C.elegans

Microscopy image of fusogens causing nerve cells to fuse

Faulty brain circuits arise from abnormal fusion

Published on: 25 August 2020

Neural fusion was deemed to be impossible but QBI researchers have made it happen in nematodes and it caused behavioural impairments.

Podcast: Why making sense of nature matters to your health

We talk to Professor Massimo Hilliard and Dr Steven Zuryn about the importance of fundamental science – what it is and why it is critical for generating discoveries that may have huge impacts to your health.

The tiny roundworm: a key player in brain science

Scientists are uncovering the fundamentals of how neurons work by studying the roundworm, which can repair severed cells.

Microscopy image - attachment sites in the surrounding skin of roundworm nerve cells act as a glue, helping the cells remain intact during periods of strain.

Controlling molecular glue protects connections between brain cells

Published on: 16 January 2020

A glue that protects the communication line between brain cells has been found to be controlled by a set of molecules.

Dr Sean Coakley receiving his QLD Young Tall Poppy Award from Professor Jenny Martin AC.

Top award for research into nerve damage

Published on: 21 September 2018

A QBI neuroscientist has been awarded for his research using a microscopic worm to help understand how our nervous system is protected from damage.

‘Save me’ signal directs nerve injury repair

‘Save me’ signal key to controlling nerve injury repair

Published on: 7 November 2017

Severed nerve cells send out a ‘save me’ signal that sparks the process of self-repair, QBI and Monash University researchers have found.

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

New nerve degeneration molecule identified

Published on: 20 September 2017

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

2019 Australian C. elegans Symposium

23 October 2019 2:00pm–25 October 2019 1:00pm

in Australian C. elegans Symposium

The Australian C. elegans Symposium will be held at the Queensland Brain Institute, supported by the CJCADR.

Queensland Brain Institute researchers have discovered two proteins in the transparent worm C. elegans that mediate how nerves degenerate.

Big nerve degeneration discovery in a tiny worm

Published on: 12 February 2016

Queensland Brain Institute researchers have discovered two proteins in the transparent worm C. elegans that mediate how nerves degenerate.

Sean Coakley has received almost $600,000 of government funding for dementia to boost his research into neuron degeneration.

QBI researcher shares in $3.6m funding to UQ for dementia

Published on: 19 October 2015

Sean Coakley has received almost $600,000 of government funding for dementia to boost his research into neuron degeneration.