UQ startup gets $1.3 million international backing for liver disease treatment

A University of Queensland start-up company, developing a potential new treatment for obesity-related liver disease, has secured a seed investment of $1.3 million from IP
20 October 2021

Wastewater testing takes flight in the fight against COVID-19

Researchers from The University of Queensland and Australia’s national science agency CSIRO have found SARS-CoV-2 virus in wastewater samples from long haul flights of re
18 October 2021

The Ripple effect: making waves in teaching and learning

A senior lecturer at The University of Queensland is gaining international attention for his innovative efforts to change tertiary level teaching and learning with the he
5 November 2021

New study to help shy children

Getting shy children to ‘face their fears’ and coaching parents in exposure therapy is the focus of a new study at The University of Queensland.
18 October 2021

‘Live’ brain models used in hunt for Alzheimer’s treatment

Studying tiny ‘live’ models of the human brain has helped researchers understand its ageing and find a key to potential treatments for Alzheimer’s and other neurodegenera
2 November 2021

UQ journalism student Sarah Richards to help shape media landscape

Until she attended a careers information fair, final-year University of Queensland journalism student Sarah Richards thought teaching art was where her future lay.
1 November 2021

Big differences found in male and female jojoba plant sex genes

The hot and dry desert environment has led to big genetic differences between male and female jojoba plants, a discovery which could boost jojoba production and shed ligh
15 October 2021

Time to reduce stillbirth numbers

More than 2,100 babies are stillborn in Australia every year – a statistic that hasn’t changed in nearly 30 years.
15 October 2021

Pesticide linked to chronic kidney disease

A commonly available pesticide has been associated with an increased risk of chronic kidney disease (CKD) in a University of Queensland study.
14 October 2021

Genetic risk for clinical depression linked to physical symptoms

People with higher genetic risk of clinical depression are more likely to have physical symptoms such as chronic pain, fatigue and migraine, University of Queensland rese
18 October 2021

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