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Combating brain cancer

Published on: 21 November 2017

IMB and Cure Brain Cancer Foundation are partnering to overcome the scourge of paediatric brain tumours

Rare mutations of this gene increase the risk of developing MND

Published on: 21 November 2017

Identification of a gene associated with motor neuron disease in people of Chinese ancestry will improve researchers understanding of the condition

This small Australian team is crowdsourcing the next antibiotic

Published on: 16 November 2017

A small team in Brisbane are on the global antibiotic discovery map with their collaborative approach to fixing the antibiotic pipeline. They have become a benchmark network for researchers to join the antimicrobial resistance (AMR) field and advancing the AMR agenda in governments worldwide.

Video: Fighting sepsis

Published on: 13 November 2018

IMB researchers and Dr Luregn Schlapbach from the Lady Cilento Children's Hospital are fighting sepsis through developing better diagnostics

Fighting sepsis

IMB's Dr Lachlan Coin and Dr Luregn Schlapbach from the Lady Client Children's Hospital are fighting sepsis through developing better diagnostics

Explainer: Peptides vs proteins - what's the difference?

Published on: 13 November 2017

Peptides are the new buzzword in medicine. But what's the difference between a peptide and a protein?

See the stunning images in this year's IMB Science as Art Awards

Published on: 20 October 2017

Our #sciart gallery explores the building blocks of life itself in remarkable and unprecedented detail.

Work decoding human genome wins PM's Prize for Science

Published on: 18 October 2017

Professor Jian Yang, whose pioneering work has helped unravel the complexity of the human genome and genetic traits, has won the 2017 Prime Minister's Prize for Life Scientist of the Year.

The periodic table of the elements on a T-shirt. Damon Hart Davis.

The periodic table: from its classic design to use in popular culture

Published on: 3 April 2017

The periodic table is one of those classic images that you find in many science labs and classrooms. It’s an image almost everyone has seen at some time in their life. But what exactly does the periodic table show?

A Kiwi in Kowie: Bringing science to Far North Queensland

This year over 1000 National Science Week events took place across Australia including Catch a Rising Star: Women in Queensland Science, which sent teams of Queensland’s brightest early-to-mid career female scientists across the state to share their stories. IMB student Emma Livingstone travelled to Kowanyama, a remote Aboriginal community in Far North Queensland.