After correctly answering that the cochlear and vestibular nerves are the two branches of the eighth cranial nerve, 15-year-old Abigail Green from Somerville House has become the 2015 Queensland Brain Bee Champion.
Potential future neuroscientists will be tested on their knowledge of Alzheimer’s disease, stroke, emotions, sleep and memory at the Queensland Australian Brain Bee Challenge (ABBC) final at the Queensland Brain Institute next week.
Do you know where your corpus callosum is located? A Queensland Brain Institute researcher at The University of Queensland is on a mission to make sure more people know about the central brain structure by supporting National Corpus Callosum Awareness Day on 2 July.
Researchers have crunched the numbers and calculated the physical limit of accuracy at which our cells can detect concentrations of substances in their environment.
Professor Pankaj Sah has been appointed to the role of Director of the Queensland Brain Institute (QBI), commencing 1 July 2015, following a highly competitive international search.
Bucket-loads of icy water dunked on Australian heads last year has translated into more than a million dollars, enough to pool a team of experts to find treatments for motor neurone disease (MND).
A new Fellowship in motor neurone disease (MND) research has been announced on the first anniversary of the death of campaigner and fundraiser Scott Sullivan.
An international study on sleep and learning in flies has shown a good night’s sleep might be vital for retaining our capacity to learn and remember, with implications for the treatment of human disorders such as Alzheimer’s disease.
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.
An international team including QBI researchers at UQ has found that, like the tale of a wolf in sheep’s clothing, damselfish are preyed upon by the dusky dottyback’s cunning mimicry.
A Queensland Brain Institute researcher has been elected as a fellow of the newly formed Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences, launched this week in Canberra.
