Four researchers from The University of Queensland have been recognised by the Australian Academy of Science for outstanding contributions in their fields.

14 March 2023
A woman stands in front of a blue background with graphic depiction of DNA

University of Queensland researchers have demonstrated a genetic link between endometriosis and ovarian cancer subtypes enabling them to identify potential drug targets for therapy and increasing the understanding of both diseases.

16 March 2022

People with higher genetic risk of clinical depression are more likely to have physical symptoms such as chronic pain, fatigue and migraine, University of Queensland researchers have found.

18 October 2021
A young girl digs in the dirt to fill a Soils for Science sample bag.

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

25 March 2021
Archer while undergoing chemotherapy in 2019, with his dad. Image: Claire Bermingham.

A discovery by University of Queensland pain researchers may allow some future cancer patients, including children with leukaemia, to avoid their chemotherapy’s worst and most debilitating side effects.

15 March 2021
A gloved hand holds a petri dish with the CBD molecular structure drawn on the lid.

Synthetic cannabidiol, better known as CBD, has been shown for the first time to kill the bacteria responsible for gonorrhoea, meningitis and legionnaires disease.

20 January 2021
Left, XY mouse lacking Sry-T, that developed as female. Right, XX mouse carrying Sry-T transgene, that developed as male.

Biology textbooks may need to be re-written, with scientists finding a new piece of DNA essential to forming male sex organs in mice.

2 October 2020
graphic depicting the structure of an inflammasome

A startup company developing treatments for inflammatory diseases based on a research partnership between The University of Queensland and Trinity College Dublin has been acquired in a landmark deal – one of the largest in Australian and Irish...

22 September 2020

Molecules from the venom of one of the world’s largest spiders could help University of Queensland-led researchers tailor pain blockers for people with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS).

21 September 2020
Dr Mark Blaskovich, Professor Matt Cooper and Dr Karl Hansford are joining forces with CARB-X (Combating Antibiotic Resistant Bacteria) to develop new antibiotics to fight superbugs.

Antibiotics discovered at The University of Queensland will be fast-tracked under a $A16 million international research deal.

23 June 2020

A sample of estuarine mud taken 16 years ago has yielded a potential new class of painkiller as potent as opioids, but without their disadvantages.

16 October 2019

Environmental conditions influence our body mass index (BMI) by increasing or decreasing the effect of inherited genetic variations, University of Queensland researchers have discovered.

23 August 2019

A grant from the Children’s Hospital Foundation will help a working mother from The University of Queensland tackle childhood brain cancer treatments.

17 July 2019

Unravelling the secrets of the relationship between coral and the algae living inside it will help prevent coral bleaching, University of Queensland researchers believe.

14 May 2019

In an Australian-first, The University of Queensland will join forces with the Global Antibiotic Research and Development Partnership (GARDP) to tackle the growing problem of drug-resistant infections.

12 April 2019
Spider-venom-is-being-used-to-develop-venom-derived-pharmaceuticals.

A devastating form of childhood epilepsy that is resistant to traditional drugs may have met its match in spider venom.

6 August 2018

A molecule that kills the malaria parasite while leaving a patient’s and leaves healthy cells intact has been developed by researchers from The University of Queensland and The Australian National University (ANU).

26 July 2018
Professor Peter Visscher

A University of Queensland geneticist has joined the ranks of eminent scientists around the world with his election as a Fellow of the Royal Society of London.

15 May 2018
Professor David Craik and Professor Marilyn Anderson

The potential to produce cheaper medicines within edible plants including lettuce and canola has taken a significant step forward.

20 March 2018
Rattlesnake

Researchers have shown why a fragment of a protein from the venom gland of rattlesnakes could be the basis for an alternative to conventional antibiotics.

15 March 2018