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Episode 10: Beating the superbugs

Antibiotic resistance is a global challenge in the battle between mankind and microbes. Watch this episode to learn more about the quest to beat the superbug.

Jeremy Barr Research Fellow, School of Biological Sciences

Antibiotic resistance is a global challenge in the battle between mankind and microbes. Watch this episode to learn more about the quest to beat the superbug.

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Technology and engineering

Bridging the gap

The deadly Genoa bridge collapse should serve as a warning that safety audits of our existing infrastructure falls below what's required.

Colin Caprani Senior Lecturer, Civil Engineering

The deadly Genoa bridge collapse should serve as a warning that safety audits of our existing infrastructure falls below what's required.

Politics and society

Above the law?

The recent notorious on-field incident involving AFL players Andrew Gaff and Andrew Brayshaw has exposed inconsistencies in how our legal system treats acts of violence.

Melissa Castan Senior lecturer, Deputy Director of the Castan Centre for Human Rights Law

The recent notorious on-field incident involving AFL players Andrew Gaff and Andrew Brayshaw has exposed inconsistencies in how our legal system treats acts of violence.

Politics and society

Steady as she goes for VAD

Voluntary assisted dying scaremongering is threatening to shut the door on important and much-needed access to VAD in other Australian states and territories.

David Copolov, AO Professor of Psychiatry and Pro Vice-Chancellor

Voluntary assisted dying scaremongering is threatening to shut the door on important and much-needed access to VAD in other Australian states and territories.

The value of quality teaching

Far from the perception that it's a straightforward practice, teaching is a highly complex profession.

John Loughran Dean, Faculty of Education

Far from the perception that it's a straightforward practice, teaching is a highly complex profession.

Waste not, want not

We love our food, but waste an extraordinary amount of it. Now, research is looking at how repurposing what we throw out can be turned into profit.

Tony Patti Professor, School of Chemistry

We love our food, but waste an extraordinary amount of it. Now, research is looking at how repurposing what we throw out can be turned into profit.

Reducing the road toll on country roads

Flexible road barriers are being rolled out on high-risk Victorian roads after research showed they eliminated up to 90 per cent of fatal and serious crashes.

David Logan Senior Research Fellow at Monash University Accident Research Centre

Flexible road barriers are being rolled out on high-risk Victorian roads after research showed they eliminated up to 90 per cent of fatal and serious crashes.

Politics and society

The latest insights, research and commentary on politics and society across the globe by Monash University academics and industry experts.

Politics and society

Remembering Sir John Monash

Artist, writer, military man, engineer, lawyer, aesthete, designer and a leader. Former Victorian premier Ted Baillieu regards him as the greatest Australian of all time.

Monash University

Artist, writer, military man, engineer, lawyer, aesthete, designer and a leader. Former Victorian premier Ted Baillieu regards him as the greatest Australian of all time.

Business and economy

Back from the brink

A sudden funding change plunged a youth service into an existential crisis. To survive required a radical shift in how it operated.

Paul Thambar Lecturer, Department of Accounting

A sudden funding change plunged a youth service into an existential crisis. To survive required a radical shift in how it operated.

Politics and society

Emma Husar allegations show a need for clearer rules

With public trust in politicians low, it's time to look at making tighter, clearer regulations about MP behaviour, including the role of their staffers.

Yee-Fui Ng Senior Lecturer, Law Resources

With public trust in politicians low, it's time to look at making tighter, clearer regulations about MP behaviour, including the role of their staffers.

Politics and society

Murder in the family

The killing of a parent by his or her child is a relatively uncommon form of family violence. We need to know much more about it to prevent it.

Kate Fitz-Gibbon Senior Lecturer in Criminology

The killing of a parent by his or her child is a relatively uncommon form of family violence. We need to know much more about it to prevent it.

Medicine and health

The latest medicine and health insights, news and commentary from Monash University academics and industry experts.

Medicine and health

Combating superbugs

Associate Professor Boyce is part of an international team about to begin a new five-year investigation into the superbug, its antibiotic resistance mechanisms and also novel (new) treatments for infection.

John Boyce Associate Professor, Department of Microbiology

Associate Professor Boyce is part of an international team about to begin a new five-year investigation into the superbug, its antibiotic resistance mechanisms and also novel (new) treatments for infection.

As one door closes ...

The curtain has come down on the Victorian auto industry, but former workers are finding opportunities in the booming pharmaceuticals and medical technology sector.

Michelle McIntosh Associate Professor, Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences

The curtain has come down on the Victorian auto industry, but former workers are finding opportunities in the booming pharmaceuticals and medical technology sector.

A Different Lens

Episode 10: Beating the superbugs

Antibiotic resistance is a global challenge in the battle between mankind and microbes. Watch this episode to learn more about the quest to beat the superbug.

