On New Year’s Day in 1974, Wiradjuri woman Evonne Goolagong delighted spectators at Melbourne’s Kooyong Tennis Club by defeating American Chris Evert to win the women’s singles Australian Open championship.
2 January 2024
A UQ-developed vaccine will protect farmed saltwater crocodiles from West Nile virus, providing economic and biodiversity benefits to northern Australia.
29 June 2023
A promising treatment for inflammatory bowel disease and a pre-clinical drug candidate for a devastating neurological condition are among four UQ research projects to receive support from Australia’s national biotech incubator - CUREator.
24 May 2023
Scientists at The University of Queensland have developed a novel vaccine for Japanese encephalitis virus (JEV) in pigs, to help stop the spread of the disease in Australia.
16 February 2023 resized.jpg?itok=JOKoqcoJ "A rare first edition of John Polidori’s The Vampyre. Image: Fryer Library.")
A 200-year-old vampire has been found in a University of Queensland library.
31 October 2021
University of Queensland researchers are among finalists in the 2021 Australian Museum Eureka Prizes. Projects in Science, Business and Humanities have been nominated for the event which is known as the ‘Oscars’ of Australian science.
2 September 2021
Variants of viruses such as that causing COVID-19 can now be quickly studied in the laboratory, even before they emerge in nature and become a major public health challenge.
9 June 2021
A new technology to produce safer ‘hybrid’ viruses at high volumes for use in vaccines and diagnostics for mosquito-borne diseases has been developed at The University of Queensland.
12 December 2019
Research into global health issues has been boosted after UQ received more than $29.7 million in funding from the NHMRC and Medical Research Future Fund.
29 August 2019
The University of Queensland has a range of experts available to talk to media in relation to World Environment Day on 5 June and World Oceans Day on 8 June.
1 June 2018
University of Queensland research into dementia, cancer, superbugs, painkillers, and children’s health are among 51 projects that will benefit from National Health and Medical Research Council 2018 Project Grant funding announced today.
6 December 2017
Kick-starter funding of $50,000 has helped unite Brisbane-based researchers in the battle against Zika virus.
28 April 2016
An international team led by Australian researchers has studied the genetics of pancreatic cancer, revealing it is actually four separate diseases, each with different genetic triggers and survival rates.
25 February 2016The Whitlam memorial was a grand story of Australia’s evolution since the war and a portrait of the life and legend of a towering, verbose ex-prime minister.
10 November 2014
Looking for interview talent on Ebola and its impact? The University of Queensland has several researchers and experts happy to take media calls on the subject, listed below.
3 November 2014-1.jpg?itok=-J_Z1He8 "Professor Bryan Mowry from UQ’s Queensland Brain Institute.")
Queensland scientists are closer to effective treatments for schizophrenia after uncovering dozens of sites across the human genome that are strongly associated with a genetic predisposition to schizophrenia.
23 July 2014A large-scale study that defines the complexity of underlying mutations responsible for pancreatic cancers in more than 100 patients was published in Nature today.
24 October 2012An International surgical practice network has recognised the achievements of Associate Professor of Surgery Mark Smithers from the University of Queensland (UQ).
2 July 2012Stargazers are reminded of tomorrow's once-in-a-lifetime chance to observe a rare astronomical phenomenon — the planet Venus passing across the face of the Sun.
5 June 2012Cheese-making and techniques for producing sustainable plastic dollar bills from sugar cane are among the new research projects on which The University of Queensland and industry partners will collaborate from next year.
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