The University of Queensland has been awarded more than $1.5 million as part of Australia’s Economic Accelerator Seed Grants to progress research and technologies to benefit the primary industries.

25 October 2023

New research, published today in prestigious journal Science, has identified the gene responsible for an insect’s resistance to a major fumigant used by Australia’s grain industry for insect free grain.

9 November 2012

Scientists from The University of Queensland's School of Biological Sciences have developed a simplified, cheaper, all-purpose method they say can be used by scientists around the globe to more easily count the blind worms (Caenorhabditis elegans or...

27 March 2012

University of Queensland researchers are using DNA fingerprinting to track down fumigation-resistant "superbugs" which each year threaten 40 million tonnes of stored grain and stand in the way of an additional $900 million in premium quality grain...

18 October 1999

Forty secondary school science teachers will go back to school early this month to learn about cutting-edge advances in DNA science and molecular genetics.

13 January 1999