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- Institute for Molecular Bioscience researchers have discovered that environmental conditions can increase or decrease the effect of inherited genetic variations.
- Professor Rob Capon's UQ Cane Toad Challenge has been boosted by a Queensland Citizen Science grant.
- A grant from the Children’s Hospital Foundation will help Dr Laura Genovesi juggle family and tackle childhood brain cancer treatments.
- New research has opened a pathway to improved antibiotics after revealing a crucial step in the way bacteria construct their defences.
- A compound from cannabis has been found to be active against the bacteria responsible for many serious infections such as golden staph and pneumonia.
- IMB researchers have helped identify a possible drug target for chronic liver disease.
- Professor Jennifer Stow has been elected to the prestigious European Molecular Biology Organization.
- IMB researcher Dr Sam Lukowski has helped reveal the difference between a stem cell and other blood vessels.
- IMB scientists are using genomics to unravel the secrets behind the forces between algae and coral, which cause coral bleaching.
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