- Art, Science and Parasites....

The Art of the Bodysnatchers Competition

Want to see your artwork published in a glossy magazine?

Submissions have now closed, winners will be notified soon!

Draw/paint/design or computer generate your version of a parasite – luscious-looking lice, heinous hydatids, tenacious tapeworms, or your own abstract parasitic interpretation.....

$1000 cash first prize, along with four $500 runner up cash prizes, and publication as the front cover of a prestigious scientific journal, International Journal for Parasitology. Great prizes for other competition winners also up for grabs!

Winners will be chosen based on their artistic merits, originality, and demonstrated research of their chosen parasite.

All entries must be submitted electronically as PDF by Friday 30th July 2010. Conditions apply, see below.

Parasite Art Competition details and conditions:
Entries need to be submitted as PDF with a caption (no more than 12 words), a 300 word description of the artwork and the parasite chosen.

Winner will need to provide the image meeting  the following specifications:

Format: Tiff or eps
Line Art: 1000 DPI
BW/Color cmyk: 300 - 500 dpi
EPS:  In vector images fonts should be embedded and minimum line stroke range from 0.35 pts to 1.0 pts.
Preferred Size: 213 mm x 286 mm

Please note that the copyright for the winning images featured on IJP covers will need to be transferred by the artist(s) to the ASP. All winning entries must be entirely original and must not include any previously published or copyrighted material or images, or reproductions similar enough that copyright permission would be required to use those.

NB: Entrants agree as a condition of entry to allow their work to be used, if selected, for display at a public exhibition by the organising committee and for media and promotional purposes.

“Parasites in Focus” Online Quiz

Fancy your chances in our online “Parasites in Focus” quiz? iPod prizes for the quiz winners!

The Online quiz has now closed, winners will be notified!

Need help finding the answers? Try these:

The Australian Society for Parasitology
http://www.parasite.org.au/

The ARC/NHMRC Research Network for Parasitology
http://www.parasite.org.au/arcnet/

The Parasitology Research Group at Aberystwyth University, Wales, UK
http://www.aber.ac.uk/~mpgwww/Edu/EduIndex.html

“Parasites in Focus” - The Exhibition

“”Parasites in Focus” hands-on exhibition, featuring the extraordinary world of the parasite, is on display at the The Gene Technology Access Centre (GTAC), The University High School, Parkville, Melbourne from Saturday 7th – Thursday 12th August 2010”