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QBI is part of UQ’s ambitious Not If, When – the Campaign to Create Change, which aims to change lives within the community and globally by encouraging support for world-class research.

We are more likely to be surprised when we feel anxious. This is reflected in increased brain activity and disrupted connections within the brain.

In partnership with Alzheimer's Australia, QBI has a released a comprehensive guide to dementia research and care.

Scientists have identified a location on the genome associated with MND, providing new avenues for research into potential treatments.

A discovery in a transparent roundworm has brought QBI scientists one step closer to understanding why nerves degenerate.

Brain stimulation may improve the general benefits of brain training by increasing our ability to process information.

Having a psychotic experience doubles the risk of subsequent suicidal thoughts and behaviours, according to an international study led by QBI.

New adult brain cells are produced in the amygdala, a region important for processing emotional memories, QBI researchers have shown for the first time.

Prenatal brain development is a crucial period, and as new QBI research has found, even small alterations to the way brain cells develop can have significant effects later in life.

QBI's Dr Rodrigo Medeiros has shared in $7.5 million of NHMRC priority funding for dementia that's been awarded to UQ.

Different experiences early in life might affect the nature of spontaneous activity and, in turn, alter an individual’s behaviour.

QBI researchers have advanced our understanding of how animals see and use colour, and how their colour vision has evolved.

Jade Upton is the 2017 Queensland Champion for the Australian Brain Bee Challenge, and Somerville House won the team category.

QBI launches its latest magazine in The Brain series, which shares the latest insights into the science of learning and memory.

Your brain’s responses to surprising sounds could help to determine whether you have schizophrenia.

QBI is now recruiting healthy athletes for a large-scale concussion study.

After a national search, Dr Lilach Avitan has been named a Superstar of STEM.

A new QBI student has received a scholarship to research preventative treatments for schizophrenia.

Neurosurgeon and researcher Associate Professor Terry Coyne has been awarded a Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM), as part of the Queen’s Birthday honours

Professor Perry Bartlett has received $1 million to trial a drug that may protect motor neurons and delay progression of MND.