A clinical-stage biotechnology company established by The University of Queensland and Emory University (Atlanta, USA) to develop novel cancer supportive care and anticancer therapies has raised US$16 million in series A investment.
6 June 2017Eleven University of Queensland researchers have been honoured as international leaders in their fields at a ceremony today.
13 April 2010Five talented Vietnamese researchers will share in a $1 million University of Queensland scholarship package for PhDs in UQ’s leading research institutes.
22 April 2009A public forum will be held at the Queensland Brain Institute on Tuesday, November 25 to commemorate the election of another five Queensland scientists to the Australian Academy of Science.
23 November 2008Researchers have identified a gene critical for the development of the lymphatic system in a discovery that will have implications for treatment of cancer and lymphatic disorders and other diseases.
19 October 2008Two University of Queensland researchers have been acknowledged as being among the country’s top scientists after being elected Fellows of the Australian Academy of Science.
25 March 2008Professor Peter Koopman, from UQ's Institute for Molecular Bioscience (IMB) has received the GlaxoSmithKline Australia Award for Research Excellence for pioneering research that offers hope to children born with sexually ambiguous genitalia and...
19 July 2007A scientist who helped discover the gene that determines sex in mammals is one of three University of Queensland researchers who have received one of the highest academic accolades in Australia.
22 May 2007The genetics behind intersex babies, and improved prediction of skin cancer risk are two of the projects from the Institute for Molecular Bioscience (IMB) that will receive funding from the latest round of Australian Research Council grants.
12 October 2006The University of Queensland has performed exceptionally well in the Australian Research Council funding scheme, consistent with its status as one of Australia’s leading research-intensive universities.
11 October 2006An Australian research team has identified a gene that could be used to stop tumours growing by blocking their blood supply.
2 August 2006The University of Queensland has welcomed the $60 million in new funding from the Queensland Government pledged in the State Budget today.
6 June 2006An Australian research team has solved one of biology’s most fundamental questions – why males produce sperm and females produce eggs.
31 March 2006Testicular cancer in Australia is spreading faster than the cane toad – since 1970, its incidence in Australian blokes has doubled, while rates of other types of cancer have stayed the same.
21 April 2005University of Queensland (UQ) researchers will share in more than $23 million million in funding as part of the latest round of National Health and Medical Research Council program grants scheme.
5 July 2004This week, Australian scientists will gather at The University of Queensland’s Institute for Molecular Bioscience (IMB) to discuss the causes of an alarming decline in male fertility in Australia and worldwide.
11 May 2004A UQ project to find and study the genes that control whether an embryo develops as a male or a female has attracted $720,000 funding in the latest Federal Government round.
31 October 2002Scientists at The University of Queensland's Institute for Molecular Bioscience have identified a new gene which should lead to breakthrough treatment for many of the cancers which kill 34,000 Australians each year.
28 March 2000A University of Queensland researcher's work on gene structure and regulation has won him the 1998 Julian Wells Medal.
24 May 1998The University of Queensland's technology transfer company, UniQuest Limited, this month signed a licensing agreement covering intellectual property for a gene controlling formation of bone and cartilage.
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