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Purple tarantula bird spider. Credit: Shutterstock/Lucasz Kowalkowski.

Next-gen painkillers from nature’s deadliest life forms

Published on: 23 July 2018

Researchers are figuring out how to manipulate venom extracted from some of the deadliest species in the world, to combat the various forms of pain we experience.

What to do if you burn yourself

Burns are one of the most common injuries, affecting as many as 200,000 Australians each year. This is what to do if a burn occurs.

Associate Professor Irina Vetter is a UQ Women Create Change Ambassador.

A/Prof Irina Vetter - UQ Women Create Change Ambassador

Published on: 10 July 2018

A/Prof Irina Vetter is a UQ Women Create Change Ambassador for the SAGE Pilot of Athena SWAN.

5 revolutionary ideas that could shape the world in 2050

Published on: 5 June 2018

Welcome to the future.

Neuropharmacology and pain mechanisms

Taking the bite out of chronic pain with a new spider venom treatment

Published on: 28 July 2017

IMB scientists have discovered a promising new approach to treat pain from tarantula venom.

The mysterious language of pain and the fight to switch it off

Published on: 24 July 2017

IMB researchers are identifying pathways that contribute to pain, to help the one in five Australians who live with chronic pain.

NHMRC grant recipient Associate Professor Ben Hogan

$10M boost for IMB’s health and medical research

Published on: 5 December 2016

University of Queensland health and medical research projects aimed at improving the nation’s healthcare will benefit from more than $42 million in funding from the National Health and Medical Research Council for 2017.

Video: free community seminar, Pain: Making it personal, hosted by the IMB Centre for Pain Research.

Public seminar: Pain, making it personal

Published on: 14 July 2016

Catch up on the free community seminar, Pain: Making it personal, hosted by the IMB Centre for Pain Research.

Deadly animals helping us understand pain

Published on: 30 June 2016

Toxins from snakes, spiders, jellyfish and scorpions are helping scientists to better understand how pain works, with the hope of managing chronic pain more effectively.