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- An international research team has advanced our understanding of the genetic factors contributing to the risk of developing motor neurone disease (MND), a devastating disorder that kills two Australians each day.
- Dr Nathan Palpant studies human heart development using stem cells, to generate beating cardiac muscle cells in a dish. For this work, he received a UQ Foundation Research Excellence Award in recognition of the contribution he has made to an international effort to fight cardiovascular disease, the leading cause of death globally.
- Queensland researchers have discovered a potential treatment for the severe inflammation caused by infectious mosquito-borne diseases responsible for several outbreaks worldwide in the past decade.
- Researchers have built molecular switches that can control the immune response to many common allergens
- Researchers have advanced their understanding of how a healthy embryo forms in its very earliest days, a discovery that could be used to improve IVF and preimplantation genetic diagnosis (PGD).
- When Dr Jeffrey Mak, UQ IMB and Imaging CoE postdoctoral researcher in Prof David Fairlie’s lab was awarded one of only 25 prestigious places in the international SciFinder Future Leaders program, he had the opportunity of a lifetime to bolster his professional path with powerful new knowledge, skills and relationships.
- 23 August 2017Q&A with Donna Easton, Floor Manager
- 21 August 2017This year over 1000 National Science Week events took place across Australia including Catch a Rising Star: Women in Queensland Science, which sent teams of Queensland’s brightest early-to-mid career female scientists across the state to share their stories. IMB student Emma Livingstone travelled to Kowanyama, a remote Aboriginal community in Far North Queensland.
- A genetic analysis of a type of edible red seaweed has revealed how it has survived for over a billion years and thrives in harsh conditions, and how the health benefits of this important crop may be improved in the future.
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