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  • Mr Isaac Tucker

    IMB Fulbright scholar forging connections to develop new medicines

    Published on: 24 March 2022
    An IMB PhD student will use a prestigious foreign exchange scholarship to progress his work on developing medicines from nature. Isaac Tucker is harnessing molecules found in the venom of Australian spiders to develop treatments for neurological and gastrointestinal diseases.
  • Fraser Island (K'gari) funnel web in a container

    Healing hearts with venom

    Published on: 23 August 2021
    It might be one of the most feared arachnids in the world, but research shows the deadly funnel web spider could make the difference between life and death for heart attack victims. 
  • Cupped hands holding heart shape

    Repairing hearts with deadly spider venom

    Published on: 16 July 2021
    A potentially life-saving treatment - Hi1a - for heart attack victims has been discovered from the venom of the Fraser Island funnel web spider.
  • Scorpions and tarantulas are two ancient arachnids - but which would win in a fight?

    Scorpion or tarantula: which would win in a fight?

    Scorpions and tarantulas are two ancient arachnids - but which would win in a fight?
  • Venomous caterpillar Doratifera vulnerans

    The very venomous caterpillar

    Published on: 22 June 2021
    The venom of a caterpillar, native to South East Queensland, shows promise for use in medicines and pest control.
  • PainNet aims to bring together research and clinical efforts to combat pain and improve the translatable drug and treatment outcomes for those impacted by pain.

    PainNet

    Lecture / Talk
    PainNet aims to bring together research and clinical efforts to combat pain and improve the translatable drug and treatment outcomes for those impacted by pain.
  • PainNet aims to bring together research and clinical efforts to combat pain and improve the translatable drug and treatment outcomes for those impacted by pain.

    PainNet

    10 May 2021 6:00pm–8:00pm
     
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    PainNet aims to bring together research and clinical efforts to combat pain and improve the translatable drug and treatment outcomes for those impacted by pain.
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    Bugs and drugs

  • Researchers are trying to discover why the toxins of jellyfish are so deadly, yet have evolved to kill in different ways.

    Researchers hunt venom clues in deadly jellyfish

    Published on: 4 February 2021
    IMB researchers are carrying out genome sequencing to provide clues as to why jellyfish venoms are so deadly.
  • Cartoon representation of diverse women.

    IMB researchers claim top prizes in QLD Women in STEM

    Published on: 27 September 2020
    IMB researchers have proven they top the state, with two of the three winners of the Queensland Women in STEM awards going to the Institute.

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