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Long COVID inflammation damages the heart

Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­-led research has found inflammatory markers in the blood of long COVID patients which could explain why many experience ongoing cardiovascular issues.

31 October 2024
A woman with long black hair is sitting up in bed wincing in pain and one hand is on her chest.

‘Extraordinary impact’: Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­ announces 2024 Alumni Awards

Champions of causes ranging from global food security to youth advocacy have been recognised in the 2024 Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­ Alumni Awards.

31 October 2024
An image of 2024 Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­ Alumnus of the Year Professor Glenn Denning
Adele holding her Colombo Plan Scholar medal and smiling at the camera

2020 New Colombo Plan (NCP) Scholar and Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­ philosophy and economics student Adele Greedy-Vogel wants to make her mark in disability inclusion.

18 December 2020
Tom Aechtner

A leading University of Queensland academic is using his research to improve vaccination rates across the country.

17 December 2020
Close-up of vaccine with women in background with yellow shirt sleeves rolled up.

People with serious mental illness should be given priority access to a COVID-19 vaccine when one becomes available, say University of Queensland researchers.

16 December 2020
Ventures ilab Accelerator 2021 cohort sitting on the steps at Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­'s St Lucia campus.

Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­ of Queensland’s 2021 Ventures ilab Accelerator program has awarded 12 startups with $10,000 equity-free funding to help launch their early-stage ventures.

16 December 2020
Dr Daniel Watterson in research lab.

Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­â€™s School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences is at the forefront of this discovery, landing a significant share of the $25 million NHMRC Ideas Grants funding received by the University.

15 December 2020
Jacaranda blooming with the sandstone of the Forgan Smith building visible behind it

Graduation looks a little different for the Class of 2020 at Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­ of Queensland. COVID-19 has forced the postponement of on-campus graduation ceremonies. Instead, there'll be an online celebration. Here we learn about just a few of the...

15 December 2020
Dr Joel Carpenter and Dr Mickael Mounaix

Optics researchers from Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­ of Queensland and Nokia Bell Labs in the US have developed a new technique to demonstrate the time reversal of optical waves, which could transform the fields of advanced biomedical imaging and...

14 December 2020
Group of students sit in Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­ Great Court.

Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­ of Queensland will offer up to 10 scholarships annually for students from refugee or asylum seeker backgrounds, with the first intake expected in Semester 1 next year.

14 December 2020
Normal sea squirt muscle cells form a ring shape (left), but after “boss gene†intervention (right), the cells cluster quite differently. Images: Nathan Palpant.

The chain of command inside human cells is similar to the way a factory is run, two University of Queensland researchers say.

14 December 2020
A vaccine researcher works in a labortory

Phase 1 trial of the Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­-CSL v451 COVID-19 vaccine has shown that it elicits a robust response towards the virus and has a strong safety profile. There were no serious adverse events or safety concerns reported in the 216 trial participants. However...

11 December 2020
Baby's hand holding adult hand.

A deficiency in vitamin D on the mother’s side could explain why autism spectrum disorder is three times more common in boys, say researchers from Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­ of Queensland.

11 December 2020