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.
An all-girl team of high school students competing in the F1 in Schools Technology Challenge has consulted with QBI neuroscientists ahead of the national final at the Australian Grand Prix next week.
A new study has found the mechanism used by a hidden gene to affect how the brain responds to stressful experiences, in a discovery that could eventually help control anxiety.
Nature Publishing Group has partnered with UQ to publish npj Science of Learning, a new open access research journal that will explore the neurobiology of learning in experimental and educational environments.
