A photo of a stage, lit up with pink and blue lights, and a glass trophy in the foreground saying Eureka Prizes.

Teams of researchers from UQ working on pioneering melanoma imaging and preventing deadly infections, along with a science engagement team, have won prestigious 2024 Australian Museum Eureka Prizes.

5 September 2024
Two scientists wearing white lab coats, and goggles stand in a corridor smiling at the camera.

UQ researchers have discovered a mechanism in DNA that regulates how disease-causing mutations are inherited.

22 August 2024
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The UQ-led and developed COVID-19 Risk Calculator has been updated to determine a person’s risk of developing long COVID.

1 August 2024
A microscopic view of bacteria cells

Researchers from The University of Queensland have identified how a common bacterium is able to manipulate the human immune system during respiratory infections and cause persistent illness.

12 July 2024
A closeup of a young women in different images clutching various body parts shaded red to indicate pain.

UQ researchers have discovered how the ‘on-switch’ for the body’s inflammation machinery can get stuck and cause rare genetic inflammatory diseases.

19 March 2024