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Podcast: The neurological effects of COVID-19

New research born out of collaborations with virologists and neuroscience here at QBI has shown that coronavirus has co-opted a clever entry mechanism to get into cells - including neurons.

Genome sequence provides infectious pathway for COVID

Published on: 21 October 2020

Queensland Brain Institute researchers have helped discover an additional way for COVID-19 to enter cells, and also plays an important role in its transmissibility and infectiousness.

Brain cells use fluctuating highways to stay healthy

Published on: 19 March 2020

Researchers have discovered how the highways connecting brain cells expand and retract to allow the flow of particles essential for neural survival.

Students head into the labs for Summer Research Program

Published on: 17 December 2019

University of Queensland students have swapped a summer holiday at the beach for time in the lab as the annual UQ SEC Summer Research Program began at the Queensland Brain Institute.

A potential drug target for Alzheimer’s disease has been discovered, affecting both neurons and brain immune cells.

Stopping enzyme could launch two-pronged attack on Alzheimer's

Published on: 20 September 2019

An enzyme that effects both the immune and nervous systems could combat the disease on two fronts.

The signalling protein Fyn moving and forming clusters in living brain cells - viewed using super-resolution microscopy.

Dementia clue found by tracking single molecules in living brain cells

Published on: 2 August 2019

A protein involved in Alzheimer's disease has been shown to affect a critical mechanism in memory function.

Breakthrough QBI imaging captures how brain cells communicate.

Sneak peek into the nanoworld of our brain cells

Published on: 10 January 2017

Breakthrough QBI imaging captures how brain cells communicate.

QBI researchers will receive more than $2 million in Australian Research Council funding.

$2 million to help understand the human brain

Published on: 2 November 2016

QBI researchers will receive more than $2 million in Australian Research Council funding.

QBI research has identified the specific cause of a rare form of epilepsy in babies.

QBI breakthrough for rare epilepsy

Published on: 6 September 2016

QBI research has identified the specific cause of a rare form of epilepsy in babies.

New research might bring a frown to even the most heavily botoxed faces, with scientists finding how some of the potent toxin used for cosmetic surgery escapes into the central nervous system.

Botox makes unnerving journey into our nervous system

Published on: 16 April 2015

New research might bring a frown to even the most heavily botoxed faces, with scientists finding how some of the potent toxin used for cosmetic surgery escapes into the central nervous system.