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A new method of genetic analysis developed by researchers based at the Queensland Brain Institute (QBI), the University of Queensland Diamantina Institute (UQDI) and the Queensland Institute of Medical Research (QIMR) has shed fresh...
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Researchers from Brisbane, Edinburgh and Aberdeen have revisited about 2,000 people who had intelligence tests in 1932 or 1947, and shown that genetic factors may account for about a quarter of the changes in intelligence over their lives.
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Research to tackle the pressing health problem of ageing dementia has received a generous $43,000 boost from one of Australia’s largest trustees, The Trust Company Ltd.
The donation will be spent...
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QBI has notched up another year of outstanding performance in the highly competitive Australian Research Council (ARC) funding arena, with the awarding of Future Fellowships and Discovery Early Career Researcher Awards (DECRA) recen...
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QBI researchers have received more than $2.7 million in the latest round of Australian Research Council (ARC) Discovery Project grants to explore topics ranging from how
sensory experience modulates sense of smell through to the r...
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The beauty and majesty of birds in flight has long captured the attention of artists and photographers.
Now QBI researchers have unlocked the secrets of how birds avoid collisions as they soar, swoop, dive, glide and engage in other aerona...
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Researchers at the Queensland Brain Institute (QBI) have taken a significant step towards unravelling the mechanism by which communication between brain cells occurs.
Findings from a study just publish...
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A study in worms that are less than a millimetre long has yielded clues that may be important for understanding how nerves grow.
A team of researchers from the Queensland Brain Institute (QBI) has probed the molecular mechan...
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Researchers are a step closer to unravelling the genetic underpinnings of schizophrenia following the largest genome-wide association study of the disorder ever undertaken.
An international consortium ...
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Queensland Brain Institute (QBI) researchers have discovered a genetic mechanism that may explain why the children of older fathers are more likely to develop schizophrenia or autism.
Using genome-wide...
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Australian researchers have discovered a new way to block the action of botulinum toxin, which may pave the way for more effective treatments of the life-threatening disease botulism.
A team comprising...
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QBI neuroscientists have shed new light on the processes involved in loosening the grip of fear-related memories, particularly those implicated in conditions such as phobias and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
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Professor Jason Mattingley has been awarded a prestigious Australian Research Council Australia Laureate Fellowship announced by Federal Science Minister Kim Carr.
Open to academics of international re...
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The Queensland Brain Institute (QBI) and The University of Queensland Diamantina Institute (UQDI) will further strengthen their research ties with China following the opening in Shanghai this month of a joint laboratory dedicated to...
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Fancy taking a peek inside the classroom of the future?
Australia’s first Science of Learning Symposium, to be hosted by the Queensland Brain Institute (QBI) next week, will shine a spotlight on ...
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Queensland Brain Institute researchers are a step closer to unlocking the mysteries of disorders like schizophrenia and autism – through peering into the brains of bees.
The cascade of molecular ...
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Surprising findings from a study into the brains of transgenic mice carrying the Huntington’s disease mutation could pave the way for treatments which delay the onset and progression of this devastating genetic disease.
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In humans, regeneration of the peripheral nervous system after injury remains a hit-or-miss affair, while brain and spinal cord damage usually results in lifelong disabilities.
But by studying nerve injury in roundworms, res...
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The Queensland Brain Institute (QBI) is pleased to announce that Professor Tianzi Jiang has joined the University of Queensland (UQ) in an appointment shared between QBI and the Centre for Advanced Imaging (CAI).
Professor Jiang commenced ...
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Nina Ruzsicska from Darwin High School has been crowned the 2011 Northern Territory Brain Bee Champion in a battle of neuroscience knowledge held in Brisbane.
Nina outsmarted hundreds of competitors from a...
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Teresa Tang from Brisbane State High School has been crowned the 2011 Queensland Brain Bee Champion in a battle of neuroscience knowledge held in Brisbane.
Teresa outsmarted hundreds of competitors from across Q...
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More than 130 of the smartest high school students from Queensland and the Northern Territory will converge on the Queensland Brain Institute (QBI) next week to contest state and territory crowns in the State Finals of the 2011 Aust...
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For up to five per cent of the population, checking the time, counting change at the cash register or practically anything else to do with numbers can be a nightmare.
However, leading research into the specific lea...
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The Queensland Brain Institute was honoured to play its part in pushing The University of Queensland’s latest research ratings to the top of the league table, according to QBI Director Professor Perry Bartlett.
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A Queensland Brain Institute researcher is one of only 10 in the country to be honoured in a new publication to highlight the life-saving work conducted by Australia’s top researchers.
Professor Perry Bartlett, Dir...
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Researchers at the Queensland Brain Institute are one step closer to unlocking the role of colour in animal courtship rituals after identifying a unique feather structure in birds of paradise.
The New Guinea-based birds of paradise have long...
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The brainiest students from Australia and New Zealand will battle it out next week to be the National Winners of the Brain Bee Challenge.
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