A University of Queensland-led research effort to develop an mRNA vaccine against Group A Streptococcus (Strep A) has secured almost $8 million in philanthropic funding.
14 February 2023The development of eco-friendly pesticides urgently required to protect crops will be accelerated with funding from the Australian Research Council.
4 August 2020A portable MRI device which could offer safe diagnostic imaging to patients who are unable to be moved, travel or have medical implants is a step closer following a $1 million federal government grant.
3 July 2020Leading research and development organisation Boeing Research and Technology Australia (BR&T–Australia) has moved its Brisbane-based team into a new centre at The University of Queensland’s St Lucia campus.
26 June 2017The director of The University of Queensland’s Research Computing Centre has been named the iTnews Education Chief Information Officer of the Year.
23 February 2016Sunshine is being turned into energy and knowledge at The University of Queensland’s Gatton campus, where the state’s largest solar array was switched on today.
27 March 2015The challenges facing women in the male-dominated field of engineering are the focus of a recent partnership between The University of Queensland and construction industry leader, Seymour Whyte.
31 October 2014Queensland scientists will play a key role in a new Australian research centre working to increase major food crop yields.
24 October 2014A vaccine against cervical cancer, a global parenting program, new forms of pain relief, better yielding crops and improved medical imaging are some of many high-impact outcomes of University of Queensland research.
19 September 2013The University of Queensland School of Dentistry’s Oral Oncology Research Program has secured major grant funding to support new research.
19 June 2012A strategic alliance between The Centre for Advanced Imaging (CAI) at The University of Queensland (UQ) and Axiom Molecular Pty Ltd is set to boost radiopharmaceutical research, development and commercialisation.
29 April 2012ThermoTouch is one of more than 25 cutting-edge medical innovations that UniQuest will be promoting at the 2011 Medica conference.
14 November 2011A network of six complementary transmission electron microscope facilities will be funded through the Australian Research Council Linkage Infrastructure, Equipment and Facilities (LIEF) Projects scheme for 2012 announced yesterday.
2 November 2011A UQ start-up company, Coridon Pty Ltd, has successfully completed pre-clinical efficacy testing of its prototype Herpes Simplex Virus 2 (HSV-2) vaccine.
24 October 2011A new technology that promotes plant growth at mine sites previously unable to support any vegetation due to heavy metal soil contamination is being trialled by researchers at The University of Queensland (UQ) with financial support from Xstrata...
14 March 2011A $1 million Queensland Government Research Industry Partnership Program (RIPP) grant has enabled University of Queensland magnetic resonance imaging start-up, Magnetica Limited, to release an Information Memorandum and seek grant-matching...
8 September 2010Kathy Hirschfeld was emotionally moved when she walked into UQ’s Senate chamber for the first time this year as a newly appointed Senator.
29 June 2010Developing a cervical cancer vaccine and watching it start protecting millions of young women worldwide is more than most researchers would hope for in a lifetime.
29 June 2010The Australian Department Defence has today entered a Strategic Alliance with The University of Queensland which will see the establishment of a Chair of Military Surgery in the School of Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences.
23 April 2010The Visiting Nursing Service of New York will trial the Geriatric Anxiety Inventory (GAI), developed at The University of Queensland (UQ), with older people it provides care to in the Greater New York area.
30 March 2010