Queensland COVID-19 research
Queensland’s research responses to the COVID-19 pandemic. While many of our researchers are working on potential vaccines, treatments and other medical interventions, other researchers are applying their expertise to other impacts of the pandemic upon our economy and other aspects of society.
Queensland Science Capability Directory
The Queensland science capability directory provides information on the State’s research centres, institutes, facilities, research hospitals, precincts, laboratories and other research organisations across Queensland.
Strategic visualisation tool
Explore our strategic visualisation tool to understand Queensland’s research strengths and capabilities in seven emerging industries.
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New Queensland Cancer Centre to be built
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A new world class stand-alone Queensland Cancer Centre is to be built within the Herston Health Precinct. It will be the only cancer care service in Australia offering the full spectrum of cancer services in…
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QUT’s National Battery Testing Centre $15m funding boost
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Australia’s National Battery Testing Centre (NBTC) at QUT’s Research Engineering Facility has received $15m from the Queensland Government to further develop its leading role in the renewable energy and storage sector.
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$60m Vaccine manufacturing facility to be built in Brisbane
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The Translational Manufacturing@TRI facility equipped to scale up to full production to support late-stage clinical trials of promising drugs and vaccines is to be built next to the Translational Research Institute with $60m funding from…
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The Bioeconomy Forum 2022 - Mackay
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Organised by Life Sciences Queensland, the Forum will gather key industrial, agricultural and environmental biotechnology stakeholders working to grow Queensland’s bio-based economy to meet global demand for more sustainable energy, processes and products.
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Major mRNA research partnership in Queensland
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UQ partners with Moderna to use mRNA technology to research global public health threats.
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New Chapter report
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The ‘New Chapter’ report identifies nine emerging knowledge-driven seed industries for Queensland.
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Queensland excels in infectious disease research
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The Queensland Infectious Disease Research Capabilities statement presents comprehensive information on how Queensland’s research community excel in infectious disease research.
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QUT’s Lidia Morawska - one of 100 most influential people in the world
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QUT’s Distinguished Professor Lidia Morawska, an international air quality expert, has been named in the Time Magazine as one of the 100 most influential people in the world. Professor Morawska is the director of the…
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Queensland COVID-19 research
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Research responses to the COVID-19 pandemic compiled from information provided by Queensland universities and research institutes…
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Strategic Visualisation Tool
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Explore our strategic visualisation tool to understand Queensland’s research strengths and capabilities in seven emerging industries…
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Queensland was proud to fund search for COVID-19 vaccine
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The Queensland Government was proud to support the University of Queensland to fast-track the development of a potential COVID-19 vaccine.
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Queensland life sciences
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Discover more about Queensland's strengths and investment opportunities.
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Queensland science capability directory
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The Queensland science capability directory provides information on the State’s key research capabilities.
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Queensland Science
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Find out how our science makes a difference in Queensland and globally.
Queensland COVID-19 research
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Development and translation of epigenetic drugs for infectious diseases including COVID-19 and also heart failure
August 2021
A team of QIMR Berghofer researchers lead by A/Prof James Hudson have discovered some of the ways COVID-19 damages the heart. By screening for drugs using human cardiac organoids they have identified a class of drugs that could potentially protect or reverse this cardiac injury. In severe cases of COVID-19, the immune system overreacts to the infection, releasing inflammatory molecules called cytokines into the bloodstream. This so-called ’cytokine storm’ can damage multiple organs, including the heart. Canadian company Resverlogix has used the QIMR Berghofer research findings as the basis for expanding its clinical trial of the drug, apabetalone, in COVID-19 patients. This project is one of several projects enabled by a $5 million funding injection, in 2020, from the Queensland Government.
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Queensland science capability directory
The Queensland science capability directory provides information on the State’s key research capabilities.
Artists in Residence Science Program
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Artists in Residence Science Program
The Artist in Residence Science program supports creative collaborative residencies between professional artists and creative practitioners with scientists and the diverse science networks, researchers, data and infrastructure.
Tenders for the 2019 Artist in Residence Science Mural Project are now closed.
Renata Buziak - Habitat II
Art meets science exhibition
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About the exhibition
The 2012–2018 Art meets Science Exhibitions provided an opportunity for artists from across South East Queensland to join the artists participating in the Artist in Residence Science program in showcasing their recent artworks that demonstrate a strong art-science connection. Find out more about the artists and artworks featured in these exhibitions in the 2015-2018 Art meets Science exhibition catalogues.
Therese Flynn-Clarke - Moths of the Caldera - Opodiphthera eucalypti (Gum Emperor Moth) - made from all natural plant fibres