Media release

UQ researchers investigating genes linked with vitamin D have discovered genetic variations in the skin that can create a natural sunscreen.

With much of society now effectively in lockdown, how will we know when it’s safe to resume something like normality?

IMB has a new Director - Professor Ian Henderson. Ian has devoted his working life to studying antibiotic resistance and develop solutions to this urgent global challenge.

Mr Julian Simmonds MP visited IMB today to announce $35 million in funding to establish the Australian Research Council (ARC) Centre of Excellence for Innovations in Peptide and Protein Science (CIPPS).

Research into using a cannabis compound as an antibiotic has been boosted by a government grant to an Australian biotech company to collaborate with an Institute for Molecular Bioscience (IMB) superbugs researcher.

Two up-and-coming IMB researchers have received nearly $1.5 million from the Australian Research Council (ARC) to improve honeybee health and our knowledge of how cells work at the molecular level.

Mud taken from an estuarine nearly 20 years ago could hold the secret to a new painkiller.

New research has opened a pathway to improved antibiotics after revealing a crucial step in the way bacteria construct their defences.

Professor Jennifer Stow has been elected to the prestigious European Molecular Biology Organization.

An IMB structural biologist and toxinologist studying molecules found in venom has been named a STEM superstar for inspiring women to get involved in science, technology, engineering and mathematics