Professor Jenny Martin was named a finalist in the awards for her tireless efforts campaigning for gender equity in science in Australia.

​Professor Jenny Martin from the Institute for Molecular Bioscience is a finalist for a Pride of Australia Medal in the Inspiration category.

1 September 2015
Dr Emma Hutchison, Dr Leanne Sakzewski and Dr Margaret Hardy.

As the world prepares to celebrate annual International Women’s Day tomorrow, The University of Queensland is celebrating the groundbreaking research of three of its leading female early-career researchers.

7 March 2014
Professor Maree Smith . . . has two game-changing pain therapies close to being available on the global market

A 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 2013

Professor David Craik from the IMB was today named a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science (AAS), an honour reserved for researchers whose achievements are of international significance.

27 March 2013

The discovery that a cancer drug is hiding in sunflower seeds has won a UQ plant scientist a national award.

25 June 2012

The Australian Research Council has offered more than $2.7 million in fellowships to support Institute for Molecular Bioscience (IMB) researchers to investigate heart development, the reproductive system and tiny molecules that could be the key to...

16 November 2011
UQ's Professor Melissa Little, who along with Professor Ian Frazer has been appointed to a new panel which will oversee a 10-year strategic health and medical research plan for the nation

Two University of Queensland researchers have been chosen as part of an expert panel to conduct an independent review on health and medical research in Australia.

27 September 2011

The University of Queensland topped the nation in the prestigious Australian Research Council Future Fellowships announced today, being awarded 31 fellowships worth a total of more than $22 million.

17 November 2010
Professor Melissa Little

UQ has received almost $29 million in National Health and Medical Research Council Project Grants - the fourth-largest share of the $447.5 million awarded to institutions across Australia.

12 November 2010
Dr Ryan Taft

A University of Queensland researcher who sees treasure in ‘junk’ DNA has been nominated for an Australian Museum Eureka Prize People’s Choice Award.

28 July 2010

Nine UQ researchers will travel the world building research links and bringing that knowledge back to Queensland thanks to funding from the Queensland Government.

19 May 2010
Biofuels researcher and Eisenhower Fellow Associate Professor Ben Hankamer

A University of Queensland researcher has met with US political and business leaders to fast-track biofuel development after winning a top international fellowship.

9 April 2010