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Centre to Impact AMR

Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is becoming more prevalent and more extreme. How science rethinks its response will determine the outcome of one of the great health threats of the 21st century.

We can win the fight against superbugs, but it requires a paradigm shift in thinking. The days of relying on  “silver bullet” drugs are over.

Our Centre’s approach is multifaceted and multidisciplinary. Our teams are tracking and mapping superbugs to assist in making informed intervention decisions, developing unique antimicrobial surfaces to curb their spread, exploring new treatments to complement or replace old ones, and working to prolong the life of existing antibiotics.

We believe it is possible to turn the tide, and again take control. We also are determined to help all Australians change the way they think about and use antibiotics and other antimicrobials, so that we are all part of the solution, not the problem.

Our aim is to drive the transformation of the global approach to the resistance of superbugs by leading the evolution of science, policy, behaviours, environments and skills development. There will be challenges, but we are up for the fight.

Asia-Pacific Biofilms 2026

The 𝗔𝘀𝗶𝗮-𝗣𝗮𝗰𝗶𝗳𝗶𝗰 𝗕𝗶𝗼𝗳𝗶𝗹𝗺 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 is coming to Australia for the first time in 2026 — bringing together leading researchers and clinicians from across the region. The conference is being hosted by the Centre to Impact AMR and will be chaired by Anton Y. Peleg, Birthe Kjellerup and Yue Qu. Register now.

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World AMR Awareness Week Morning Tea 2025

Our Future Leaders in AMR joined the global recognition of World Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) Awareness Week by hosting a morning tea that brought together colleagues from across Monash University. ☕

Indo-Pacific Future Leaders in AMR Online Student Symposium 2025

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The Inaugural Indo-Pacific Future Leaders in Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) Student Symposium marked a critical milestone in bringing together researchers from various disciplines and countries together to discuss and disseminate their research. The symposium was hosted by Monash’s Centre to Impact AMR on 25 February 2025. The event was organised by students affiliated with the Centre's Future Leaders in AMR student group. The virtual conference was attended by over 32 student speakers and 70 participants from 8 countries, 17 universities/research institutes and 34 centres for learning and discovery. Keynote speakers included experts in the areas of combating antimicrobial resistance, Professor Mark Blaskovich and Professor Trevor Lithgow.

Lancet Review Paper: Multidrug-resistant Gram-negative Bacteria

Centre Director, Professor Anton Peleg, along with Centre Leader, Dr Nenad Macesic, and colleague Associate Professor Anne-Catrin Uhlemann published a Lancet review paper on Multidrug-resistant Gram-negative bacterial infections.

IN THE MEDIA: The deadliest beings on the planet: can the bacteriophage help in our fight against superbugs?

Antimicrobial resistance threatens many of the gains of modern medicine, making even routine surgery much riskier. Some scientists believe phages, lurking in every corner of the planet, offer hope.
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Achievements 2024

The Centre to Impact AMR continues to achieve impact across many key areas. Learn more about the important work we do by clicking on the story links.
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Partnerships and Industry

The Monash Centre to Impact AMR works with industry, government and other organisations, through funded collaborative research and provision of contract research services.

Our research partnerships draw on the Centre’s interdisciplinary expertise network of its 30 world-leading research leaders and the research capability provided by the Centre’s AMR Research Facility. This enables our partners to work with us at all stages of the R&D pipeline, from understanding the fundamental biology of AMR to engineering new detection methods and changing public thinking about AMR.

Industry Do you have a challenging R&D project you’d like to discuss? Find out more.
Students Search here for research project opportunities. Find out more.

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International Network for AMR Social Science


Singapore-MIT Initiative

Australian Antimicrobial Resistance Network

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