New facility studies how insects adapt to climage change - Media Release, 3 December 2007. Innovation Minister Gavin Jennings today opened cutting-edge laboratories for the Centre for Environmental Stess and Adaptation Research (CESAR) in Victoria.

Insects show it is possible to adapt to climate change, but not if you're fussy - Media Release, 3 December 2007.  The extent to which a species can survive climate change may ultimately depend on their ability to evolve and cope with drier and hotter conditions.

Bugs Eating Slugs - Farmer's research puts the bite on exotic pest - Media Release, 3 December 2007.  Michael Nash, a PhD candidate with CESAR at the University of Melbourne is literally taking science to the field, conducting his research on his farm in Western Victoria.

More of the good drop - productivity in vineyards can be increased with the help of insects - Media Release, 3 December 2007.  Controlling pests is an essential part of food production, and can be done using chemicals and the natural enemies of pests - biological control.

DNA fingerprinting midges reveals environmental crimes - Media Release, 3 December 2007.  The urbanization of our environment can lead to detrimental changes such as contamination of our waterways by pollutants.

The worm has turned - cutting the US$5 billion damage bill for an agricultural pest - Media Release, 3 December 2007. With the help of University of Melbourne scientists, research groups in India are starting to turn the tide in the war against the cotton bollworm.

Resistance is futile - researchers develop 'smart' insecticides - Media Release, 3 December 2007. Scientists at the University of Melbourne are making steps towards the development of smart insecticides - insecticides to ministe the potential for resistance and to be more environmentally friendly.

Anti-cancer compound once only found in a shrub can now be synthesized in lab - Media Release, 3 October 2007. The search for anti-cancer compounds in plants often hits a brick wall when only small amounts of the substance can be extracted. Researchers from the University of Melbourne have now developed a technique which can synthesize relatively large amounts of a potent compound, previously only found in a shrub.

The University of Melbourne to launch first Australian edition of the international science journal, The Triple Helix, Media Release, 18 April 2007. In an Australian first, the University of Melbourne will tonight launch a local issue of the international science journal The Triple Helix.

The Melbourne Model 2008 - the future of Australian education, Media Release, 17 April 2007. The University of Melbourne today unveiled full details of the new Melbourne Model curriculum, which will be underpinned by a scholarship program of more than $100 million over three years to ensure the best and brightest students are able to attend the University, irrespective of their financial circumstances. The Model will be promoted through a major advertising initiative challenging prospective students to ‘dreamlarge'.

New $9.5 million ‘Metabolomics Australia' Research Centre to be based at the University of Melbourne, Media Release, 28 February 2007.  Metabolomics Australia is a new $9.5 million National Collaborative Research Infrastructure Strategy (NCRIS) Centre which will be headquartered at the University of Melbourne.