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- University of Queensland (UQ) researchers have found a natural component of Australian tarantula venom that is more potent against certain insect pests than existing chemical insecticides.
- New research has identified the key to becoming male is an enzyme that “unravels” DNA to trigger male development of the embryo, a discovery that may give greater insight into intersex disorders.
- A University of Queensland scientist has been awarded the prestigious Australia and New Zealand Society for Cell and Developmental Biology President’s Medal.
- Dr Melanie Shakespear faced more than the usual postgraduate challenges when completing her PhD at The University of Queensland after she fell pregnant while writing up her thesis.
- Telesso Technologies Limited (ASX: TEO) today launched a $6.5 million capital raising in connection with its acquisition of IMB spin-out company Mimetica and its relisting on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX).
- Scientists from The University of Queensland have discovered a new compound that prevents rats on a high-fat, high-sugar diet from becoming obese.
- IMB PhD student Marga Gual Soler shares insights from her time as an intern at the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs
- An international team, including scientists from The University of Queensland and the Garvan Institute of Medical Research, has described the mutational processes that drive tumour development in 30 of the most common cancer types.
- UQ has improved its position in the top 100 Academic Rankings of World Universities (ARWU) for 2013, announced today.
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