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- Improving outcomes for children and teenagers with brain cancer will be the focus of Australia’s first research centre aimed solely at tackling the cancer in young people.
- A UQ team is seeking to understand how antibiotic-resistant UPEC cause UTI and develop new, immune-based treatment strategies to treat these infections.
- Voting has opened for this year's Queensland Women in STEM Prize.
- The spade flower, an often-overlooked member of Australian flora, hides some interesting secrets, including a rare chemical that may hold the key to turning regular plants into medicinal cures.
- A study that delves into the genes of over a million people has identified 124 genetic variants located on 99 separate regions of the genome associated with risky behaviour.
- An ancient class of peptides which likely originated near the dawn of cellular life has been discovered by University of Queensland researchers in the venom of centipedes.
- 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
- Six researchers from UQ’s Institute for Molecular Bioscience have earned the distinct honour of being acknowledged as one of the world’s most influential scientific minds.
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