Early career researchers

Ignite Innovation sparks wound healing algae

Published on: 10 May 2022

Dr Melanie Oey is harnessing the power of microalgae to speed up wound healing, shaking up the industry in the process.

COVID Q & A: our virologist answers

Published on: 2 March 2022

IMB virologist Dr Larisa Labzin answers questions on long COVID and whether scientists could eventually develop a vaccine against all COVID-19 variants.

SPOTLIGHT: Dr Caroline Holley

Dr Caroline Holley is on a killing spree. She meticulously plans and oversees an untold number of “spectacular deaths” as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at IMB.

Queensland’s own gympietides hold hope for new painkillers

Published on: 23 August 2021

Researchers are daring to discover urgently needed new drugs and therapies from one of the most painful plants in Australia.

Dr Himaya Siddhihalu Wickrama Hewage examining a marine cone snail

Pain out of paradise: the tropical snails revolutionising chronic pain

Published on: 23 August 2021

Chronic pain is a life-altering condition, but the answer to this devastating condition could come from an animal with a deadly sting.

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Can we be reinfected with COVID-19 after recovery?

Dr Larisa Labzin comments on findings that a Hong Kong man has been reported with a second COVID-19 infection.

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IMB researchers claim top prizes in QLD Women in STEM

Published on: 27 September 2020

IMB researchers have proven they top the state, with two of the three winners of the Queensland Women in STEM awards going to the Institute.

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Exposure to common colds might give some people a head start in fighting COVID-19

Published on: 20 August 2020

Some new studies have found people who were never symptomatic, exposed to, or tested positive for COVID-19 that have immune cells that can recognise COVID-19.

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Understanding overblown immune response is central to conquering COVID-19

Published on: 23 June 2020

Instead of protecting us from the virus that causes COVID-19, the body's natural defence mechanisms can overreact and inflict damage. Understanding why could make the infection far less dangerous.

Marine worm joins fight against superbugs

Published on: 24 June 2020

IMB researchers have investigated a peptide from the marine sandworm, which has the power to kill superbugs.