QBI researchers remained dedicated to using fundamental research to understand brain function and tackle major health problems challenging the modern world.
Queensland Brain Institute researchers have helped discover an additional way for COVID-19 to enter cells, and also plays an important role in its transmissibility and infectiousness.
Professors Massimo Hilliard and Geoffrey Goodhill have received NHMRC Investigator grants to continue their research, helping shed light on brain and neurodevelopmental disorders.
Sensing movements in the water is critical to the behaviour and survival of fish and amphibians—QBI researchers have now described the brain networks that allow fish to detect water flow.
A University of Queensland study has revealed that people with mental disorders are many times more likely to develop other health conditions, highlighting the need to provide them with better medical care.
A small change in the timing of gene activity may have triggered the evolution of our brain’s corpus callosum - one of the most remarkable events in the evolution of mammalian brains.