Three senior researchers at QBI have together received more than $2.3 million in funding from the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC).
New insights into learning and memory formation and how this is impaired in Alzheimer’s disease may be possible thanks to a new method that visualises and identifies newly created proteins in the body.
The world’s leading researchers will work together to tackle dementia after The University of Queensland’s Queensland Brain Institute (QBI) joined with the Chinese Academy of Sciences’ Institute of Biophysics (IBP) to create a research centre.
In good weather for ducks, 20 researchers at QBI took the plunge today and braved the Ice Bucket Challenge in the name of raising funds to fight motor neuron disease (MND).
Neuroscientist Professor Justin Marshall has been awarded a Laureate Fellowship under the Australian Research Council’s most prestigious research grants scheme.
The Hand Heart Pocket - The Charity of Freemasons Queensland - Gala Evening will bring together some of the world’s leading musical performances in support of Alzheimer’s disease research and care.
The clever and beautiful solutions animals have found to survive often centre on their ability to see – or not be seen – and is the subject of a new book by leaders in the field of visual science.
Reigning Australian Brain Bee Challenge champion Eva Wang takes on the world’s brainiest students this week at the International Brain Bee (IBB) in Washington DC, USA.
Queensland scientists are closer to effective treatments for schizophrenia after uncovering dozens of sites across the human genome that are strongly associated with genetic predisposition to schizophrenia.
Queensland’s “brainiest student” has been announced, with 14-year-old Sophie Watson out-smarting 170 other high school students to become the 2014 Queensland Brain Bee Champion at QBI today.
Studies involving some of the world’s smallest creatures have resulted in one of the world’s biggest honours for QBI researcher Professor Mandyam Srinivasan.
The challenge to find Queensland’s smartest teen is on again at QBI, with more than 170 high school students set to battle wits at the Australian Brain Bee Challenge.
How to communicate with a patient in a vegetative state is the topic of a free public lecture on being held at the State Library of Queensland on Saturday, 19 July at 7pm.
A new aircraft landing system developed by QBI researchers is fully independent of outside technology, meaning it will be harder to block or hack, improving passenger safety.
Scientists are now able to use brain imaging to communicate with people previously thought to be in a vegetative state, prompting questions about the very nature of consciousness.
German postdoctoral researcher and recipient of the prestigious Peter Hilton Research Fellowship in Ageing Dementia Dr Liviu-Gabriel Bodea has joined QBI.