Scientific Committee Chair & Director Professor Ben Adler Department of Microbiology Monash University, Clayton, VIC, 3800 Phone: +61 (3) 9905 4815 Fax: +61 (3) 9905 4811 Email: Ben.Adler@med.monash.edu.au Personal Assistant - Ms Sherrie Barker Phone: +61 (3) 9902 9138 Fax: +61 (3) 9902 9222 Email: Sherrie.Barker@med.monash.edu.au
		Professor Ben Adler is a Professor of the Department of Microbiology at Monash University.  In additional to his managerial role as Centre Director he is recognised internationally for his work on bacterial pathogens, especially Leptospira and other spirochaetes, Pasteurella and Shigella. His area of scientific expertise is in the application of genomics to elucidate molecular mechanisms of bacterial pathogenesis and in immunity to bacterial infection and vaccine development.
		He is, since 1986, a member of the Subcommittee on the Taxonomy of Leptospira of the International Union of Microbiological Societiesand an executive member of the International Leptospirosis Society.  He is also co-convener (with Centre Associate Professor Paul Hertzog) of the Monash Infection and Immunity Network.
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