The newly launched ARC Centre of Excellence for Plant Success in Nature and Agriculture is cultivating the next crop of plant science experts.
17 August 2022
Women in Science is a podcast series featuring interviews with inspiring researchers who are breaking barriers in their fields and making remarkable contributions to science.
4 November 2020
The next generation of agricultural crops that can withstand the effects of climate change and increase food security will be identified at a new major research centre to be based at The University of Queensland.
8 October 2019
The University of Queensland has shined a spotlight on its outstanding researchers at the 2019 Research Week awards.
18 September 2019
Twenty-seven University of Queensland researchers have been named in a prestigious 2018 Highly Cited Researchers List – with one featuring in two categories.
28 November 2018
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
The University of Queensland confirmed its place as a leading institution for science and innovation, with five UQ scientists being named Australian Academy of Science Fellows.
1 June 2015
A University of Queensland study has overturned the long-held belief that plant hormones control the shape of plant growth, and shown instead that this process starts with sugar.
7 April 2014
The University of Queensland (UQ) academics shone at this year’s Women in Technology (WiT) Gala Awards.
20 September 2012In an important breakthrough, plant biologists at The University of Queensland (UQ) have identified a hormone that plays a key role in determining the size and shape of plants.
8 July 2011
For someone who hadn't planned on completing a doctorate after her honours degree, Amanda Rasmussen has achieved well beyond her expectations.
15 April 2011The University of Queensland topped the nation in the prestigious Australian Research Council Future Fellowships announced today, being awarded 31 fellowships worth a total of more than $22 million.
17 November 2010
The University of Queensland will receive $33.32 million in federal government research funding through 94 successful Australian Research Council Discovery Projects grants announced yesterday.
26 October 2010Eleven University of Queensland researchers have been honoured as international leaders in their fields at a ceremony today.
13 April 2010The discovery of a hormone that controls how plants form branches and the use of a legume tree in biodiesel production are just two of the major scientific breakthroughs to come out of UQ’s ARC Centre of Excellence in Integrative Legume Research...
22 April 2009New UQ research may not be able to make money grow on trees but it’s definitely controlling the number of branches, with huge implications for the forestry, plant science and agriculture industries.
10 August 2008In a bid to fill orchards with plumper fruit and cane fields with denser stems, Brisbane, French and UK scientists have isolated a new plant gene which controls shoot growth.
15 February 2005The University of Queensland has attracted 10 new fellowships in the 1998 Australian Research Council (ARC) fellowships round, the third highest number of fellowships funded nationally.
10 December 1997
