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University of Queensland (UQ) scientists have made a fundamental breakthrough into how the brain decodes the visual world.

Prime Minister the Hon Tony Abbott MP announced the Queensland Brain Institute (QBI) is to receive $11.865 million from a total of $559.1 million in funding awarded to Australian health and medical researchers to generate new health discoveries.

After years of losing patients to brain tumours despite having access to the best of modern medicine, a Brisbane neurosurgeon has had enough. Dr Sarah Olson has teamed with businesswoman and philanthropist Beverley Trivett to raise funds for brain tumour research at The University of Queensland.

Queensland’s key health research institutes have joined forces to advance the understanding of mental disorders and improve outcomes for patients. The Queensland Brain Institute (QBI), QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, the and the Queensland Centre for Mental Health Research (QCMHR) have formed the Queensland Mental Health Research Alliance.

Queensland philanthropists have contributed close to $2 million to better understand learning and memory, in a quest to find a cure for dementia.

Queenslander Jackson Huang has been named the International Brain Bee Champion.

Research shows bad experiences enhance memory formation about places

On Friday 20th September, the Federal Minister for Health and Minister for Sport, the Hon Peter Dutton MP, made his first official visit in his new portfolio, to the Queensland Brain Institute (QBI).

QBI’s Dr Jian Yang was one of eight researchers and two research supervisors, working across a range of disciplines, that was recognised at UQ’s 2013 UQ Foundation Research Excellence Awards.

Honeybees use a combination of what they feel and see to streamline their bodies and gain maximum ‘fuel efficiency’ during flight, a world first study has found.

A $3.75 million investment in research at The University of Queensland (UQ) will advance innovative work on the link between vitamin D and mental health.

University of Queensland researchers are at the forefront of a ground-breaking study that has found people susceptible to psychiatric disorders such as depression, schizophrenia and bipolar disorder have underlying genetic similarities.

University of Queensland (UQ) researchers have found human brains ‘divide and conquer' when people learn to navigate around new environments.

Somerville House student Eva Wang has been named the state's brain champion at The University of Queensland's Queensland Brain Institute competition.

Queensland scientists will begin clinical trials of treatment for spinal cord injuries after discovering dramatic improvements in balance and coordination when blocking a protein.

A university scholarship student’s passion for an ancient art of slit-drum making has reinvigorated the industry in Papua New Guinea.

A worldwide consortium of medical researchers and social scientists has found tiny changes to a person’s genetic sequence are associated with educational level.

People with dementia have new hope with a significant boost to research funding following the Premier’s announcement of $9 million in funding over the next 5 years for The Clem Jones Centre for Ageing Dementia Research (CADR) at The University of Queensland