Jeremy Barr Research Fellow, School of Biological Sciences

Antibiotic resistance is a global challenge in the battle between mankind and microbes. Watch this episode to learn more about the quest to beat the superbug.

Medicine and health

Straight to the heart

Although the “normal” heart rate is anywhere between 60 to 100 beats per minute, there’s increasing evidence a rate at the lower end of the spectrum is better for you.

Anna Beale Medical doctor, Phd candidate in cardiology

Although the “normal” heart rate is anywhere between 60 to 100 beats per minute, there’s increasing evidence a rate at the lower end of the spectrum is better for you.

Technology and engineering

The latest global technology and engineering insights, news and commentary from Monash University academics and industry experts.

Technology and engineering

Big picture, small insects

Ants aren't particularly clever, but they could teach us a thing or two about how to work together towards a common goal.

Bernd Meyer Professor, Data Science, School of Information Technology

Ants aren't particularly clever, but they could teach us a thing or two about how to work together towards a common goal.

Technology and engineering

A mission to make plastic fantastic

A Dutch design student's idea to repurpose plastics on a small scale has become an initiative that's spawned a growing global community.

Scott Wordley Director of Learning and Teaching, and Senior Lecturer, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

A Dutch design student's idea to repurpose plastics on a small scale has become an initiative that's spawned a growing global community.

Technology and engineering

Turning plastic into fuel

With China no longer accepting Australian waste, an innovative home-grown solution is planned to turn plastic and used tyres into fuel.

Sankar Bhattacharya Professor, Chemical Engineering

With China no longer accepting Australian waste, an innovative home-grown solution is planned to turn plastic and used tyres into fuel.

Six reasons why AI will never rule in the classroom

Technology is threatening the role of the highly trained teacher, but the lack of human connection means machines will never replace them.

Neil Selwyn Professor, Faculty of Education

Technology is threatening the role of the highly trained teacher, but the lack of human connection means machines will never replace them.

Expert commentary and insights from Monash University academics and researchers on the latest science research and discoveries.

From a leaky boat to the RAFT

San Thang fled Vietnam in 1979, encountering pirates on the way to Australia. Now, the chemistry innovator and his colleagues are being touted to win the Nobel Prize.

San Thang AC Professor, School of Chemistry

San Thang fled Vietnam in 1979, encountering pirates on the way to Australia. Now, the chemistry innovator and his colleagues are being touted to win the Nobel Prize.

What will Antarctica look like in 2070?

Will the icy wilderness we know today survive, or will it succumb to climate change and human pressure? Our choices over the coming decade will seal its fate.

Steven Chown Professor, School of Biological Sciences

Will the icy wilderness we know today survive, or will it succumb to climate change and human pressure? Our choices over the coming decade will seal its fate.

The art of healing

Medicinal plants were used by Aboriginal Australians to help treat conditions including rheumatism and indigestion, to strengthening the immune system.

Beth Gott Adjunct Research Fellow, School of Biological Sciences

Medicinal plants were used by Aboriginal Australians to help treat conditions including rheumatism and indigestion, to strengthening the immune system.

One fish, two fish, big fish, little fish

Throwing back small fish is being challenged as we learn more about the relationship between fish size and reproductive capacity – or, why the big one should get away.

Dustin Marshall Professor (Research), School of Biological Sciences

Throwing back small fish is being challenged as we learn more about the relationship between fish size and reproductive capacity – or, why the big one should get away.

Business and economy

The latest business and economy views, commentary and research told by Monash academics and thought-leaders.

A Different Lens

Episode 9: The death of corporate greed

Are making money and acting ethically mutually exclusive? Find out why business success is now so dependent on ethical behaviour, in this episode of A Different Lens.

Michelle Welsh Professor & Head, Department Business Law and Taxation

Are making money and acting ethically mutually exclusive? Find out why business success is now so dependent on ethical behaviour, in this episode of A Different Lens.

Business and economy

Back from the brink

A sudden funding change plunged a youth service into an existential crisis. To survive required a radical shift in how it operated.

Paul Thambar Lecturer, Department of Accounting

A sudden funding change plunged a youth service into an existential crisis. To survive required a radical shift in how it operated.

Business and economy

Twice around the block

Life has come full circle for Malaysian professor and nation-building advocate Mahendhiran Nair.

Mahendhiran Nair Professor of Econometrics and Business Statistics, Monash Malaysia

Life has come full circle for Malaysian professor and nation-building advocate Mahendhiran Nair.

Business and economy

Learning to live within our means

The credit debt trap is a honey pot for financial institutions, and that becomes a problem mostly for the poor, says John Vaz.

John Vaz Senior lecturer, banking and finance

The credit debt trap is a honey pot for financial institutions, and that becomes a problem mostly for the poor, says John Vaz.

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