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On the evening of Tuesday the 13th of September, the annual Jian Zhou Memorial Oration was held at Customs House and attended by over 150 UQDI researchers, staff and respected guests.

A UQ Foundation Research Excellence Award won by Dr Angus Harding will assist with critical discoveries in the field of brain tumour research.

25 Queenslanders, including UQDI's SPARQ-ed Co-ordinator, Dr Peter Darben, have been recognised as part of National Science Week.

The University of Queensland Diamantina Institute’s SPARQ-ed has joined forces with Kenmore State High School to offer a unique German Immersion Research Science Day

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 today of a joint laboratory dedicated to exploring how genes influence brain development and function.

On Friday the 29th of July, nine researchers from The University of Queensland Diamantina Institute theorised it out at the annual 3 Minute Thesis competition.

A cancer genomics facility set to revolutionise cancer research will be unveiled at The University of Queensland Diamantina Institute (UQDI) on the 19th of July.

Patients suffering from a painful form of arthritis which fuses bones in the spine and pelvis may have hope for the future development of new treatments.

An 80,000 word thesis would take 9 hours to present. Their time limit... just 3 minutes.

Professor Ian Frazer has a string of achievements after his name. Being identified as one of the most trusted people in Australia is just another addition.

UQDI researchers were recipients of impressive awards at The Australian Society for Medical Research Queensland Postgraduate Conference.

At the first Q-Index Awards held on Sunday the 22nd of May, 52 leading researchers from The University of Queensland were honoured as leaders in their diverse fields of discovery.

Three University of Queensland Diamantina Institute researchers were recipients of awards at the prestigious 52nd Australian Rheumatology Association (ARA) annual meeting.

The University of Queensland Diamantina Institute researcher, Professor Ian Frazer, has been elected a Fellow of the esteemed Royal Society of London.

A unanimous sigh of relief is being felt through the UQDI and collectively across the nation, after the Federal Government handed down the 2011-12 budget last night.

The Human Genetics team at The University of Queensland Diamantina Institute have successfully used a new gene mapping approach for patients affected by severe skeletal abnormalities.

UQDI PhD student, Veronique Chachay, is currently trialling the Resveratrol study, which she hopes could be the solution to better managing non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD).

The Brisbane Rally for Research was held in King George Square on Tuesday the 19th of April, and although rained out, it didn't prevent people turning up in the masses.

The directors of Queensland’s leading medical research institutes have joined forces to speak out against significant funding cuts to medical research foreshadowed in the upcoming Federal Budget.