Molecules from the venom of one of the world’s largest spiders could help University of Queensland-led researchers tailor pain blockers for people with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS).

21 September 2020
Parliament House

University of Queensland experts are available to comment on issues around the 2018 Federal Budget. Journalists can contact the following experts below or search by topic or name at UQ Experts.

8 May 2018

A range of University of Queensland experts is available to comment on issues around the Federal Budget. Journalists can search by topic or name at UQ Experts or contact the following experts.

10 May 2017
Researchers are developing a range of new solder alloys

Electronics are getting smaller, smarter and ever-more ubiquitous, and the minute parts that make them work need to be constantly re-engineered to keep pace with rapid change.

5 August 2016
UQ's new Laureate Fellows - Professor Alan Rowan, left, and Professor Paul Burn

The University of Queensland has received $24.5 million in the competitive Australian Research Council grants announced in Canberra today, securing a greater share of the pool than any other university.

6 May 2016

A Queensland study has found that independent service stations’ petrol prices were on average one cent per litre cheaper than brand retailers.

11 September 2012

Soldering and brazing technologies supplier Nihon Superior has joined forces with The University of Queensland (UQ) to provide a world-class research centre for the manufacture of electronic materials.

23 August 2012

What started as Donna McDonald’s pursuit for personal knowledge became a desire to have people listen to her.

22 July 2011

The Global Change Institute small grant recipients for 2010 have been announced and illustrate the breadth and depth of research activities at The University of Queensland.

22 November 2010

Get up close and personal with the 2006 winner of the prestigious Miles Franklin Literary Award at a free cocktail reception at UQ on Friday.

5 September 2006

Growing up in the shadows of a large aluminium smelter in central Norway has had a profound effect on the research interests and achievements of Dr Arne Dahle.

12 September 2001

Mathematics, statistics and supercomputing are fundamental tools in managing Australia's unpredictable ecological systems, according to a new UQ professor.

27 July 2000