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The Hilliard lab is tackling the question: how do neurons stay intact and what happens when they don’t? By uncovering both the intrinsic resilience of neurons and the critical role of their surrounding environment, the team work is helping to redefine what is possible in nerve repair, laying the groundwork for therapies that actively restore connections

David Muir AM, Clem Jones Foundation Chair, has been an incredible advocate for neuroscience funding and brain research at QBI. Earlier this month, David published a new memoir detailing his extraordinary journey.

Throughout his career, Professor Jason Mattingley has received hundreds of emails from students wanting to join his lab to study cognitive neuroscience. But never one quite like the email he received from Richard Ronayne.

Clinician‑researchers at UQ’s Queensland Brain Institute (QBI) have developed a new tool designed to more accurately screen for depression in people with dementia. 

Does addiction result from the brain or behaviour? This is the question QBI sought to answer during Brain Awareness Week 2026 at a compelling free public lecture featuring scientists and those with lived experience. 

This Brain Awareness Week, it’s worth asking a simple question: Where do the breakthroughs in brain science actually begin? 

QBI research has contributed to a worldwide study providing essential groundwork to develop tailored rehabilitation strategies for cognitive impairment in stroke and reveals a fundamental change in how cognitive problems are understood.

QBI researchers may have discovered a new way to diagnose and treat major depression at the earliest stage of the condition, giving patients the best opportunity for recovery.

Senator Helen Polley, Senator for Tasmania, has this week praised the Queensland Brain Institute (QBI) in a speech to Parliament, highlighting the Institute’s collaborative approach and the global impact of its neuroscience research. 

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.