Scientists are one step closer to combatting coral-destroying crown-of-thorns starfish, following a University of Queensland study into the pest’s genetics.
15 May 2024The Australian Research Council (ARC) has announced $25 million funding for 51 University of Queensland research teams to support a diverse range of fundamental research projects.
28 November 2022
In a discovery spanning millions of years, scientists have found that humans, and most likely other animals, share important genetic mechanisms with a prehistoric Great Barrier Reef sea sponge.
5 November 2020
Move over Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg – University of Queensland scientists say the humble sea sponge or snail could unlock technological breakthroughs that might alter the course of human existence.
20 August 2018
Twelve projects at The University of Queensland will share more than $4.69m in funding from the Federal Government’s Australian Research Council Linkage Project grants announced in Canberra today.
15 June 2018
An American who fell in love with both the Great Barrier Reef and his wife via The University of Queensland has led a breakthrough discovery that could protect one of the Seven Natural Wonders.
7 April 2017Undergraduate students from The University of Queensland’s School of Biological Sciences have embarked on a project to document the unique biodiversity that exists in Australia’s coral reefs.
23 April 2012Fifty two leading researchers from The University of Queensland were honoured on Sunday as leaders in their diverse fields of discovery at the inaugural Q-Index Awards.
17 May 2011Professor Bernard Degnan from UQ's School of Biological Sciences has led an international team of scientists to sequence the genome of the first marine animal from Australian waters.
4 August 2010Developing better treatments for child burns victims is the aim of UQ researcher Dr James R. McMillan, who was yesterday awarded an International Science Linkages Grant.
8 December 2009Marine sponges and sea slugs may provide an ecologically friendly answer to preventing the growth of organisms on boat hulls and pylons, according to former UQ PhD student Bronwin Stapleton.
2 June 2003
