UQ researchers and research supervisors have been recognised for their outstanding contributions in a range of fields at the 2018 UQ Research Week awards

A roll-call of high calibre researchers and research supervisors has been recognised for outstanding contributions in a range of fields at The University of Queensland 2018 Research Week awards.

12 September 2018
Virus-like nanoparticles are made from structural proteins.

Drugs disguised as viruses are providing new weapons in the battle against cancer, promising greater accuracy and fewer side effects than chemotherapy.

20 February 2017

Experts from The University of Queensland are available to comment on Britain’s decision to leave the European Union.

28 June 2016

University of Queensland research has received a $44 million boost, thanks to funding announced by the Federal Government today.

26 October 2009

Students graduating at The University of Queensland today will have the added honour as the last cohort to come under the Faculty of Biological and Chemical Sciences banner.

1 December 2008

Citation for the award of a Doctor of Science honoris causa to Professor Frank Gannon

26 November 2008

BHP Billiton chair Donald Argus, AO, and the first Prime Minister of the Solomon Islands the Right Honorable Sir Peter Kenilorea, KBE, PC, are among 10 recipients of University of Queensland honorary doctorates this year.

26 November 2008

The University of Queensland will honour Steve Irwin’s contribution to crocodile research and wildlife conservation with a free public lecture at the St Lucia campus on November 14.

7 November 2007

The strength and depth of research at The University of Queensland has again been confirmed with the University receiving almost $36 million in Australian Research Council (ARC) funding announced today (November 9).

9 November 2005

The University of Queensland will present a major exhibition of works of art from its collection for the first time in the redeveloped and recently opened Mayne Centre on the St Lucia campus.

6 July 2004

A University of Queensland motor racing team will make its international race debut in England next month against some of the world’s quickest university teams.

28 June 2004

Work by a University of Queensland researcher will make the trip to the doctor for a prostate cancer check a lot more appealing for men.

17 June 2004

A number of members of The University of Queensland community were honoured with Centenary Medals, announced by Prime Minister John Howard last month.

20 May 2003

Pacific Coal and The University of Queensland have announced a $400,000 research and management program for an important population of koalas in central Queensland.

13 June 2001

Researchers at The University of Queensland's Institute for Molecular Bioscience have developed a genetic test which could help identify a person's susceptibility to skin cancer.

13 April 2000

A University of Queensland researcher has been awarded one of only eight national prestigious Australian Research Council (ARC) 1998 special investigator awards.

26 November 1997

A University of Queensland lecturer has won the Society for Experimental Biology's President's medal for outstanding young biologists - one of only two awarded worldwide in 1997.

3 April 1997