{"id":65,"date":"2024-07-25T12:40:57","date_gmt":"2024-07-25T02:40:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ausgem.net\/?page_id=65"},"modified":"2024-11-15T08:26:35","modified_gmt":"2024-11-14T22:26:35","slug":"our-approach","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ausgem.net\/about\/our-approach\/","title":{"rendered":"Our approach"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; fullwidth=&#8221;on&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_fullwidth_header title=&#8221;Our approach&#8221; subhead=&#8221;Through a \u2018One Health\u2019 approach, AusGEM research focuses on pathogen evolution and transmission in plants, animals, and humans, and uses the latest sequencing technologies, proteomics, and bioinformatics.&#8221; button_one_url=&#8221;\/contact&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.2&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][\/et_pb_fullwidth_header][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; admin_label=&#8221;Section 1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;AusGEM leverages the combined skills&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.3&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;ff94349f-fe5a-4c83-9692-f7352d4dd032&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p>AusGEM leverages the combined skills, knowledge, and facilities of the Elizabeth Macarthur Agricultural Institute (EMAI) and the Australian Institute for Microbiology &amp; Infection (AIMI).<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;AusGEM leverages the combined skills&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.3&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p>Based at the University of Technology Sydney, AIMI\u2019s team of scientists focus on discovery and applied research to build an understanding of how microbes grow, live, adapt and survive. 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