Welcome to the Queensland Brain Institute (QBI), home to 40 Faculty and more than 400 researchers, all working to unlock the mysteries of the brain to generate new knowledge, understand learning and memory, develop new technologies to improve lives, and diagnose and treat brain disease and mental health. Support our exciting research.
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- The ability of genes and proteins to protect nerves from degeneration could provide clues to new treatments for Motor Neurone Disease (MND).
- Queensland Brain Institute researchers will help develop some of Australia’s most exciting medical bionic discoveries after being announced as major winners at this year’s Bionics Challenge.
- The striking pattern of a clownfish could be a way of advertising its place in the hierarchal pecking order.
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The path scientists follow to discovery is never a straight line, but rather a twisting journey inspired by a deep desire to explore new ground and unexpected avenues of enquiry.
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