Researcher Idriss Blakey’s work to bring about earlier detection of diseases such as cancer has had a shot in the arm, with a major award and more than $700,000 in funding.

14 December 2010

Groundbreaking research into nanotechnology and advanced polymers will be accelerated with $3.6 million in infrastructure funding awarded to The University of Queensland (UQ) today.

1 December 2010
Dr Annette Dexter

Toowong researcher Dr Annette Dexter walks the talk, literally.

29 November 2010
Dow Chair and CEO, Dr Andrew Liveris, and UQ Vice-Chancellor, Professor Paul Greenfield, take questions from the audience at the UQ Centenary Oration.

The Dow Chemical Company Chairman and CEO, Dr Andrew Liveris, has called on Australia to keep more of its natural gas at home to turn into high value, high margin products.

23 November 2010
PhD student Sean Muir, AIBN’s Dr Denisa Jurcakova, Dow chairman and CEO Andrew Liveris and Professor Max Lu

Research to focus on sustainable renewable energy storage systems, and on the development of sustainable bioprocesses to produce non fossil fuel derived chemical building blocks of the future.

23 November 2010

The University of Queensland topped the nation in the prestigious Australian Research Council Future Fellowships announced today, being awarded 31 fellowships worth a total of more than $22 million.

17 November 2010

Watching relatives battling cancer is driving Forest Lake chemical engineer Chunxia Zhao to complete research into better ways to deliver life-saving drugs.

16 November 2010
Joseph Hongoh

Orphaned at the age of seven and one of only 10 at his school to complete year 12, Kenyan-born Joseph Hongoh has achieved some impressive goals, both academically and in the community.

15 November 2010
Professor Kendall with the Nanopatch

Researchers at The University of Queensland believe they are a step closer to ridding the world of vaccinations with needles and syringes.

26 October 2010
Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research) Professor Max Lu

The University of Queensland will receive $33.32 million in federal government research funding through 94 successful Australian Research Council Discovery Projects grants announced yesterday.

26 October 2010
Southern Innovation collects the cheque

Innovative by name and by nature, Southern Innovation was this week named winner of Enterprize 2010, UQ Business School’s $100,000 national business planning competition.

22 October 2010

A cell-based therapy to combat infections in cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy is one of many University of Queensland (UQ) research innovations UniQuest will be promoting at the annual Ausbiotech Conference next week, the premier...

14 October 2010

University of Queensland research is set to bring readily available hydrogen power one step closer to reality.

28 September 2010

New, more efficient and durable materials for use in solar energy applications is the focus of Dr Chenghua Sun from UQ’s Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology.

28 September 2010

UQ researcher Dr Kris Thurecht is developing new molecules to potentially improve the performance of cancer therapy by delivering drugs directly to cancers.

23 September 2010

A University of Queensland researcher is set to enhance disease-detecting technology through quantum mechanics after winning a $100,000 UQ Foundation Research Excellence award.

23 September 2010
UQ Foundation Research Excellence Award winners.

Eleven young University of Queensland researchers have been honoured at the 2010 UQ Foundation Research Excellence Awards.

22 September 2010
Nolan's "Kenneth", painted in New York, 1958. Polyvinyl acetate on hardboard. Courtesy the Australian War Memorial (ART19577)

A remarkable touring exhibition of Sidney’s Nolan Gallipoli paintings will open at The University of Queensland Art Museum this weekend.

17 September 2010

A discovery by researchers at UQ’s Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (AIBN) will enable better methods to grow stem cells for use in cancer research and regenerative medicine.

16 August 2010
Professor Mark Kendall with a Nanopatch

UQ research has found the Nanopatch – a needle-free, pain-free method of vaccine delivery – is now dissolvable, eliminating the possibility of needle-stick injury.

23 July 2010