The National Health and Medical Research Council has awarded six new Research Fellowships at The University of Queensland, and extended funding on another four.
2 September 2014An international study that has identified new genetic regions involved in rheumatoid arthritis has shed light on existing medicines that could be effective in treating the disease.
6 January 2014The influence of genes on body mass index scores is substantially lower than previously thought, researchers at The University of Queensland have found.
31 October 2013A worldwide consortium of medical researchers and social scientists has found tiny changes to a person's genetic sequence are associated with educational level.
30 May 2013A University of Queensland researcher today won the $25,000 Centenary Institute, Lawrence Creative Prize (CILC Prize) at a function in Sydney
15 November 2012One small change to the DNA sequence can cause more weighty changes to the human body, according to a new study released today.
17 September 2012A University of Queensland animal welfare researcher tonight won the 2012 Australian Museum Voiceless Eureka Prize for Scientific Research that contributes to Animal Protection.
28 August 2012A team of UQ psychiatric genetic researchers and an animal welfare researcher are among the finalists in the 2012 Australian Museum Eureka Prizes.
3 August 2012Since 2005, genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have successfully identified thousands of genes responsible for common human diseases.
13 January 2012