Improving the life of captive animals may be easy as microchipping them and automating individual care routines.

2 March 2006

Tiger poo extract is being used to keep feral animals off everything from farms to runways.

16 February 2006

UQ spinout company Adipogen Pty Ltd has appointed Dr Vincent Wacher as its new Chief Executive Officer.

20 December 2005

The University of Queensland will use a new $2.7 million partnership with BHP Billiton Mitsubishi Alliance (BMA) to help shore up the future of Australia’s mining industry.

9 December 2005

Pain caused by the kneecap, medically known as the patella, is a challenge to treat with the best treatment approach still to be identified.

15 November 2005

Brisbane-based Adipogen Pty Ltd has raised a further $2.25 million to support the development of a novel treatment for obesity.

1 November 2005

Queensland Premier Peter Beattie is to reveal details of his life, leadership and politics at a free public event presented by The University of Queensland this week.

27 September 2005

The University of Queensland has topped the latest round of grants from the nation’s peak university funding council.

23 June 2005

Address by Bob Bishop (Chairman and CEO of Silicon Graphics, Inc.) following his receipt of his Doctor of Science Honoris Causa at the UQ Centre, St Lucia today at 10am.

15 December 2004

A venom compound from the world’s deadliest snake, the Taipan, is being developed by Brisbane biotechnology company ElaCor, as a new drug to treat heart failure.

29 November 2004

Groundbreaking University of Queensland research into obesity reduction, computer chip manufacture and the control of crop damaging pests will be significantly advanced through Smart State Fellowships awarded today.

26 November 2004

The University of Queensland will exchange students, research and resources with Japan’s biotech capital Osaka after signing an international agreement.

10 November 2004

Debilitating back pain will soon be a thing of the past with BakBalls taking out the UQ Business School’s $100,000 Enterprize business commercialisation competition last night.

22 October 2004

Research to be conducted at the new Pharmacy Australia Centre of Excellence (PACE) to be built in Brisbane could save lives and slice millions from Australia’s pharmaceutical benefits bill through better use of medicines.

18 August 2004

A world-class facility for research into livestock health and production will be built at The University of Queensland’s Gatton Campus following the announcement of $9.5 million in funding from the State Government.

8 June 2004

A novel quantum theory developed by University of Queensland researchers has been confirmed by recent experiments at a Nobel Prize-winning lab.

17 May 2004

This week, Australian scientists will gather at The University of Queensland’s Institute for Molecular Bioscience (IMB) to discuss the causes of an alarming decline in male fertility in Australia and worldwide.

11 May 2004

I would like to congratulate all graduates on your achievement. This is the culmination of years of hard work, sleepless nights and living off the smell of an oily rag … it’s a bit like bringing up children really!

11 December 2003

Cervical cancer vaccine pioneer Professor Ian Frazer and Queensland Premier Peter Beattie will address graduation ceremonies at The University of Queensland tomorrow (Wednesday, December 10).

9 December 2003

Research into repairing kidneys and a company developing technology that bar-codes chemicals have been boosted in the latest round of Innovation Start Up Scheme grants.

4 December 2003