La Trobe University's Vice-Chancellor, Professor John Dewar, and the Premier of Victoria, Denis Napthine, have officially opened Victoria's new $288 million dollar Centre for AgriBioscience, located at La Trobe University's Melbourne campus.

It represents an important collaboration between the Department of Primary Industries and La Trobe University. The key mission of AgriBio is to provide a space where the best scientists from both government and university sectors can collaborate to research some of the biggest challenges facing agriculture in Australia and the world.

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