Friday 14 December 3.15pm  - in the Auditorium, Peter Doherty Institute.

All seminars are held in the Doherty Auditorium, Ground Floor.Research Seminars - Held on Thursdays 12.00pm – 1.00pm.Special Research Seminars - In addition to the usual Thursday Research Seminars, there may be occasional Special Research Seminars which could be held at different times.PhD Completion Orations - Held on Friday afternoons from 3.15pm – 4.15pm.Doherty Institute Immunology Theme: Data Presentation Series - Fortnightly on Mondays 11am featuring speakers from across the Institute.Seminar attendees are welcome to refreshments in the Doherty Institute Tearoom on Level 5 after every Research Seminar & PhD Completion Oration.

Congratulations to Dr Theo Mantamadiotis and his colleagues on having their paper published in the October issue of  Neuro-oncology.

Our congratulations to Dr Amy Chung and colleagues, Dept of Microbiology & Immunology, on having their recent publication featured in American Foundation for AIDS Research (amfAR) news.

With comment from Professor Damian Purcell (Dept Microbiology & Immunology) local GVN spokesperson for the Doherty Institute, one of 41 international centres of excellence represented by GVN.

Our congratulations to Dr Terry Mulhern (Biochemistry & Molecular Biology) on receiving the David White Award for Teaching Excellence, and to Associate Professor Sammy Bedoui (Microbiology & Immunology) on receiving the Award for Excellence in Internationalisation of Research

Our congratulations to Professor Tim Stinear* and his colleagues on obtaining a NHMRC Project Partnership grant for their research into Buruli ulcer (*Dept Microbiology & Immunology)

Our congratulations to Dr Fern Koay (Dept Microbiology & Immunology) on winning a Basic Science Researcher Award in the 2018 Premier's Awards for  Health and Medical Research

Three of the ten shortlisted finalists for the two categories Public Health Researcher and Basic Science Researcher in the PAHMR, are from the Department of Microbiology and Immunology.

Our congratulations to Professor Katherine Kedzierska and her colleagues on publication of their research in Nature Communications

Congratulations to Dr Theo Mantamadiotis, Department of Microbiology & Immunology, on securing a CASS Foundation Medicine Science Grant for his ongoing research

Our congratulations to Professor Katherine Kedzierska and colleagues on the publication of their recent research in Science Translational Medicine  (Department of Microbiology & Immunology)

Congratulations to Professor Katherine Kedzierska* and her co-authors on having their manuscript on immunity to influenza viruses in the elderly selected as the cover story of the February issue of the Journal of Leukocyte Biology (*Department of Microbiology & Immunology).

Congratulations to Associate Professor Scott Mueller, Dr Laura Mackay and their colleagues on having their paper published in the prestigious journal Nature Immunology

Our congratulations to Professors Frank R Carbone, Dale I Godfrey and Bill R Heath from the Department of Microbiology and Immunology, on appearing on this list of distinguished researchers.

Our warmest congratulations to Marios Koutsakos who was the winner of this years award and to Hillary Vanderen who was the runner up.

Our congratulations to Professors Cam Simmons, Dale Godfrey and John Furness on being elected Fellows of the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences.

Our warmest congratulations to all those in our School who were successful in obtaining grants in the latest round of NHMRC Funding.

See Dr Deborah Williamson, Microbiological Diagnostic Unit Public Health Laboratory, interviewed by ABC News 24 about the dramatic increase in treatment-resistant gonorrhoea.

Radio interview with Professor Ben Howden, Microbiological Diagnostic Unit Public Health Laboratory, discussing the new surveillance system which has revealed worrying levels of highly resistant bugs.

Dr Hayley Newton, Department of Microbiology & Immunology, awarded the Australian Society for Microbiology Frank Fenner Award for 2017 in recognition of her research.

Our congratulations to Cam on receiving this recognition of the quality of his NHMRC Program Grant

Congratulations: Hayley Newton and Karena Waller, recipients of prestigious awards from the Australian Society for Microbiology

Our congratulations to Angela Pizzolla, Linda Wakim and their colleagues from Department of Microbiology and Immunology on publication of their paper in Science Immunology

Our congratulations to Professor David Jackson (Department of Microbiology & Immunology) and Dr Nathan Bartlett on receiving this funding to support their research

A crack team of international scientists are dedicated to fighting the flu, tracking its many mutations across the globe. Featured academic: Professor Kanta Subbarao, Department of Microbiology & Immunology.

