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A sample of estuarine mud taken 16 years ago has yielded a potential new class of painkiller.

New class of painkiller found in the mud

Published on: 15 October 2019

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

The Cane Toad Challenge empowers the public to trap the poisonous cane toad's tadpoles.

Citizen science grant boosts eradication of cane toads

Published on: 26 July 2019

Professor Rob Capon's UQ Cane Toad Challenge has been boosted by a Queensland Citizen Science grant.

Microbes Australia citizen science project

Microbes Australia: Living Library to Save Lives

The definitive living library of Australian microbes, providing new knowledge and products, to save lives and advance a successful bioeconomy.

The key to discovering new antibiotics and other drugs may lie in the inter-kingdom chemical warfare between fungi and bacteria, according to new research from the University of Queensland (UQ).

Microbial beach warfare key to new drug discoveries

Published on: 13 November 2018

The key to discovering new antibiotics and other drugs may lie in the inter-kingdom chemical warfare between fungi and bacteria, according to new research from the University of Queensland (UQ).

Biodiscovery: from biodiversity and biology, to bioactives and beyond

UQ Research Impact: An ugly menace

Published on: 7 November 2016

In a world-first, IMB's Professor Rob Capon and his team are working with industry and the community to implement a discovery that turns cane toads’ own toxin against them, with real potential to eradicate this long-term pest.

UQ research homes in on new TB drugs

Published on: 22 June 2016

UQ scientists are honing in on drug-resistant tuberculosis (TB) in a project which could lead to new antibiotics.

Queenslanders to battle cane toads

Published on: 10 June 2016

Queensland researchers have made a big leap forward in their quest to eradicate the billions of cane toads wreaking havoc on our native wildlife and habitats.

Environmentally friendly cane toad traps – developed by a team of researchers from The University of Queensland and The University of Sydney – are one step closer to production, following an agreement between UQ and US-based pest control company, SpringStar Inc.