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QBI – The First 1000 Days  is now available online. The report is an executive summary of the Queensland Brain Institute’s first three years’ operations from 2003 to 2006.

As well as outlining QBI’s research directions and many achievements during this period, the report details research staff, members of QBI’s Development Board, scientific publications/grants – and includes a comprehensive list of speakers who have presented at QBI’s long-running neuroscience seminar series.

Download your electronic copy of QBI – The First 1000 Days here. (2.7 MB)

Discovering the fundamental mechanisms of brain function

Overview of QBI

First 1000 Days (QBI executive summary, outlining labs, staff, research direction, etc.) 2.7 MB pdf

Major areas of research

Information sheets

The Queensland Brain Institute (QBI) works to discover the cellular and molecular mechanisms which underlie the ability of the adult brain to generate new nerve cells and form new functional connections.

QBI is headed by Professor Perry F. Bartlett, ARC Federation Fellow, UQ Foundation Chair in Molecular Neuroscience and Fellow of The Australian Academy of Science.

Neuroscience is entering an era of accelerated discovery driven by the application of new molecular, genetic, and imaging technologies, which will provide a deeper understanding of the regulation and function of the nervous system.

Significant advances in determining the molecular regulation of nerve cell function and development will have a major impact on our understanding of more complex areas such as behaviour, cognition, ageing, neurological disease and mental illness.

Discoveries will also provide, for the first time, a real opportunity to develop new therapeutics to treat mental and neurological diseases, which account for a staggering 45 per cent of the burden of disease in Australia.

A major goal of QBI is to promote excellence in neuroscience through fostering the exchange of ideas, establishing new collaborations and augmenting partnerships that already exist within the wider UQ neuroscience community.

Continued research in neurogenesis is widely anticipated to lead to improved therapeutic treatments for a broad range neurodegenerative conditions.

QBI conducts world-class research in major fields of neuroscience, including: Axonal Guidance, Cognitive and Behavioural Neuroscience, Computational Neuroscience, Mental and Neurological Disorders, Neurogenesis, Synaptic Plasticity, Visual and Sensory Neuroscience

For an overview of what QBI does and how we do it, please see our information video clip. (Note: The video is about 4 MB and will stream to you as it loads. You will need the free quicktime plugin installed to view the clip.)

Visit our "In the Press" page for news of the latest QBI discoveries and our "Events" page for forthcoming neuroscience seminars and symposiums.

 Information about QBI's research links is available here.

QBI has strong connections with the Australian art community and periodically hosts artists-in-residence, who work alongside QBI neuroscientists and provide artistic voice to our voyage of scientific discovery, using a variety of mediums. More information here.

QBI information sheets (print-ready)