12 June 2009 Prato Conference on the Pathogenesis of Bacterial Diseases of Animals The Centre is proud to organise and host this conference from 6-9 Oct 2010 in Prato, Italy. This conference which focuses on veterinary pathogens aims to bring together researchers working in the areas relevant to the mechanisms by which bacteria cause disease in animals.
9 July 2008 2008 Health Minister's award
Professor James Whisstock is the latest recipient of the Health Minister's award for Excellence.
30 April 2008 Latest CI to be 'Federated'
Professor James Whisstock has been named among the top Australian scientists for the year.
5 March 2008 Poultry disease discovery
Centre PhD student's research 're-writes book' on necrotic enteritis causative factor.
26 September 2007 Novel immune system protein identified
Centre research has discovered a protein that regulates leukocytes' ability to engulf foreign particles.
1 September 2007 CI interviewed on 'The Science Show'
Professor James Whisstock was recently interviewed about his perforin studies on The Science Show.
24 August 2007 Immune systems's bacterial link
Centre research reveals human immune proteins and bacterial toxins share a common ancestor.
18 July 2007 Infection and immunity talk enlightens staff, students and industry
The latest Monash Infection and Immunity Network symposium was attended by 160 people from the faculties of Medicine, Nursing & Health Sciences, Engineering, Science and Pharmacy at Monash University.
21 June 2007 Immune systems's fat problem solved
CI and Centre PhD student part of a team which has unravelled a 15 year old immune system mystery.
8 June 2007 National honour for Centre CI
Professor Jamie Rossjohn has been awarded the 2007 Health Minister's Prize for Excellence.
4 May 2007 Fight against footrot goes forward
Professor Julian Rood talks on the ABC's Country Hour about the latest development in the search for a vaccine for ovine footrot (Professor Rood starts at the 25 minute mark).
17 October 2006 CI awarded Life Scientist of Year
Associate Professor James Whisstock has been awarded the 2006 Science Minster's Life Scientist of the Year award.
15 March 2006 New ARC Centre officially launched
The ARC Centre of Excellence in Structural and Functional Microbial Genomics was officially launched last week.