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Two Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­ researchers honoured as AAHMS Fellows for 2024

An Aboriginal epidemiologist and a leading gynaecologic oncologist have been elected as Fellows of the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences.

25 October 2024
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Plugging into pain: ant toxin causes electrical sting

Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­ researchers have uncovered the workings of ant venom by measuring electric currents through individual channels in cells to understand how it causes pain.

17 October 2024
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Cutting costs and emissions in beef production

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Cutting costs and emissions in beef production

A research team led by the University of Queensland has developed a tool to help the global beef industry simultaneously reduce costs and greenhouse gas emissions while meeting demand for meat.

12 January 2023

Demand booms for experimental mRNA from Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­ BASE

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Demand booms for experimental mRNA from Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­ BASE

A University of Queensland team has become the biggest supplier of experimental mRNA vaccines and therapies in Australia, with burgeoning demand from research and industry across the country.

11 January 2023

Project fuels driving test solution for people with dementia

Dr Theresa Scott and dementia advocate John Quinn discuss the online driver safety test.

Project fuels driving test solution for people with dementia

University of Queensland researchers are working with people living with dementia to develop an online driver safety test that can be performed by GPs in their surgeries.

5 January 2023

Scientists tackle rusty plant threat

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Scientists tackle rusty plant threat

University of Queensland scientists have developed an environmentally friendly RNA-based spray to help combat myrtle rust, which has wiped out many Australian plants.

19 December 2022

Speech pathology graduate with Tourette syndrome begins dream job

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Speech pathology graduate with Tourette syndrome begins dream job

Meet Lachlan Scott, the 2022 Valedictorian of Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­â€™s Bachelor of Speech Pathology, who has Tourette syndrome.

16 December 2022

Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­ event sheds light on ATAR options

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Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­ event sheds light on ATAR options

With ATAR scores out today, school leavers can learn how to make the most of their results and influence their future at Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­ of Queensland’s online event this Sunday 18 December.

16 December 2022

$31 million boost for Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­ medical research

$31 million boost for Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­ medical research

Researchers from Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­ of Queensland have secured more than $31 million from the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) to progress life-changing health and medical research.

15 December 2022

A PhD in Regency protocol, petticoats and plot twists

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A PhD in Regency protocol, petticoats and plot twists

Newly conferred Dr Alison Goodman, who wrote two Regency-era novellas as part of her PhD in Creative Writing at Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­, has signed a major international publishing deal.

15 December 2022

Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­ bestows Honorary Awards on outstanding community leaders

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Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­ bestows Honorary Awards on outstanding community leaders

Indigenous Elders, senior figures in Queensland law and leaders in education are among Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­ of Queensland’s seven 2022 Honorary Award recipients.

15 December 2022

Indigenous graduate’s chance pathway to medicine

A woman with long black hair is smiling at the camera, she is wearing a graduation cap and gown over a white dress and is standing in the sandstone cloisters of Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­'s Great Court.

Indigenous graduate’s chance pathway to medicine

University of Queensland graduate Dr Ella Ceolin can partly thank school holiday boredom for setting her on a career path in medicine.

14 December 2022

Trial of ultrasound treatment for Alzheimer’s underway

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Trial of ultrasound treatment for Alzheimer’s underway

A pioneering treatment for Alzheimer’s disease, developed at Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­ of Queensland, is being tested in a small safety trial underway in Brisbane. 

13 December 2022