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UQ pushes higher in QS, NTU global rankings
The University of Queensland has climbed higher in two global university ranking tables, enhancing its position among the world’s top 50 and confirming it as number one in the state. UQ moved to 47th in the 2020 QS World University Rankings, and jumped to 40th – its highest-ever position – in National Taiwan University’s Performance Ranking of Scientific…
Read MoreResearchers discover new drug target for liver disease treatment
A possible drug target for chronic liver disease has been identified by an international research collaboration involving a University of Queensland team. Professor Matt Sweet and Dr Divya Ramnath from UQ’s Institute for Molecular Bioscience (IMB) worked with the study’s senior author Dr Ekihiro Seki from Cedars-Sinai in Los Angeles, to identify genes linked to…
Read MoreEvolutionary discovery to rewrite textbooks
Scientists at The University of Queensland have upended biologists’ century-old understanding of the evolutionary history of animals. Using new technology to investigate how multi-celled animals developed, their findings, published in Nature, revealed a surprising truth. Professor Bernie Degnan said the results contradicted years of tradition. “We’ve found that the first multicellular animals probably weren’t like…
Read MoreUQ Vice-Chancellor to retire in June 2020
After seven years of exceptional service to The University of Queensland, Professor Peter Høj AC formally advised UQ’s Senate on Thursday 30 May of his intention to retire from his role as Vice-Chancellor, effective 30 June 2020. Chancellor Peter Varghese AO said Professor Høj’s thoughtful decision to advise Senate so far in advance of his planned…
Read MoreUQ on top again in CWTS Leiden Rankings
For the second successive year The University of Queensland has been recognised as the top university in the southern hemisphere for global research quality in the 2019 CWTS Leiden Rankings – as measured by the number of publications of a university belonging in the top 1 per cent of their field. UQ ranked number one…
Read MoreHoney and money: invention has beekeepers abuzz
Bee venom that can be used for cosmetics, pharmaceuticals and research into dementia, HIV and arthritis can now be easily and profitably harvested thanks to a University of Queensland student’s invention. UQ Master of Biotechnology student James Watts and his team have invented a venom collector that is notably safer for bees than previous harvesting techniques, and…
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