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Professor David Abramson: "The award is really a tribute to ... the Genomics Virtual Lab team."

The director of ΢Åĸ£Àû’s Research Computing Centre has been named the iTnews Education Chief Information Officer of the Year.

23 February 2016
Dr Nasim Amiralian of AIBN.

Fibres from the Australian native spinifex grass are being used to improve latex that could be used to make condoms as thin as a human hair without any loss in strength.

10 February 2016
Marina Vitale of CIM Health, ΢Åĸ£Àûstudents Trent Seth and Antoine Desrosiers, and Tim Edwards of Teys Australia

How does a meat processing company reduce the number of injuries in its workforce by 70 per cent in just three years?

27 January 2016
A mahogany glider, a recent patient at UQ’s School of Veterinary Science

Experts are hoping to better protect Australian wildlife using increased data, with a one-year pilot project involving seven universities, including ΢Åĸ£Àû.

19 January 2016

΢Åĸ£Àû’s Confucius Institute and the Queensland Police Service, Far North District, have joined forces to develop a safety brochure for tourists travelling to North Queensland.

18 January 2016
The software monitors patients progress before, during and after a hospital stay.

Innovative software developed at ΢Åĸ£Àû can now be used to improve aged care worldwide, with leading global health care company Raisoft signing a non-exclusive license.

8 December 2015
Associate Professor Geoffrey Faulkner in the lab.

Do genetic mutations in individual brain cells influence how people form memories? Are diseases such as schizophrenia and Alzheimer’s caused by these genetic mutations?

23 November 2015
CEO of SLSQ John Brennan and ΢Åĸ£ÀûVice-Chancellor Professor Peter Høj with SLSQ volunteers

΢Åĸ£Àû and Surf Life Saving Queensland (SLSQ) are joining forces in a bid to save lives along Queensland’s coastline.

15 October 2015
A before and after image of the bleaching in American Samoa: XL Catlin Seaview Survey.

A global coral bleaching event expected to heavily impact the Great Barrier Reef has been confirmed by scientists from ΢Åĸ£Àû and the National Ocean Atmospheric Administration.

8 October 2015
Professor Maree Smith (centre), with Johnson & Johnson Medical CEO Gavin Fox-Smith and AusBiotech CEO Dr Anna Lavelle

΢Åĸ£Àû’s Professor Maree Smith and the company founded on the ground-breaking pain drug she developed have won awards at the AusBiotech 2015 Conference.

7 October 2015
The Broncos take on the Cowboys this weekend in Sydney.

They’ve set the pace for much of the National Rugby League season, and the Brisbane Broncos are working with the University of Queensland to lead the competition off the park as well.

1 October 2015

Crocodiles turning up in populated areas like Darwin Harbour or on east coast beaches can cause problems, but a long-term University of Queensland study is shedding light on which crocodiles travel and why.

21 September 2015
Healthy and happy: Police Dog Maui underwent the preventative surgery.

German shepherd PD Maui and his canine colleagues are lean, keen policing machines, thanks to important surgery at ΢Åĸ£Àû’s Gatton campus.

16 September 2015
L to R: Chris Stowers, Esteban Marcellin, Martie-Louise Verreynne, Steve Moorhouse, Victor Rudolph, Chris Dunks, Daniel Grant and David Craik

Four industry-research projects on drug development, business innovation, chemical transportation and biotechnology have been recognised at a University of Queensland awards ceremony.

15 September 2015
The water system in Manila was dramatically improved

Until 1997, water supplies in downtown Manila were beset with infrastructure problems such as leaks, widespread unauthorised access and contamination.

11 September 2015