Professor Darren Martin from UQ’s Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology.

Highly-durable extreme-performance plastics and rubbers for use in industries ranging from automotive to construction are now closer to realisation, thanks to a $1 million investment in a Brisbane materials company.

13 May 2014
Queensland Minister Ian Walker, left, Dr Goce Dimeski and Dr Paul Masci.

The University of Queensland has welcomed the Queensland Government’s $1 million commitment to translating medical research into better health care.

17 April 2014
Nobbi Dragon.

University of Queensland researchers have found that naturally regrowing woodlands in the subtropics can help to reduce declines in Australia’s reptiles.

10 February 2014
The federal Minister for Resources and Energy, Martin Ferguson, and Professor Paul Meredith at UQ's rooftop solar photovoltaic array

The University of Queensland will assist RATCH-Australia Corporation Limited (RAC) assess the viability of converting the coal-fired Collinsville Power Station owned by RAC to a hybrid solar thermal / gas power station.

20 February 2013
Australian Neuroscience Society President John Rostas, Australian Brain Bee Challenge winner Jackson Huang and Queensland Brain Institute Director Professor Perry Bartlett.

A Queenslander has been named Australia’s ‘neuroscientist of the future’ after the country’s brightest young minds competed in the finals of the Australian Brain Bee Challenge (ABCC) held at Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre yesterday.

4 February 2013

For their outstanding service in a range of fields, an inspiring and distinguished group of staff, students and alumni from The University of Queensland community have been honoured in the 2013 Australia Day awards and honours list.

26 January 2013

Perseverance is an essential quality for any postgraduate student, but for the University of Queensland’s 10,000th PhD conferral Dr Martin Smith, it led him to drive six hours through a Canadian snowstorm for the chance to meet his future research...

18 December 2012

The University of Queensland has been appointed the Lead Research Organisation for two large solar photovoltaic (PV) projects which will be built in the next three years in western New South Wales.

8 August 2012
UQ Professor Darren Martin.

A quest to explore new research fields brought Darren Martin to Queensland 12 years ago, little realising his work would go on to impact on areas as diverse as wastewater treatment, high-performance engineering and sporting goods.

19 June 2012
Associate Professor Camile Farah of the UQ School of Dentistry.

The University of Queensland School of Dentistry’s Oral Oncology Research Program has secured major grant funding to support new research.

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

Q-Sera Pty Ltd has raised $900,000 from Australia’s Medical Research Commercialisation Fund and the Uniseed Commercialisation Fund to develop an improved blood collection tube.

18 June 2012

The responsibility for choosing which Australian native species survive – and which go extinct – may ultimately fall to ordinary Australians.

28 May 2012
Thesis author Gerald Musa.

Surface diplomacy and conferences that skirt core issues have jaded peace talks between Christians and Muslims in Nigeria, says a PhD student investigating ways to facilitate effective dialogue.

16 May 2012

Australia's 'brainiest' student will be unearthed when the country's brightest young minds compete in the finals of the Australian Brain Bee Challenge (ABBC), supported by The University of Queensland's Queensland Brain Institute.

25 January 2012
Professor Robert Parton, from the Institute for Molecular Bioscience, is leading a $7.1 million research project to study the mechanisms behind healthy cells transforming into cancerous cells.

Cutting-edge research that aims to stop the transformation of healthy cells into cancerous cells is one of nine prestigious grants and scholarships awarded to health and medical researchers at The University of Queensland (UQ).

15 December 2011

UQ's performance in the highly competitive Australian Research Council (ARC) funding arena has gone from strength to strength with the announcement of successful Future Fellowships and Discovery Early Career Researcher Awards (DECRA) yesterday (...

15 November 2011

A 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 2011

THE University of Queensland has received $38.1 million in National Health and Medical Research Council Project Grants – one of the largest shares of the funding awarded to institutions across Australia.

18 October 2011