Four researchers from The University of Queensland have been recognised by the Australian Academy of Science for outstanding contributions in their fields.
14 March 2023
The development of eco-friendly pesticides urgently required to protect crops will be accelerated with funding from the Australian Research Council.
4 August 2020
The potential to produce cheaper medicines within edible plants including lettuce and canola has taken a significant step forward.
20 March 2018
Researchers have shown why a fragment of a protein from the venom gland of rattlesnakes could be the basis for an alternative to conventional antibiotics.
15 March 2018In a world-first, researchers from The University of Queensland and University of Washington (UW) have produced tailor-made peptides – an advance expected to help improve drug design and environmentally-friendly pesticides.
14 October 2016
The National Health and Medical Research Council has named two University of Queensland studies among its 10 of the Best Research Projects 2015.
19 August 2016
Translating nature’s secrets into new drug solutions for pain and cancer has helped a Queensland scientist win an $80,000 research excellence award.
6 November 2014
Research seeking better treatments for heart disease, cancer and chronic pain has led to a major award and a $50,000 grant for the University of Queensland’s Professor David Craik.
23 October 2014
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
Professor David Craik from the IMB was today named a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science (AAS), an honour reserved for researchers whose achievements are of international significance.
27 March 2013Queensland scientists are unlocking the benefits of a protein found in seeds of a spiky red fruit that could lead to the development of more affordable medicines made from plants.
26 July 2012
Researchers at UQ's Institute for Molecular Bioscience (IMB) have received over $3 million from the Queensland Government to combat diseases including type 2 diabetes and to study sugarcane soils to advance environmentally sustainable food and...
19 June 2012Two of The University of Queensland's (UQ) leading researchers have teamed with the world’s largest biopharmaceutical company to develop new peptide-based medicines for the treatment of major diseases.
28 June 2011Fifty 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 2011UQ scientists have found sunflower proteins and their processing machinery are hijacked to make rogue protein rings in a discovery that could open the door to cheaper, plant-based drug manufacturing.
21 March 2011
