Teams of researchers from UQ working on pioneering melanoma imaging and preventing deadly infections, along with a science engagement team, have won prestigious 2024 Australian Museum Eureka Prizes.
5 September 2024UQ researchers have discovered a mechanism in DNA that regulates how disease-causing mutations are inherited.
22 August 2024The UQ-led and developed COVID-19 Risk Calculator has been updated to determine a person’s risk of developing long COVID.
1 August 2024Researchers from The University of Queensland have identified how a common bacterium is able to manipulate the human immune system during respiratory infections and cause persistent illness.
12 July 2024Changing the way antibiotics are given to adult patients with sepsis will save thousands of lives a year globally, according to research by UQ and The George Institute for Global Health.
13 June 2024Forty-five per cent of patients admitted to hospital for atrial fibrillation (AF) in Australia and New Zealand die within a decade, according to University of Queensland research.
30 April 2024UQ researchers estimate there could be up to 7000 tonnes of microplastics polluting vital ecosystems in Brisbane’s Moreton Bay.
25 March 2024UQ researchers have discovered how the ‘on-switch’ for the body’s inflammation machinery can get stuck and cause rare genetic inflammatory diseases.
19 March 2024University of Queensland researchers have used machine learning to help predict the risk of secondary bacterial infections in hospitalised COVID-19 patients.
2 February 2024More than 4,750 students have received offers to study at The University of Queensland in the state’s major offer round taking the total number so far to more than 9,900 for Semester 1.
15 January 2024University of Queensland-led research shows being overweight can impair the body’s antibody response to SARS-CoV-2 infection but not to the protection offered by vaccination.
4 December 2023A simple-to-apply, needle-free vaccine patch is being developed to protect people from the potentially deadly mosquito-borne Zika virus.
1 December 2023The University of Queensland’s re-engineered clamp platform has produced a vaccine that is equally safe and virus-neutralising as an approved vaccine considered among the best in its class.
23 November 2023The University of Queensland’s small molecule drug discovery facility will open its doors to researchers from across Australia for the first time thanks to a National Collaborative Research Infrastructure Strategy (NCRIS) funding injection.
31 October 2023The University of Queensland community is deeply saddened by the passing of philanthropist Charles ‘Chuck’ Feeney, whose extraordinary generosity transformed the research landscape at UQ and across Australia, leading to many ground-breaking...
10 October 2023A report by University of Queensland researchers has warned a global crisis of antibiotic resistance is inevitable, despite promising developments in new antibiotics.
25 July 2023Patients will receive faster and more accurate pathology results following a decade-long research project that is set to transform medical diagnosis.
21 July 2023Consulata Bilal graduates this week from UQ with a Bachelor of Science, after navigating the challenges of living with a debilitating disease.
14 July 2023Researchers at The University of Queensland have discovered the venom of a notorious caterpillar has a surprising ancestry and could be key to the delivery of lifesaving drugs.
11 July 2023Researchers from The University of Queensland have made a dust from baker’s yeast that can detect COVID-19 and could safeguard communities against future pandemics.
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