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  • Budding junior scientists to improve their German while in the research laboratory

    Published on: 15 August 2011
    The University of Queensland Diamantina Institute’s SPARQ-ed has joined forces with Kenmore State High School to offer a unique German Immersion Research Science Day
  • UQ innovators light up the world with brilliant ideas

    UQ innovators light up the world with brilliant ideas

    Published on: 5 August 2011
    Biologic bullets that target bacterial infections and an innovative method for sustainable ammonia production have won the Open and Student first prizes respectively in The University of Queensland (UQ) Final of UniQuest’s annual Trailblazer innovative ideas competition.

  • New laboratory probes neurogenetics of brain disease

    Published on: 2 August 2011
    The Queensland Brain Institute (QBI) and The University of Queensland Diamantina Institute (UQDI) will further strengthen their research ties with China following the opening in Shanghai today of a joint laboratory dedicated to exploring how genes influence brain development and function.

  • The 3MT winners announced

    Published on: 1 August 2011
    On Friday the 29th of July, nine researchers from The University of Queensland Diamantina Institute theorised it out at the annual 3 Minute Thesis competition.

  • World-class QLD cancer centre will fast-track discoveries from the lab to the bedside

    Published on: 19 July 2011
    A cancer genomics facility set to revolutionise cancer research will be unveiled at The University of Queensland Diamantina Institute (UQDI) on the 19th of July.

  • Researchers discover major genetic breakthrough in Ankylosing Spondylitis

    Published on: 10 July 2011
    Patients suffering from a painful form of arthritis which fuses bones in the spine and pelvis may have hope for the future development of new treatments.

  • 3 Minute Thesis Competition heats up

    Published on: 1 July 2011
    An 80,000 word thesis would take 9 hours to present. Their time limit... just 3 minutes.

  • Professor Ian Frazer: The third most trusted person in 2011

    Published on: 22 June 2011
    Professor Ian Frazer has a string of achievements after his name. Being identified as one of the most trusted people in Australia is just another addition.

  • The Australian Society for Medical Research conference award winners

    Published on: 7 June 2011
    UQDI researchers were recipients of impressive awards at The Australian Society for Medical Research Queensland Postgraduate Conference.

  • UQDI Director honoured at Q-Index Awards

    Published on: 25 May 2011
    At the first Q-Index Awards held on Sunday the 22nd of May, 52 leading researchers from The University of Queensland were honoured as leaders in their diverse fields of discovery.

  • UQDI researchers take the prize at annual ARA event

    Published on: 20 May 2011
    Three University of Queensland Diamantina Institute researchers were recipients of awards at the prestigious 52nd Australian Rheumatology Association (ARA) annual meeting.

  • Professor Ian Frazer elected Fellow of The Royal Society

    Published on: 20 May 2011
    The University of Queensland Diamantina Institute researcher, Professor Ian Frazer, has been elected a Fellow of the esteemed Royal Society of London.

  • Medical funding in Australia is safe

    Published on: 11 May 2011
    A unanimous sigh of relief is being felt through the UQDI and collectively across the nation, after the Federal Government handed down the 2011-12 budget last night.

  • UQDI researchers discover new bone deformity gene

    Published on: 4 May 2011
    The Human Genetics team at The University of Queensland Diamantina Institute have successfully used a new gene mapping approach for patients affected by severe skeletal abnormalities.

  • Brisbane's Rally for Research

    Published on: 20 April 2011
    The Brisbane Rally for Research was held in King George Square on Tuesday the 19th of April, and although rained out, it didn't prevent people turning up in the masses.

  • Resveratrol trial

    Published on: 20 April 2011
    UQDI PhD student, Veronique Chachay, is currently trialling the Resveratrol study, which she hopes could be the solution to better managing non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD).

  • The future health of Australians under threat

    Published on: 12 April 2011
    The directors of Queensland’s leading medical research institutes have joined forces to speak out against significant funding cuts to medical research foreshadowed in the upcoming Federal Budget.

  • Health and medical research funding cuts: the facts

    Published on: 12 April 2011
    A cabinet leak has confirmed that the Government is planning to cut funding for to Australia’s medical research in the upcoming budget. This will come from the National Health and Medical Research Council’s (NHMRC) budget, the peak body for funding medical research in Australia.

  • Medical research facing fund cuts

    Published on: 25 March 2011
    An announcement by the federal government of a potential $400 million fund cut to the National Health and Medical Research Council has initiated a backlash by Australia's top medical researchers.

  • Help fight cervical cancer in Vanuatu

    Published on: 9 March 2011
    Get behind Australians Helping Abroad and assist with treating cervical cancer in Vanuatu

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