UniQuest Pty Limited, has appointed Chartered Accountant, Rob Hewitt as its new Chief Financial Officer.

UniQuest Pty Limited, The University of Queensland’s main commercialisation company, has appointed Chartered Accountant, Rob Hewitt, as its new Chief Financial Officer.

9 February 2011

An extended contract agreement with Queensland company EcoBiotics will see University of Queensland scientist Dr Craig Williams continue to support EcoBiotics’ quest to develop new medical therapies from ancient rainforest species.

7 February 2011

International and Australian students will be back on campus at The University of Queensland this week, with the University making last minute preparations for their return on Thursday, January 20.

18 January 2011

Researchers at The University of Queensland (UQ) are seeking first-time mothers to trial a new ‘Sing, Soothe, and Sleep’ instructional DVD that teaches mothers how to use music to settle babies.

7 December 2010

The University of Queensland and its main research commercialisation company, UniQuest, congratulate Triple P International on the opening of Australia’s first dedicated Triple P parenting centre in Brisbane this week.

26 November 2010

The Global Change Institute small grant recipients for 2010 have been announced and illustrate the breadth and depth of research activities at The University of Queensland.

22 November 2010
Yang Mei, Chinese Bayberry, or Red Bayberry

Early last century a New Zealand nurseryman planted the first seeds of a Chinese fruiting plant called Yang Tao, or Chinese Gooseberry.

18 November 2010
Southern Innovation collects the cheque

Innovative by name and by nature, Southern Innovation was this week named winner of Enterprize 2010, UQ Business School’s $100,000 national business planning competition.

22 October 2010

A cell-based therapy to combat infections in cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy is one of many University of Queensland (UQ) research innovations UniQuest will be promoting at the annual Ausbiotech Conference next week, the premier...

14 October 2010
Guests listen to live interpreting in Japanese and Chinese at the opening of the newly refurbished JM Campbell Conference Facility

UQ’s reputation as a global leader in translation and interpreting studies has received a boost with the opening of a high-tech learning space.

17 September 2010

A new cancer vaccine concept developed by researchers at The University of Queensland’s Diamantina Institute has been licensed to US-based developer of RNAi (ribonucleic acid interference) therapeutics, Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc., through...

15 September 2010

Naturally functional foods that fight disease…environmentally friendly food packaging…new probiotic juices…and natural antimicrobial treatments to keep food fresh for longer.

9 September 2010

Brisbane-based Equator Alliance is taking the lead in resource sector environmental assessment by bringing a world-leading climate change researcher from The University of Queensland face-to-face with industry innovators.

1 September 2010

Feeling a sense of guilt or obligation towards an employer can increase an employee’s commitment to an organisation, a University of Queensland Business School researcher has found in a study of Chinese workers.

26 July 2010

Parliamentary Secretary for Innovation and Industry Richard Marles MP visited The University of Queensland today Wednesday July 14, 2010, to meet scientists and inspect progress on a million project to help develop scramjet-based access-to-space...

13 July 2010

TC Beirne School of Law Director of Postgraduate Studies Dr Alan Davidson has been invited to become a foundation member of the Council of International Standby Practices (CISP).

29 June 2010

Knowing how influential parents’ behaviour is with children was the reason a Brisbane father enrolled in a parenting program for divorced and separated couples founded at The University of Queensland.

29 June 2010

Thousands of past students and staff from all over Australia and the globe, including Governor-General Dr Quentin Bryce AC and Dr David Malouf AO, are planning their return to The University of Queensland for the Centenary Alumni Reunion weekend on...

23 June 2010

A University of Queensland (UQ) mechanical engineering lecturer is one of two Australian academics to join astronomers from NASA, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) and other organisations who will get a front row seat and a rare...

11 June 2010

UniQuest, The University of Queensland’s main commercialisation company, has appointed Mel Dunn as General Manager, International Projects.

31 March 2010