a man bends to look into a microscope at a container of yellow liquid watched on by another man, both are in white coats

A spider venom molecule being investigated by a University of Queensland team has met critical benchmarks towards becoming a treatment for heart attack and stroke.

17 January 2024
Black-coloured funnel web spider on a white background

A potentially life-saving treatment for heart attack victims has been discovered from a very unlikely source – the venom of one of the world’s deadliest spiders.

16 July 2021

One of UQ's leading scientists will take his work to the literary world this Friday, September 11.

8 September 2009