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Professor Timothy Bredy and his lab study the RNA-based mechanisms that regulate neuronal activity during learning and memory. During this Q&A, we delve into some of the cutting-edge work taking place around RNA in the Bredy lab at QBI.

The McKinney family know the importance of relationships. Their relationship with UQ’s Queensland Brain Institute (QBI) started with the parents of the fourth-generation jeweller, Margot McKinney (pictured), who runs McKinney’s Jewellery (or The Green Door as it is often known).

Chuck Feeney donated at least $350 million to Queensland science institutes, including $20 million to establish the Queensland Brain Institute (QBI) in 2003.

John and Evelyn met in late 1998. They married in 2000 and honeymooned in Australia. Upon returning to Canada they sold up and moved to Australia in 2005 to start a new life together. Sadly Evelyn started to develop dementia in early 2015.

QBI researcher, Dr Adam Briner, has secured a coveted international postdoctoral fellowship to conduct research at the Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel. Dr Briner recently finished his PhD with supervisors Professor Jürgen Götz and Dr Pranesh Padmanabhan at the Queensland Brain Institute.

Queensland Brain Institute neuroscientist Associate Professor Steven Zuryn has been awarded an Australian Research Council (ARC) Future Fellowship to explore the interactions between the gut microbiome and mitochondria.

The Queensland Brain Institute (QBI) is proud to announce a $1 million gift today from FightMND to help fund a study on whether changes in the make-up of nerves are involved in causing neurodegeneration in MND.

Maureen Stevenson is well-known in medical and research circles for her generous philanthropy, having supported charities and medical research institutes for nearly 30 years. She has donated over $100,000 to QBI over the past 11 years.

Recognising stroke and motor neuron disease (MND) had only limited treatment options and no cures prompted Lyn and Bobbie Brazil to establish the Brazil Family Program for Neurology in 2017.

During National Science Week, QBI hosted the UQ Ideas Forum in collaboration with IMB and AIBN. Year 10 students from the Queensland Academy of Science Mathematics and Technology (QASMT) were invited to attend a panel discussion with experts from UQ’s three flagship scientific institutes. The theme of this year's UQ Ideas Forum was 'The future of Artificial Intelligence: Should we be worried?'

In April 2023, the McCusker Charitable Foundation made a generous philanthropic gift of $1 million to the Queensland Brain Institute (QBI) to support multiple activities in the dementia space and RNA therapies.

The Queensland Brain Institute (QBI) has partnered with Synapse to develop an education and awareness program for First Nations high school students around the science of brain injury, giving students an opportunity to interact with brain researchers whose discoveries were shaping the world of tomorrow.

Proud Kulkalgal man, Luke Jackel-David, joined a select group of UQ Summer Research Program scholars at the Queensland Brain Institute (QBI) last summer, and took home the Aleks and Elise Brumby Summer Research Scholarship. The scholarship is awarded to the Summer Research Program scholar with the highest academic merit and research potential at QBI.  

Generous UQ donors, Alan and Wendy Grummitt, grew up in a world where life was always a bit of a struggle, facing the challenge in their early lives of making ends meet. But when their many years of hard work and dedication brought them good fortune, the couple knew they had a responsibility to help ease the burden on others.

On Thursday, March 23, the Queensland Brain Institute (QBI) hosted the 2023 Merson Lecture – an annual lecture named in honour of Dr David Merson, who supported the series to promulgate the most impactful brain research. This year, Professor Eric J Nestler MD PhD travelled to QBI from New York to discuss his work on the neurobiology of depression.