About VIIN
History
The Victorian Infection and Immunity Network (VIIN) came to life in 2004, when the Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences at Monash University established the successful Monash Infection and Immunity Network (MIIN) at Monash University. In 2009, the MIIN evolved into the present day VIIN.
VIIN has operated for over 15 years and has grown to include 15+ Contributing Organisations and 1900+ individual members. Contributing Organisations are the departments, faculties, research institutes and other organisations that provide a financial contribution to VIIN’s annual budget. Individual members come from VIIN’s Contributing Organisations, as well as other Victorian, Australian and international organisations, or may be unaffiliated to any organisation.
Between 2012 and 2014, the VIIN Industry Alliance was funded by the Victorian Government to foster, manage and fund bilateral exchange between VIIN researchers and industry. More information about our past and present Industry Engagement activities can be found here.
Today, VIIN provides networking and development opportunities to Victorian infection and immunity researchers through professional development workshops, annual Careers Evening and Young Investigator Symposium events, and the annual Lorne Infection and Immunity Conference. VIIN communicates to its members through its website, email list and social media accounts to promote the activities of its Contributing Organisations and to advertise events and employment vacancies of relevance to VIIN members.
Mission
The VIIN’s mission is to promote and grow an inspiring, inclusive network that champions infection and immunity research and education for impactful discoveries and practical health outcomes.
Read more in our 2024 – 2028 Strategic Plan.
Expertise
The expertise and capabilities of the Victorian Infection and Immunity Network’s Members can be reviewed on our Member Profile pages.
Our Network is proud to provide world-class proficiency in:
- Bacteriology
- Virology
- Parasitology
- Host-pathogen interactions
- Innate immunity
- Adaptive immunity
- Mucosal immunology
- Vaccine development
- Antiviral development
- Antibacterial development
- Population research
- Clinical research
- Veterinary research
- Inflammatory disease
- Emerging infectious diseases and re-emerging infectious diseases
VIIN also offers access to a broad range of platform technologies, as well as technical expertise in:
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- Molecular biology
- Cell biology
- Structural biology and protein chemistry
- Bioinformatics
- Rational drug design and development
- Bacterial techniques
- Virological techniques
- Parasitological techniques
- Immunological techniques
- Working in PC3 / PC4 facilities
- Small animal models (including mice, rats, rabbits, chickens and ferrets)
- Large animal models (including pigs, sheep, horses and cattle)
