AIBN Director Professor Peter Gray.

An international collaboration involving the development of next-generation of smart medicines in Brisbane has received a boost, with $485,000 in State Government funding

19 June 2012

Development of stem cell research for treating human cells damaged through injury, disease or ageing has taken a step forward in Queensland.

19 June 2012
Professor Darren Martin of UQ School of Chemical Engineering and Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology.

TenasiTech Pty Ltd, a materials science start-up company from UniQuest based on University of Queensland research, has secured A$1.4 million in grants and equity capital from the Queensland Government and Uniseed

19 June 2012
UQ Vice-Chancellor Professor Deborah Terry.

Medical imaging technologies, diabetes II treatments, animal health vaccines and biomedical implants are among University of Queensland research activities to receive vital Queensland Government support, announced this week.

19 June 2012
Professor Mark Kendall of AIBN has been awarded a prestigious Rolex Laureate.

Brisbane biomedical engineer Professor Mark Kendall is one of only five international recipients of a prestigious Rolex Laureate, recognising his pioneering efforts to expand knowledge and improve human life.

15 June 2012

Three figures associated with The University of Queensland have received the highest award in today’s Queen’s Birthday honours list.

11 June 2012

An influential Chinese delegation visited The University of Queensland (UQ) today to be briefed on research into needle-free vaccine delivery technology and new energy storage and conversion opportunities.

8 June 2012
Dr Drew Titmarsh is taking science to the masses.

UQ Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology researcher Dr Drew Titmarsh is taking science to the masses, but making sure it is fun as well as informative.

24 May 2012
UQ biochemist Dr Annette Dexter

UQ biochemist Dr Annette Dexter is branching out into medical applications, with moves to prove a compound she has created has wound-healing properties.

24 May 2012

Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology Professor Justin Cooper-White has spent a week sharing ideas with US defence force researchers in Washington DC.

17 May 2012
UQ Professor Mark Kendall with the needle-free vaccine delivery device Nanopatch.

A $15 million investment in a start-up company to advance research and development at UQ's Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (AIBN) has won the 2012 Best Venture Capital Investment prize.

9 May 2012
Dr Neena Mitter

UQ’s Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation (QAAFI) announced today that it is a Grand Challenges Explorations winner, an initiative funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

9 May 2012
Professor Anton Middelberg

UQ's Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (AIBN) announced today that it is a Grand Challenges Explorations winner, an initiative funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

9 May 2012
Professor Gray (left) with Sir Greg Winter, the renowned British biochemist who developed the world's first fully human antibody

The Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology has hosted British monoclonal antibody pioneer Sir Greg Winter for a lab tour as part of a strategic collaboration with biotechnology company Biosceptre International.

4 April 2012
Professor Matt Brown (Director of the UQ Diamantina Institute) talks with Professor Ian Frazer (CEO of the TRI) and Premier Anna Bligh about UQDI’s state-of-the-art genomics facilities

The vision of a specialised centre to better understand and treat head and neck cancers will come to fruition — thanks to $15 million funding from Atlantic Philanthropies, the Queensland Government and the Princess Alexandra Hospital.

9 March 2012

Researchers from The University of Queensland (UQ) and Korea have combined their expertise in polymer patterning and materials science in a bid to develop new-generation solar cells.

7 March 2012
Adam Hand at UQ's AIBN

Perth university student Adam Hand radically altered the plans for his Christmas holidays, with the destination changing from an orphanage in Nepal to a research laboratory in Brisbane.

2 March 2012
UQ student Will Anderson studied the work of Nobel Prize winning chemist, Dr Akira Suzuki, who he will soon meet at an international conference.

While completing his undergraduate degree in chemistry at The University of Queensland (UQ), Will Anderson studied the work of Nobel Prize winning chemist, Dr Akira Suzuki.

24 February 2012
State Councillor and Chinese Vice-Premier Liu Yandong congratulated Professor Lu in Beijing

CHINESE state leaders have presented The University of Queensland’s Senior Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Professor Max Lu, with a prestigious science and technology award.

16 February 2012

University of Queensland (UQ) research into improving livestock feed has received a boost from two Australian government-funded industry engagement schemes.

13 February 2012