Research Week News

UQ academic helps foster the next generation of researchers

Director of UQ's Clinical Centre for Research Excellence in Spinal Pain, Injury & Health, Professor Paul Hodges, has been awarded a $10,000 prize for his work supervising research higher degree students.

28-Sep-2009

Green chemistry fuels UQ wastewater study

UQ’s Dr Korneel Rabaey will hone his knowledge in wastewater research as he taps into an exciting new way of producing energy-rich biofuels from wastewater and biomass.

24-Sep-2009

Research award to fund plant-grown drugs

Cancer drugs may soon grow on trees if a University of Queensland researcher has his way.

24-Sep-2009

Improved treatment for stroke patients within reach

The complex activities that occur in the human body so people can accurately reach towards objects is the subject of a new University of Queensland study which holds promise for improved treatment of stroke patients.

24-Sep-2009

Hybrid nanoparticles to express-courier

Safe, efficient and site-specific delivery of drugs or genes is one step closer thanks to a $75,000 UQ Foundation Research Excellence Award for Dr Zhi Ping Xu.

24-Sep-2009

UQ research breathes new life into insect evolution

As humans face the challenges of a climate change, one UQ researcher is turning to the insect world for some clues to adapting to a changing environment.

24-Sep-2009

UQ research to secure baby boomers’ investments

New research by a UQ legal expert will aim to avoid the kind of investor fallout experienced in the recent Storm Financial collapse.

23-Sep-2009

UQ research finds health outcomes may be decided in the womb

A project conducted at The University of Queensland is aiming to uncover why some pregnancy complications can make an individual more susceptible to heart disease and kidney failure.

23-Sep-2009

UQ public lecture may say goodbye to flu forever

Could University of Queensland research say goodbye to the flu forever?

22-Sep-2009

UQ researchers rewarded for excellence

The University of Queensland has paid tribute to its emerging research leaders, awarding $685,000 at the annual UQ Foundation Research Excellence Awards tonight (Tuesday, September 22).

22-Sep-2009

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