A total of 7280 bacterial and 623 archaeal genomes were obtained

A remarkable effort from UQ researchers has helped increase the number of known genomes by almost 10 per cent.

12 September 2017

The University of Queensland has recognised staff members and teams in the 2017 UQ Awards for Excellence.

7 June 2017

Research undertaken hand-in-hand with business and industry received a $4.3 million boost at The University of Queensland today, in the latest Australian Research Council Linkage Projects grants.

31 May 2017

There’s a story behind every graduate’s long black gown at The University of Queensland this December.

7 December 2016

Scientists have discovered a major group of organisms contributing to climate change, the second major breakthrough in 12 months towards mapping the tree of life.

10 October 2016
Celebrity chef Ben Milbourne to be awarded Distinguished Young Alumni Award.

​The head of Uniting Care Queensland and a Reserve Bank of Australia board member are among a distinguished line-up celebrated in The University of Queensland’s 2016 Alumni Awards.

15 August 2016
Dr Nasim Amiralian of AIBN.

Fibres from the Australian native spinifex grass are being used to improve latex that could be used to make condoms as thin as a human hair without any loss in strength.

10 February 2016
A mahogany glider, a recent patient at UQ’s School of Veterinary Science

Experts are hoping to better protect Australian wildlife using increased data, with a one-year pilot project involving seven universities, including The University of Queensland.

19 January 2016
Photograph: Reading names from the Book of Remembrance at the 2014 UQ Thanksgiving Ceremony.

The 183 people who generously donated their bodies to medical science at The University of Queensland in the past year will be honoured at a ceremony next week.

21 October 2015
Matthew Herington

A University of Queensland PhD student who is investigating sustainable energy solutions for developing communities has secured a prestigious fellowship from the American Australian Association.

8 October 2015
Associate Professor Trent Woodruff

A University of Queensland research team has been awarded a grant from The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research to target brain inflammation in people with Parkinson’s disease.

6 March 2015
Prime Minister Tony Abbott looks set to make a case for further sweeping national security changes in the wake of recent terrorist attacks and arrests.

Prime Minister Tony Abbott looks set to make a case for further sweeping national security changes in the wake of recent terrorist attacks and arrests.

17 February 2015
Justice Roslyn Atkinson AO

The Supreme Court’s Justice Roslyn Atkinson, AO, is among University of Queensland alumni who received awards in the Australia Day 2015 Honours List.

27 January 2015

Something strange is happening within the world-famous pitch drop experiment with the latest drop forming much faster than the last couple of drops. There have been nine drops so far and all attention is now on trying to observe the tenth,...

10 November 2014
UQ was awarded a total of 77 health and medical research grants today

Australia’s first Centre of Research Excellence in Chronic Kidney Disease will be established at The University of Queensland with a $2.5 million grant announced today.

17 October 2014
Ilab has nurtured a wide range of innovative start-ups.

Queensland start-ups are to benefit from a new $10 million early stage investment fund.

12 August 2014
The Catlin Seaview Survey captured this image of a turtle in the undamaged area of Tubbataha Reefs Natural Park.

Queensland marine biologists have found that the damage sustained to a Filipino coral reef from an American warship is more extensive than first thought.

20 May 2014
Dr Micheal Creagh, Co-founder CB Aerospace Pty Ltd, Minister Walker, Dr Peter Beasley, Co-founder CB Aerospace Pty Ltd.

Queensland’s ilab technology hot-house has launched its latest batch of entrepreneurs at a graduation event at the University of Queensland.

12 March 2014
Professor Matt Cooper

Researchers have developed a new method for rapidly measuring the level of antibiotic molecules in the blood and how they work against bacteria, paving the way for personalised treatments for bacterial diseases.

3 March 2014
Scientists document the temperature of soil, one layer above permafrost. Supplied image: Dr Virginia Rich, University of Arizona.

Scientists from The University of Queensland have discovered a microbe that is set to play a significant role in future global warming.

19 February 2014