Peter Mantello

Controversial video games will be put under the microscope this month when UQ’s school of Political Science and International Studies hosts a public lecture on First Person Shooter Games (FPSG).

29 September 2009

UQ’s Professor Ian Frazer has been awarded the 2009 Honda Prize for his contribution to the development of the world’s first cervical cancer vaccines.

29 September 2009

IMBcom – The University of Queensland’s (UQ) company for commercialising technology from the Institute for Molecular Bioscience (IMB) – today announced that SEQUENOM, Inc. (NASDAQ: SQNM) has taken out an exclusive licence to UQ’s Foetal Cell...

29 September 2009

A student from the Gold Coast has placed second in a prestigious international competition testing high school students’ knowledge of neuroscience - the best ever result for an Australian participant.

28 September 2009
Associate Professor Marc Hockings

When the Korean Government wanted a report card on the state of the country’s national park system, it sought out the right man for the job – UQ’s Associate Professor Marc Hockings.

28 September 2009

Keeping track of share price data is set to become easier with DataMovie, one of the entrants in the 2009 UQ Business School Enterprize competition.

28 September 2009

QRxPharma Limited, established by UniQuest in 2002 to commercialise therapeutics research from The University of Queensland (UQ), has formed Venomics Pty Ltd, a company that established a joint venture with Liaoning Nuokang Medicines Co Ltd (Nuokang...

28 September 2009

Director of UQ's Clinical Centre for Research Excellence in Spinal Pain, Injury & Health, Professor Paul Hodges, has been awarded a $10,000 prize for his work supervising research higher degree students.

28 September 2009

For linguist Ghil‘ad Zuckermann, languages are much more than a means of communication – they are a passion.

28 September 2009

A UQ lecturer has guided a Brisbane-based band to glory at the recent 2009 Classical Music Awards.

25 September 2009

UQ’s Dr Korneel Rabaey will hone his knowledge in wastewater research as he taps into an exciting new way of producing energy-rich biofuels from wastewater and biomass.

24 September 2009

Cancer drugs may soon grow on trees if a University of Queensland researcher has his way.

24 September 2009

UQ’s School of Languages and Comparative Cultural Studies (LCCS) recently hosted a successful Spanish teachers symposium at the St Lucia campus.

24 September 2009

The complex activities that occur in the human body so people can accurately reach towards objects is the subject of a new University of Queensland study which holds promise for improved treatment of stroke patients.

24 September 2009

Science and humanities may be at opposite ends of the academic spectrum, but the disciplines will come together at a climate change conference to be held at Harvard University in 2010.

24 September 2009

Safe, efficient and site-specific delivery of drugs or genes is one step closer thanks to a $75,000 UQ Foundation Research Excellence Award for Dr Zhi Ping Xu.

24 September 2009

As humans face the challenges of a climate change, one UQ researcher is turning to the insect world for some clues to adapting to a changing environment.

24 September 2009

Australian canola farmers are one step closer to protecting their crops from a devastating disease thanks to a researcher from The University of Queensland.

24 September 2009

Understanding and preventing obesity is the driving force for University of Queensland researcher Dr Abdullah Mamun.

24 September 2009

A University of Queensland researcher has become one of only two Queenslanders to be appointed to a national research committee.

23 September 2009