Jon Iredell is Perth-born Infectious Disease Physician and Microbiologist who spends half his time in Sydney at Westmead Hospital in a combined Infectious Diseases/ Microbiology Dept and half his time in research supported by NHMRC at the University of Sydney. Major projects are in critical infection, including the study of bacterial septic shock, and in bacterial genetics and ecology. Formal affiliations are: (1) Centre Director, NHMRC Centre of Research Excellence in Critical Infection and conjoint Professor of Medicine and Microbiology, Sydney Medical School/ Westmead Millennium Institute and the Sydney Institute for Emerging Infections a Biosecurity and (2) Director of Infectious Diseases, Western Sydney and Westmead Hospital and Deputy Director Microbiology, Pathology West (NSW Pathology) and ICPMR.