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Key role for La Trobe in new Government Research Centres of Excellence The Federal Government has awarded $8m to three La Trobe University scientists for leading-edge research into next-generation immunological and plant-based therapies for cancer and other diseases. Research groups led by physicists Dr Brian Abbey and Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research) Professor Keith Nugent, and by […]
February 18, 2014
Animal hoarding in Australia is a tragedy for the animals involved, with more than 70 per cent of rescued animals having to be euthanised. It is also a significant welfare issue for hoarders, many of whom have serious mental health problems – and can impact on neighbours and the wider community. A new study, the first […]
November 27, 2013
Dr Yolanda Gaspar, from the La Trobe Institute for Molecular Science (LIMS), has won the prestigious 2013 CropLife President’s award for her contribution to Australia’s $1.5 billion plant science industry. The award was presented at the 2013 CropLife National Members’ Forum at the Press Club in Canberra on Thursday 21 November. CropLife is an industry body […]
July 11, 2013
La Trobe University is leading a quarter of a million dollar research project to develop a vaccine against liver fluke as the troubling parasite that causes the disease develops resistance to existing drugs. Liver fluke is endemic, mainly in sheep and cattle pastures in southeastern Australia. It also affects pigs, goats, alpacas and deer, as […]
April 10, 2013
An award-winning La Trobe University scientist has developed a new world-class test for the major horticultural disease fire blight. The work, undertaken by Rachel Mann, has been adopted across the world and is set to revolutionise global screening procedures in the war against this devastating disease that threatens apple and pear industries in Australia. Ms […]
February 21, 2014
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