IMB Centre for Superbug Solutions

Hand holding up Soils for Science sample bag with field in the background

Soils for Science reaches 10,000 samples

Published on: 7 December 2022

Dr Zeinab Khalil shares how the team uncovers the secrets hidden in soil, the challenges they’ve faced along the way, and plans for 2023.

Boosting IMB's ability to combat superbugs

Published on: 7 October 2022

IMB has appointed Professor Waldemar Vollmer to join the Centre for Superbug Solutions.

Metal shows its steel against fungal infections

Published on: 26 September 2022

Metal compounds could be the answer to the growing problem of drug-resistant fungal infections.

UQ researchers shortlisted for Eureka Prizes

Published on: 2 August 2022

Where are all the new antibiotics?

We need effective antibiotics more than ever, but a broken market has slowed down discovery.

Bugs in floods - the microbes lurking in mud

While rising floodwaters pose an immediate danger to human life, disease-causing microbes lurking in those same waters can cause infection and illness well after the waters have peaked and clean-up begins.

A diverse diet promotes healthy bacteria in our gut

Dietary diversity to promote ‘‘good bugs’’ in the gut

What food can you eat to increase good bacteria in the gut?

Disarming superbugs that can cause deadly infections is the focus of the powerful database - SPARK.

SPARKing the fight against deadly superbugs

Published on: 22 November 2021

Disarming superbugs that can cause deadly infections is the focus of a powerful database now housed at The University of Queensland.

Dr Mark Blaskovich holding a vial in front of a fume hood

The antibiotic hunter inventing new ways to outsmart superbugs

Published on: 23 August 2021

For every life-saving antibiotic introduced, bacteria have developed varying levels of resistance, replicating and adapting faster than human cells.

Super researcher takes on superbugs

Published on: 25 May 2021

Dr Alysha Elliott is discovering new ways of tackling anti-microbial resistance.