasitology meetings for 25 years and was widely recognized as a leader on subjects of pharmacology and genetics as they apply to malaria parasites, both in the laboratory and the field. He worked extensively with colleagues in Uganda and Burkina Faso and enthusiastically supported young researchers working in the developing world. This award was created in his name to provide financial support to young investigators who would otherwise not be able to attend international parasitology meetings.

The Alice and C. C. Wang Award in Molecular Parasitology

The Alice and C.C. Wang Award recognizes established investigators who are making seminal contributions to the field of molecular parasitology at the time of the award. Novel and significant discoveries on the biology of parasitic organisms are of particular emphasis. The areas of research to be awarded are limited to protozoan parasites but otherwise broadly defined, including but not limited to biochemistry, molecular biology, gene regulation, metabolism, cell biology, development biology, and host–pathogen interactions. Nominate by June 4, 2025.