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

Student entrepreneurs flock to Brisbane

The Global Innovative Youth Conference Executive Committee for 2014.

Student entrepreneurs flock to Brisbane

Brisbane will host to some of the world’s brightest young entrepreneurs this weekend at The Global Innovative Youth Conference, thanks to the University of Queensland Idea Network.

27 June 2014

UQ and Siemens collaboration to advance MRI technology

UQ Vice-Chancellor Professor Peter Høj and Toby Carrington, Vice President Finance for Siemens Healthcare in Australia and New Zealand.

UQ and Siemens collaboration to advance MRI technology

A collaboration agreement between The University of Queensland and Siemens Australia will boost research and development in Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI), leading to better diagnosis and treatment of degenerative diseases.

27 June 2014

UQ provides grassroots support to disabled children in Vietnam

Caption: Clinical Educator Teresa Quinlan joins students Tereza Stillerova, Anthony Truong, Kaitlin Nielsen, Joseph Bisgrove, Ashleigh Allman and Rachel Lucas at the outdoor area (not pictured: Allison Mandrusiak).

UQ provides grassroots support to disabled children in Vietnam

University of Queensland students have built an outdoor play area to help disabled children in Vietnam enhance their motor skills.

27 June 2014

Science meets philosophy at consciousness conference

The Association for the Scientific Study of Consciousness will hold its first Australian conference at UQ.

Science meets philosophy at consciousness conference

Scientists are now able to use brain imaging to communicate with people previously thought to be in a vegetative state, prompting questions about the very nature of consciousness

27 June 2014

Safe strep throat vaccine closer to reality

Chains of the human pathogenic bacterium Streptococcus pyogenes. Nina van Sorge and Victor Nizet

Safe strep throat vaccine closer to reality

Researchers are one step closer to developing a safe vaccine against strep throat, which is responsible for more than 700 million infections and 500,000 deaths each year.

26 June 2014

Study could lead to better treatment for child brain injuries

UQ researchers have found PTSD is contributing to pain in children with traumatic brain injuries, and not the other way around.

Study could lead to better treatment for child brain injuries

The discovery of a new link between post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), pain and children with traumatic brain injuries could lead to better treatment methods, according to a new study.

26 June 2014

Young ‘superbugs’ innovator receives prestigious Rolex Laureate

Mr Hosam Zowawi is one of five Young Laureates to win the prestigious Rolex Laureate Award for Enterprise.

Young ‘superbugs’ innovator receives prestigious Rolex Laureate

A University of Queensland student has taken out the prestigious Rolex Laureate Award for Enterprise for his innovative work to protect human health from the threat of antibiotic resistant superbugs.

25 June 2014

Protected areas failing vulnerable species, researchers say

Lemur picture

Protected areas failing vulnerable species, researchers say

Future national park expansion should focus on land that is home to threatened species, rather than on land that is cheap to protect, researchers say.

25 June 2014

UQ engineering building scoops architecture awards

UQ's award-winning Advanced Engineering Building. Photo: Peter Bennetts

UQ engineering building scoops architecture awards

UQ's Advanced Engineering Building’s award-winning status was reinforced at the Australian Institute of Architects’ Queensland Awards on 23 June.

24 June 2014

Study grapples with ocean climate stress challenge

Climate change will allow larger waves to travel over reefs deteriorating conditions for less wave tolerant marine life, such as seagrass. Photograph by Tane Sinclair-Taylor

Study grapples with ocean climate stress challenge

Researchers are struggling to solve the challenge of predicting climate change impacts on marine environments.

24 June 2014

New Dean heads UQ engineering, architecture and IT faculty

Professor Stuart Crozier, Professor Simon Biggs and Professor Caroline Crosthwaite

New Dean heads UQ engineering, architecture and IT faculty

Internationally renowned engineering academic Professor Simon Biggs has been appointed as the new Executive Dean of The University of Queensland Faculty of Engineering, Architecture and Information Technology.

19 June 2014