UQ’s Queensland Brain Institute (QBI) PhD candidate Chantelle Jackson has received a 2026 Westpac Future Leaders Scholarship to advance effective, accessible stroke-recovery treatments to benefit Australians in regional and remote communities.
Professor Thomas Burne explains how the new Australian Psychiatric Research Knowledge Bank could speed up discoveries and improve mental health care for everyone.
Queensland Brain Institute (QBI) researchers will propel scientific discovery into DNA mutations, treating human movement disorders and improving stroke outcomes after securing funding from the Australian Government.
Researchers at UQ’s Queensland Brain Institute (QBI) and the School of Biomedical Sciences have discovered a nanoscale molecular scaffold that helps protect neuronal communication.
QBI researchers have shown scanning ultrasound is safe and well-tolerated in a first-in-human pilot study—an important step toward Alzheimer’s disease treatments.
UQ’s Queensland Brain Institute (QBI) welcomed four exceptional high school students for a unique, week-long internship, immersed in cutting-edge research. The students earned their place by competing in the Australian Brain Bee Challenge.
The Queensland Brain Institute celebrated the close of a highly successful 2025 by acknowledging the latest achievements of researchers, students and staff.
The Dr Gerald and Suzanne Murphy Travel Award is a fund designed to help early career clinician-researchers share discoveries on the global stage. The 2026 recipient is Dr Duy Duan (John) Nguyen, who will use the award to attend an international conference on Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s and related neurodegenerative diseases in Copenhagen.
