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Better medicines, food, nutraceuticals, nanomaterials and biofertilisers will flow from new Australian Government funding to bolster marine bioproduct innovation.

Chloe Yap, an IMB clinician-scientist has won the Judge’s Award at this year’s Queensland Women in STEM Awards.

A potentially life-saving treatment - Hi1a - for heart attack victims has been discovered from the venom of the Fraser Island funnel web spider.

IMB researchers are aiming to better understand how therapeutics can be delivered to target cells in the body.

The venom of a caterpillar, native to South East Queensland, shows promise for use in medicines and pest control.

Handling lethal cone snails and tackling deadly viruses and bacteria is all in a day’s work for four fearless IMB researchers working tirelessly to fast-track healthcare and medicines.

Dr Alysha Elliott is discovering new ways of tackling anti-microbial resistance.

IMB's Professor David Craik has been elected as a Fellow of the oldest scientific society in the world for his outstanding contribution to science.

Queenslanders are being asked to 'dig deep' in an Australian-first project, with the next 'ground-breaking' medicine potentially hiding in their backyard.

The side effects of the chemotherapy have been reduced by an anti-inflammatory drug.

In the world’s largest study of genetic factors in peptic ulcer disease, a link has been confirmed between depression and stomach ulcers.

IMB researchers are sharing their expertise in tackling drug-resistant bacteria with low and middle income countries, thanks to new funding from CARB-X.

Australians are being asked to help unravel the mysteries of COVID-19.

IMB researchers are carrying out genome sequencing to provide clues as to why jellyfish venoms are so deadly.

Venom from spitting cobras has evolved as a form of self-defence, rather than for capturing prey, and is more effective at causing pain than venom from non-spitters.

The main non-psychoactive component of cannabis has been shown to kill the bacteria responsible for gonorrhoea, meningitis and Legionnaires' disease.

Tackling antibiotic resistance and exploring the role of genomics in the novel coronavirus are the focus of new funding from the NHMRC, to fight infectious disease.

A future making breakthroughs in inflammation research and sharing knowledge with the next generation of scientists at UQ are the targets for newly minted PhD Amy Chan.

Finding decision-making genes has implications for blocking a cell’s bad decisions when things go wrong in disease or in the environment.

An Australian stinging tree that causes extreme pain to its victims has been transformed into an award-winning artwork for this year’s IMB Jo Underhill Art Award.