2024 QBI Lexus Alzheimer's Jazz Gala

17 May 2024 6:30pm10:30pm
Dust off your dancing shoes and join us at Waters Edge at Portside for the 2024 QBI Lexus Alzheimer’s Jazz Gala! Enjoy city and river views from this fabulous location including canapes and drinks on the balcony when you arrive and a sit-down two course meal, beverage package and entertainment. Plenty of great prizes and auction items on offer supporting dementia research at QBI.

Merson Lecture 2024: Tools for analysing and repairing the brain

22 May 2024 5:00pm6:00pm
Professor Ed Boyden develops tools for analysing and repairing the brain and systematically applies them to enable comprehensive understandings of neural circuits, yielding new insight into potential treatment strategies for brain diseases.

2024 Brain Research Endowment Fund Dinner

6 June 2024 6:30pm
Please join us for an Italian wine appreciation dinner where the Emporium’s Sommelier will share thoughts on the evening’s wine selections paired with fine food and enjoy an enlightening presentation from one of QBI's top researchers.

Ross Maclean MND Fellowship Race Day 2024

24 August 2024 11:45am5:00pm
Gather a group of friends and join us for a magnificent day of racing and fashion which raises funds to support research at the Queensland Brain Institute into Motor Neurone Disease (MND), a devastating disease, which has no known cure.

NFIA Patrons Walk for Charity 2024

2 October 2024 9:00am6 October 2024 5:00pm
The third National Fire Industry Association (NFIA) Patron's Annual Walk for Charity will once again take place in 2024. From 2019-2022, this event has raised over $765,000 in medical research and veteran support. The Queensland Brain Institute (QBI) at The University of Queensland and Gallipoli Medical Research Foundation (GMRF) have been the fortunate beneficiaries of these funds.

Getting deep into sleep: free event

14 March 2024 6:30pm8:00pm
This event is now sold out. If you missed out, you can tune in, live! Visit this page or the Queensland Brain Institute Facebook page to watch at 6:30pm on Thursday, 14 March.

Sleep. We can't live or learn without it, but how much do we know about what's happening in our brains while we snooze? In Brain Awareness Week 2024 and on the eve of World Sleep Day, join us for an engaging evening with our scientific panel as we explore the world of sleep.

QBI Alastair Rushworth PhD Fundraising Trek 2023

26 October 2023 8:00am30 October 2023 5:00pm
A group of trekkers are walking the Flinders Ranges to raise funds to support the fight against dementia.

UQ Giving Day - QBI Brain Research Endowment Fund

17 October 2023 12:00am18 October 2023 12:00am
In QBI’s 20th year, please think ahead. Support critical brain research by giving now to QBI’s Brain Research Endowment Fund.

Bridge to Brisbane 2023

15 October 2023 6:00am12:00pm
The Queensland Brain Institute has a team for Bridge to Brisbane and we hope you’ll consider lacing up your runners to support QBI in either the 4.5km or 10km race, all whilst raising funds for critical brain research.

QBI and Lexus of Brisbane Spring High Tea

14 October 2023 12:30pm
This is a Dementia fundraiser event, supporting the Alastair Rushworth Alzheimer's Research Fund to continue the work of the Clem Jones Centre for Ageing Dementia Research at QBI. In 2023, the QBI Lexus Spring High Tea will be hosted in the ballroom at the Victoria Park Golf Club. The afternoon will include high tea and French champagne.

National Science Week: UQ Ideas Forum Livestream Event

18 August 2023 9:30am12:15pm
Please join us for a Q&A-style panel discussion around the importance of basic science to inform the innovations of tomorrow with a focus on AI, facilitated by energy expert and science commentator, Dr Joel Gilmore.

2023 Brain Research Endowment Fund Dinner

1 June 2023 6:30pm10:30pm
Please join us for our annual Brain Research Endowment Fund Dinner; a special occasion as we celebrate our 20-year anniversary in 2023.

NFIA Patrons Walk for Charity 2022

2 November 2022 9:00am6 November 2022 5:00pm
The National Fire Industry Association (NFIA) Patron’s Annual Walk for Charity is an annual event and is pleased to be up and running once again in 2021. In 2019, this event raised over $255,000 for the Queensland Brain Institute (QBI) at The University of Queensland and Gallipoli Medical Research Foundation (GMRF).
Bay of Fires and Freycinet National Park

QBI Bay of Fires and Freycinet National Park 2022

27 October 2022 6:00am31 October 2022 5:00pm
A group of trekkers are walking the Bay of Fires and Freycinet National Park to raise funds to support the fight against dementia.
QBI and Lexus Brisbane Spring High Tea

QBI and Lexus of Brisbane – Spring High Tea

22 October 2022 1:00pm4:00pm
This event is a Dementia fundraiser event, supporting the Alastair Rushworth Alzheimer’s Research Fund to continue the work of the Clem Jones Centre for Ageing Dementia Research at QBI. In 2022, the QBI Lexus Spring High Tea will be hosted in the ballroom at the Victoria Park Golf Club. The afternoon will include high tea with French champagne.

Live Webinar: The Science of Depression and Anxiety

13 October 2022 12:00pm1:00pm
In Australia, one in five people experiences mental health symptoms every year. Mental health research is a critical area of discovery that QBI researchers are focussed on and each year QBI hosts a mental health webinar, during Mental health Week, to discuss important topics related to mental health research.

Bridge to Brisbane 2022

28 August 2022 6:00am12:00pm
Strap on your running/walking shoes and join Team Queensland Brain Institute (QBI), University of Queensland (UQ) in raising vital funds for brain research at the Bridge to Brisbane on Sunday, August 28, 2022.

2022 QBI Lexus Alzheimer's Gala

27 May 2022 6:30pm
This event is QBI's major Dementia fundraiser event, supporting the Clem Jones Centre for Ageing Dementia Research at QBI. In 2022, the QBI Lexus Alzheimers Gala, 'All That Jazz' will be hosted at Hillstone, St Lucia. The evening will feature canapés, a sit-down 2-course meal, beverage package and entertainment from one of Brisbane's most well-known Jazz bands.

Bridge to Brisbane 2021

7 November 2021 6:00am12:00pm
Strap on your running/walking shoes and join Team Queensland Brain Institute (QBI), University of Queensland (UQ) in raising vital funds for brain research at the Bridge to Brisbane on Sunday, November 7, 2021.

Merson Lecture 2021: Professor Hugh Possingham

3 November 2021 5:00pm6:00pm
Queensland Chief Scientist Professor Hugh Possingham will discuss the demands of communicating research to policy-makers - challenges that face both health and conservation - at this year's Merson Lecture.

Live webinar: Brain Health for Mental Health

12 October 2021 5:00pm6:00pm
We all know diet, sleep and exercise are important for our health. But just how important are they for our mental health?

Dementia Research @ UQ

29 September 2021 12:00pm1:00pm
Join a panel of researchers from The University of Queensland for a live webinar where they will discuss Dementia Research underway across UQ.

Brain Research Endowment Fund Launch Dinner

17 June 2021 6:00pm
Join us to launch the QBI Brain Research Endowment Fund.

Mates4Midget Simpson Desert Ultra

5 June 2021 8:00am6 June 2021 6:15pm
QBI Lexus Alzheimer's Gala

2021 Lexus 'All That Jazz' Alzheimer's Gala

14 May 2021 7:00pm
Supporting the Queensland Brain Institute.

Picture a Scientist - International Women's Day

12 March 2021 12:00pm2:00pm
The Queensland Brain Institute is hosting a special screening of the acclaimed film ‘Picture a Scientist’ to celebrate International Women’s Day.

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