Advanced prostate cancer drug a step closer to the clinic

A $1.25 million investment is driving the development of a new treatment for advanced and therapy-resistant prostate cancer at UQ.

13 May 2025
Three scientists in white lab coats looking at a computer screen.

New national guidelines to improve fetal alcohol spectrum disorder diagnosis

Health professionals will have access to national clinical practice guidelines to help assess and diagnose fetal alcohol spectrum disorder, after a 4-year research project led by UQ.

13 May 2025
Pregnant woman declining glass of red wine. Adobe
More than 250 people develop diabetes in Australia every day. Source: iStock

The University of Queensland has several senior researchers available to speak to media during National Diabetes Week from 13 to 19 July, 2014.

11 July 2014
City planners get tips on transport planning.

Thai city planners will take their cues from University of Queensland experts, after a team of 29 city administrators from Bangkok visited Brisbane to discuss urban planning methods.

10 July 2014
A 3D digital representation of one of the Lark Quarry ornithopod tracks. Source: Anthony Romilio, UQ.

Dinosaur footprints in Central Queensland’s Lark Quarry were not all caused by a dinosaur stampede, as previously thought.

9 July 2014
UQ’s Institute for Molecular Bioscience Director Brandon Wainwright, left, Minister for Science, Information Technology, Innovation and the Arts Ian Walker, Queensland Premier Campbell Newman and lead researcher Professor Sean Grimmond.

University of Queensland scientists have succeeded in identifying the major underlying mutations in pancreatic and ovarian cancers, two of Australia’s most ruthless cancers.

8 July 2014

Road works will commence on Wednesday 9 July, 7.30am at College Road due to a burst water main.

8 July 2014

Topics ranging from primary school performance analysis to the effect bad loans have on bank efficiency will be on the agenda at a conference at The University of Queensland from 8 July.

4 July 2014
More than 170 high school students are set to battle wits at the Australian Brain Bee Challenge.

The challenge to find Queensland’s smartest teen is on again at The University of Queensland, with more than 170 high school students set to battle wits at the Australian Brain Bee Challenge.

4 July 2014

Leading economist and Harvard Professor Dale W. Jorgenson will discuss Australia’s position in the world economy at a public lecture on 8 July.

4 July 2014
Global leaders in the field of nanobio will gather at UQ in the coming week.

International leaders in the fields of nanoscience and nanotechnology will gather at the University of Queensland’s St Lucia campus for two of the world’s biggest nanobio conferences in the coming week.

4 July 2014
CAPTION: A live Porites colony, left, and a dead Porites sampled in this study.

The Great Barrier Reef is at greater risk than ever from severe weather events, and University of Queensland researchers predict an increase in coral death this summer.

4 July 2014
The University of Queensland Academic Board President Professor Kaye Basford with China’s President Xi Jinping at the International Conference on Engineering Science and Technology.

The University of Queensland Academic Board President Professor Kaye Basford met Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing on 3 June.

4 July 2014