Our congratulations to Kat Holt (Biochemistry & Molecular Biology) and Laura Mackay (Microbiology & Immunology) on being awarded these prestigious awards

Our congratulations to Katherine Gourley and Lachlan Cain, recipients of the 2017 Keyes-Pearce Microbiology and Immunology Laboratory Experience Awards. As part of these awards, Katherine and Lachlan will complete 4 week research experiences in the laboratories of Assoc. Prof Scott Mueller and Prof. Roy Robins-Browne, respectively, before participating to the Lorne Infection and Immunity Conference. To mark the commencement of these awards, a morning tea was held with the award benefactor, Susan Keyes-Pearce, Head of Department Andrew Brooks, and past and present recipients of these awards.

QIAGEN is the sponsors of the QIAGEN PhD Achievement Award which recognises highly productive PhD students from the Department of Microbiology and Immunology at the University of Melbourne

Our congratulations to Professor Jim McCluskey (formerly HOD), and to PhD candidate Sarah Baines and Dr Hamish McWilliam, on winning these prestigious prizes.

The future of women in science is stronger today after funding was announced for one of Australia’s most prestigious awards – the Nancy Millis Medal.

The Selwyn-Smith Medical Research Prize recognises notable research achievements and is awarded by the MDHS Faculty every 3 years.

Dr Laura Mackay has been selected as a 2016 Victorian Young Tall Poppy – an award designed to celebrate up-and-coming scientists who combine world-class research with a passionate commitment to communicating science. Dr Mackay, from the Department of Microbiology and Immunology, School of Biomedical Sciences, heads a lab at the Doherty Institute.

Dr Pearson swapped rock and roll for microbiology. She was an accomplished drummer touring with the ARIA-nominated rock band Lash when she decided she needed to return to her other love — science.

Australian researchers have discovered the secret behind stopping malaria parasites in the liver, uncovering a new vaccine strategy.

Melbourne researchers have made a major breakthrough in understanding how our immune system produces key infection fighting cells called mucosal-associated invariant T cells or MAIT cells.

A Melbourne researcher has found a new avian influenza virus in Antarctica, causing concern viruses could be reaching the continent more often than previously thought, potentially having implications for the health of the unique species of birdlife.

Up to 70 per cent of Victorians with suspected hepatitis C may not have received follow-up testing, putting them at risk of chronic liver disease and even cancer, University of Melbourne researchers say.

Researchers solve immunity puzzle in lung tissue and reveal previously unknown 'immune cell circuitry' as secret weapon in front line defence against Legionella.

The Zika emergency seemed to come from nowhere, but there are a host of other viruses making scientists nervous

New Political Declaration on Ending AIDS adopted at UN high level meeting on HIV in New York.

Professor Fabienne Mackay's passion to make a difference drove a breakthrough in the treatment of lupus

Researchers are one step closer to creating a universal, one-shot influenza vaccine following the discovery that T cells, essential in the immune response to influenza, can recognise and attack emerging, mutant strains of the virus.

Congratulations Roy!!

Melbourne researchers have uncovered the genes responsible for the way our bodies fight infection at the point of "invasion" - whether it's the skin, the liver, lungs or the gut.

Joshua Newson and Georgina Pollock win best presentation award and first runner-up award at the ASM BD Student Awards.

A scientist working to develop a one-shot for life flu vaccine and a renowned environmental scientist have been awarded prestigious Australian Academy of Science medals.

The Sylvia and Charles Viertel Charitable Foundation Senior Medical Research Fellowship is the most prestigious mid-career medical research award in Australia.

The Department of Microbiology and Immunology has received $11.3 million in the latest round of NHMRC and ARC funding.

Professor Andrew Brooks appointed Deputy Head of the Department of Microbiology and Immunology

Video featuring Prof. Elizabeth Hartland (Infection and Immunity &/ Women in Science)

Congratulations to recipients of the 2015 Dean's Award for Excellence in a PhD Thesis.

Our congratulations to Professor Sharon Lewin (Director of the Doherty Institute), Professor James McCluskey and Laureate Professor Peter Doherty who were recently elected Fellows of the  newly established Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences.