Defining a pathogen
Two world-leaders in microbiology and immunology who became “scientific soulmates” discuss their fight against infectious diseases
Published 9 January 2019
Professor Roy Robins-Browne, renowned vaccinologist who retired from the University of Melbourne late last year, and Professor Myron Levine, a microbiologist from University of Maryland are “scientific soulmates”.
The two met in 1979, when Professor Robins-Browne’s interest in the varieties of E. coli that cause diarrhoea took him to the Center for Vaccine Development of the University of Maryland in Baltimore. At this time, Professor Levine was working in developing countries on the epidemiology, treatment and prevention of infectious diseases.
Both believed that a particular strain of E. coli was caused by a pathogen - they just had to convince the rest of the world.
Episode recorded: November 19, 2018
Interviewer: Dr Andi Horvath
Producer and editor: Chris Hatzis
Co-production: Dr Andi Horvath and Silvi Vann-Wall
Banner image: Shutterstock
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