Exploring new horizons

The University of Queensland (UQ) boasts some of Australia's best and brightest inquiring minds. We are now firmly placed among the top three research universities in the nation and increasingly the work of our researchers is catching the eye of the global community.

This in turn is allowing us to reverse the so-called brain drain of research talent overseas as top academics seek to have a stint at UQ on their CV.

To match our growing international research status, we are building a cluster of world-class research infrastructure designed to be the equal of anything available internationally. UQ's Institute of Molecular Bioscience (IMB) will move into a new $105 million state-of-the-art facility early next year and work has begun on the $60 million Australian Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (AIBN). These facilities will complement a state-of-the-art supercomputering centre and we plan to add further world-class centres over time.

While the development of bioscience at UQ has enjoyed a high profile in recent years, our research strength also lies in the diversity of our output and talent. The University is doing significant work in quantum and photon science and technology, environment, biodiversity and sustainability, marine science, food and health, critical, cultural and media studies, cognition, performance and human interaction, institutional and organisational, to name a few among a long list of key disciplines.

The 2002 UQ Research Report outlines some of the critically acclaimed research being conducted at UQ. Importantly, it shows that this University is making a valuable contribution to improving our understanding of the human body, the environment, complex systems, language and our history and origins. This underlines the importance and relevance of research-strong universities to our society and culture.


Professor John Hay
VICE-CHANCELLOR

Research Highlights - 2002 section
A Beautiful code UQ researchers on a shoestring budget have cracked a complicated computational model for calculating bond interest rates, leaving the world's best mathematical brains gob-smacked.
A tick of good health instead Ticks may no longer cause as many dog deaths following discoveries of new toxins and treatments by UQ researchers. A specific toxin in tick venom causing heart failure ...
Back to the future A new University of Queensland venture is showing how historical research is not just about the past, but also about planning for the future. Histori|co is taking specialist historical research and reporting from university campus to corporate boardroo...
Big business in oily palms THE University has signed an $803,000 research contract paving the way for what is believed to be the first plant biotechnology co-operative project linking Malaysia and UQ.
Breathing easier UQ researchers have identified a way of disrupting the formation of a bacterial layer responsible for chronic and persistent infections in the lungs of Cystic Fibrosis patients.
Children's virus discovery A new respiratory virus affecting young children has been identified for the first time in Australia by University of Queensland researchers. Human metapneumovirus ...
Cottoning on The art of pest management in cotton has become so sophisticated, a DNA diagnostic testing service has been set up to quantify the effectiveness of biological control tools. In what ...
Dingo-proofing A collaborative research project is under way to count the number of dingoes on Fraser Island and study their interaction with humans.The Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service (QPWS), the Department of Natural Resources and Mines (NR & M) and UQ wi...
Doubting Darwin New research into the genetic make-up of bacteria has strengthened scientists? suspicions that horizontal gene transfer occurs in the natural world more often than previously accepted. Up until the early-to mid-1990s, scientists had lit...
Electronic gateway opens An exciting new era for research and discovery in Australian literature has dawned with the development of an electronic database of more than 40,000 Australian authors and more th...
Fluoro flirting Want to attract the opposite sex? Then bring on the fluoro colours, according to an international study published recently in the international journal Science.
Getting to the core of climate change The small window of opportunity comes in spring when temperatures are warm enough to melt the diesel to power the drilling-rig but not warm enough to break up the ice on which the r...
Gift from the sea An institute for Molecular Bioscience (IMB) spin-off company has started pre-clinical testing of a new molecule with the potential to be a pain-killer for sufferers of chronic, debi...
Going bananas for Vitamin A A University of Queensland researcher working to arrest a serious vitamin A deficiency in the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) believes she may have uncovered an under-utilised ...
Groupies Groups dominate our everyday lives and a UQ centre has emerged as a world leader in research on the psychology of group membership. Professor Michael Hogg, Director...
Inflammatory study A new research centre with cutting-edge technology has been established to help fight inflammatory diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis and improve the health of Australians. ...
Keyboards across the water Two of the world's leading Internet security groups have signed a collaborative agreement to formalise their working partnership. The CERT Co-ordination Center (CERT/C...
Life stories Australia?s largest longitudinal study tracking mothers and their children over more than two decades recently celebrated its 21st year with a funding boost to continue its work b...
Minding the language People should not feel so intimidated by English grammar, according to one of the co-authors of a ground-breaking new book on the structure of the English language. ...
Mine of knowledge Queensland has always been a big mining state, but The University of Queensland is striking a new claim with its Sustainable Minerals Institute, trading on its expertise in mines ...
New prison psych test developed The University of Queensland is developing an automated system for psychologically testing inmates as a part of a major deal with the New South Wales Department of Corrective Service...
New safety assurance system developed UQ Researchers are developing a rigorous method to vastly improve safety in critical human­computer interactions including air-traffic control. The SafeHCI ...
Older and wiser The University of Queensland is asking older people, both "healthy" and those with disorders, to play an important role in helping research into the ageing process.
Oldest meteorite shower evidence University of Queensland researchers have for the first time discovered terrestrial evidence of a metorite bombardment nearly four billion years ago. It is widely ...
Ray of hope in mind Schizophrenia may be caused by a lack of sunlight exposure on pregnant women. UQ researchers now believe that a lack of vitamin D during pregnancy may increase the chances of babi...
Recovering speech after brain injury A UQ study could revolutionise treatment programs for people suffering speech problems following serious head injury. The study has revealed for the first time exactly...
Rescuing kids' teeth from Asthma effects A UQ Health research team is seeking natural solutions to the havoc wrought by asthma-induced corrosion on children's teeth. While asthma's respiratory effects are wid...
Sharks net scots A predatory shark species inhabiting the Brisbane River has lured Scottish researchers to our shores as part of a unique collaboration with UQ. A $600,000, three-year ...
Spin-Out deal A University research centre has beaten international competitors to win a $A1 million contract to develop magnetic resonance imaging monitoring equipment for one of the world's leading manufacturers. A deal with Bruker Biospin MRI in G...
The Coridon adventure A platform gene technology developed by UQ researchers and licensed by UniQuest to spin-off technology commercialisation company Coridon has led to a $5 million contract for the c...
The Innovators Innovation is second nature to UQ researchers as they strive to develop and commercialise their knowledge for new products and outcomes. This culture is supported as UQ creates a...
The right stuff UQ researchers recently staged the world's first flight-test of supersonic combustion, raising the possibility of Sydney to London flights in two hours, and greater efficienci...
Trade secrets China's increased international focus could prove perilous for both Hong Kong and Western traders, a UQ thesis warns. A University of Queensland PhD thesis show...
Turned-up genes University of Queensland researchers have discovered and developed a way to turn up or turn down the effects of a gene. The discovery, a family of DNA pieces, has been...
Virtual realm Queensland is set to develop into the Virtual Reality capital of Australia following the opening of a new Virtual Reality Centre based at UQ and supported by the State Government.
2002 Sponsors Thank you to our major research funding bodies. A full list of benefactions received by The University of Queensland each year is published in Volume One of The University of Queensland’s annual Yearbook, with regular updates produced in UQ News....

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