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The Institute for Molecular Bioscience is searching for spiders to help our venom research search for new medicines.

IMB supporter Dr Rosamond Siemon, who endowed a scholarship and bequest to our kidney research in 2006, passed away aged 98.

Tracking the growth of brain cancers non-invasively in real time will forge ahead thanks to a donation from the Brainchild Foundation to UQ researchers.

Institute for Molecular Bioscience researchers have been named on the prestigious list - Highly Cited Researchers 2019.

Institute for Molecular Bioscience researchers are heading to one of the coldest parts of the planet to help women lead, influence and contribute to international policy and decision-making.

Mr Julian Simmonds MP visited IMB today to announce $35 million in funding to establish the Australian Research Council (ARC) Centre of Excellence for Innovations in Peptide and Protein Science (CIPPS).

Research into using a cannabis compound as an antibiotic has been boosted by a government grant to an Australian biotech company to collaborate with an Institute for Molecular Bioscience (IMB) superbugs researcher.

Two up-and-coming IMB researchers have received nearly $1.5 million from the Australian Research Council (ARC) to improve honeybee health and our knowledge of how cells work at the molecular level.

Mud taken from an estuarine nearly 20 years ago could hold the secret to a new painkiller.

It’s no secret that the world has a problem with plastic. An IMB research team examined the future of plastics and how tiny species of algae and bacteria may help us produce more environmentally friendly versions.

A genomic analysis of organisms that interact with coral could help scientists chart a path to revive reefs damaged by climate change.

Associate Professor Andrew Mallett will receive a 2019 Distinguished Young Alumni Award for his work on the genetics of inherited kidney disease and co-founding of Australia’s first renal genetics clinical service and program.

The Federal Minister for Health Greg Hunt MP visited UQ's Institute for Molecular Bioscience to announce more than $440 million in NHMRC funding for Australian health researchers.

An Australian group of researchers have helped develop the world’s most detailed gene map of the human retina.

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.