A recent third placing at the Byron Bay Triathlon is a great result for UQ scholar Adam Carlton but he predicts it is merely a stepping stone to greater things.

28 May 2008

The reason women are increasingly turning to non-conventional health treatments will be the focus of world-first research led by The University of Queensland (UQ) into the multi-billion dollar complementary and alternative medicine industry.

23 May 2008

Projects providing free legal advice to the homeless and aiding farmers in the Asia-Pacific have won this year’s UQ Vice-Chancellor’s Equity and Diversity Awards.

14 May 2008

After taking on God in two bestselling books, Phillip Adams will chair a lively discussion on the state of modern spirituality during UQ’s 2008 Diversity Week celebrations.

30 April 2008

Two University of Queensland researchers have been acknowledged as being among the country’s top scientists after being elected Fellows of the Australian Academy of Science.

25 March 2008

Two UQ Mechanical Engineering students have swapped the lecture theatre for a palm oil mill in Papua New Guinea this semester.

18 March 2008

A geneticist from a team that recently identified multiple genes that cause intellectual disability in children will give a seminar in Brisbane on Thursday.

11 March 2008

Students at the Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences (SBS) in The University of Queensland were treated to a faculty welcome with a difference during their Orientation Week in February.

22 February 2008

University of Queensland scientists have developed a proprietary technology that will help other researchers in understanding fundamental aspects of growth, development, and disease, which has been licensed to one of the world’s largest life science...

11 February 2008

Australian scientists are researching a possible way of making aggressive prostate cancer cells less invasive after their discovery of a protein essential for the normal functioning of cells.

18 January 2008

A Queensland scientist has been elected as a member of one of the world’s most respected scientific organizations, the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO).

20 November 2007

The University of Queensland has welcomed the signing of a $50 million funding agreement from the Queensland Government for the University’s Institute for Molecular Bioscience (IMB).

16 November 2007

The University of Queensland’s elite athletes and officials were honoured recently at the 2007 Blues and Sports Awards dinner.

12 November 2007

A who’s who of established and emerging Australian artists are in the running for the nation’s first self-portrait prize, which has been established by The University of Queensland and will be announced on October 20.

15 October 2007

An international consortium established by an Australian scientist is developing a clean source of energy that could see some of our future fuel and possibly water needs being generated by solar-powered bio-reactors and micro-algae while absorbing...

8 October 2007

The Institute for Molecular Bioscience has been awarded almost $17 million from the National Health and Medical Research Council for fellowships and projects including regenerating wounded skin, and fighting golden staph.

26 September 2007

UQ has increased its share of national medical research funding by 10 percent, receiving more than $44.6 million under the latest round of National Health and Medical Research (NHMRC) grants.

25 September 2007

University of Queensland researchers have won both of the National Health and Medical Research Council’s (NHMRC) 2008 Australia Fellowships, worth a total of $8 million.

25 September 2007

Complementary treatment use is high in regional Australia, but patients often don’t tell their doctors, according to a University of Queensland researcher, who will conduct the world’s first study in this area.

19 September 2007

Professor Jennifer Stow from The University of Queensland’s Institute for Molecular Bioscience (IMB) has been awarded a Smart Women: Smart State award for her work on cells, which may lead to alternative treatments for inflammatory disease.

31 August 2007