Research is giving some answers to more than 1500 Australians with a rare and debilitating genetic disorder that caused their brains to develop unusually.
13 December 2016University of Queensland health and medical research projects aimed at improving the nation’s healthcare will benefit from a national allocation of more than $483 million announced today.
3 December 2016The University of Queensland’s Professor Perry Bartlett has been named the 2017 Queensland Senior Australian of the Year in recognition of his work on the human brain, including dementia and depression.
28 November 2016Humans might have more in common with fish than previously thought, a new University of Queensland visual illusion study indicates.
17 October 2016University of Queensland neuroscientists have found the major cause of a common developmental brain disorder.
12 October 2016Ground-breaking research into Alzheimer’s disease has earned University of Queensland Professor Geoff Faulkner a $1.25 million five-year CSL Centenary Fellowship.
11 October 2016Researchers at The University of Queensland have begun clinical trials into whether an extract from a rare tropical fruit can help treat schizophrenia.
11 October 2016Innovative research into Alzheimer’s, brain development, pituitary medicine, cystic fibrosis and mental health has led to five University of Queensland academics being named Fellows of the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences (AAHMS).
7 October 2016Researchers at The University of Queensland have established that reef fish see colours that humans cannot.
21 September 2016Queensland researchers have identified a domino effect from a brain stimulation technique used to treat psychiatric disorders such as clinical depression.
7 September 2016Researchers from The University of Queensland have shown for the first time that “brain training” for specific tasks can also improve broader brain performance, in findings with major implications for ageing brains.
6 September 2016University of Queensland researchers have identified the specific cause of a rare form of epilepsy in babies.
6 September 2016The University of Queensland and prestigious international publishing group Nature Research have launched a global online community dedicated to improving knowledge on the science of learning.
5 September 2016University of Queensland researchers have taken a big step toward understanding the movement of molecules in the human body.
25 August 2016The National Health and Medical Research Council has named two University of Queensland studies among its 10 of the Best Research Projects 2015.
19 August 2016Researchers at The University of Queensland have contributed to the discovery of three new genes which increase the risk of motor neurone disease (MND), opening the door for targeted treatments.
26 July 201615 year old Brisbane Student Shambhavi Mishra has been crowned the 2016 Queensland Brain Bee Champion at The University of Queensland's QBI
20 July 2016The increased risk of mental illness in children of older fathers is unlikely to result from men’s genes mutating with age, according to new research from The University of Queensland.
24 May 2016Two University of Queensland professors are among 21 new Australian Academy of Science Fellows announced in Canberra this morning.
23 May 2016In the world’s largest study of its type, scientists from The University of Queensland have helped identify 74 genes that may play a role in how long a person stays at school, or whether they go to university.
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