The University of Queensland’s Professor David Craik has been elected as a Fellow of the oldest learned society in the world, the Royal Society, for his outstanding contribution to science.
7 May 2021
Six University of Queensland researchers have been named Australian Research Council (ARC) Australian Laureate Fellows – the most ever awarded to a single university in the scheme’s history.
2 August 2018
One of the great tussles of science – whether our health is governed by nature or nurture – has been settled, and it is effectively a draw.
19 May 2015
A University of Queensland researcher has been awarded $1.2 million to unlock the genetic underpinning of thousands of diseases, including schizophrenia, Motor Neuron Disease (MND) and cancer.
5 November 2013The 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 2013
The University of Queensland’s place as a global research leader has been highlighted with today’s announcement that five UQ scientists are among 20 new Australian Academy of Science Fellows for 2013.
27 March 2013Since 2005, genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have successfully identified thousands of genes responsible for common human diseases.
13 January 2012
