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- University of Queensland PhD student Zoe Schofield is investigating the link between gut bacteria, diet and the human immune system to reduce inflammatory injury.
- Please join us for the 2015 Toshiya Yamada Memorial Lecture: Role of Tau and amyloid in Alzheimer's disease - from basic mechanisms to therapeutic interventions, presented by Professor Jürgen Götz from the Queensland Brain Institute.
- After almost a decade of intense study in the fields of chemistry and biology, IMB PhD student Wanida Phetsang has been awarded a scholarship with technical solutions company 3M, where she has been using her knowledge to help in the development of healthcare products at the company’s research and development centre in Bangkok.
- University of Queensland scientists have provided insight into the cause of muscle diseases including limb-girdle muscular dystrophy and rippling muscle disease.
- A University of Queensland researcher has received an award to investigate how differences in genes can affect someone’s susceptibility to disease.
- The University of Queensland has held its position among the world’s top 50 universities, ranking 46th globally and number one in Queensland in the 2015/16 QS World University Rankings.
- A drug development project that combines the expertise of Pfizer and Institute for Molecular Bioscience researchers has been recognised at a University of Queensland awards ceremony.
- University of Queensland researchers have discovered a new signalling pathway that controls cell adhesion, an important process that is disrupted in diseases such as skin cancer and inflammation.
- You are invited to join us for a free two-day microscopy symposium this 10-11 November 2015, co-hosted by UQ's Institute for Molecular Bioscience and QUT's Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation.
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