IMB Centre for Superbug Solutions

Handling lethal cone snails and tackling deadly viruses and bacteria is all in a day’s work for four fearless IMB researchers working tirelessly to fast-track healthcare and medicines.

Queenslanders are being asked to 'dig deep' in an Australian-first project, with the next 'ground-breaking' medicine potentially hiding in their backyard.

The main non-psychoactive component of cannabis has been shown to kill the bacteria responsible for gonorrhoea, meningitis and Legionnaires' disease.

Tackling antibiotic resistance and exploring the role of genomics in the novel coronavirus are the focus of new funding from the NHMRC, to fight infectious disease.

Researchers are using tiny fluorescent probes to investigate how and why bacteria are becoming resistant to antibiotics.

Droplets of fat inside our cells are helping us fight back against infection.

IMB researchers have investigated a peptide from the marine sandworm, which has the power to kill superbugs.