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Neurodegenerative disorders such as Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s disease are in the firing line after researchers identified an attractive therapeutic drug target. An international collaboration, co-led by University of Queensland researchers, has isolated and analysed the structure and function of a protein found in the brain’s nerve fibres called SARM1. Dr Jeff Nanson said the protein was…

Venture capitalist and University of Queensland alumnus Graeme Linnett, with wife Deborah-Ann Linnett, are helping foster UQ’s next generation of mathematicians and statisticians. The CEO and founder of Gödel Capital, a seed investor in digital payment giant PayPal, has created the Linnett Family Mathematics Endowed Scholarship, indefinitely providing scholarship support to mathematical or statistical students…

Emeritus Professor Frank Finn was a prolific presence during his lifetime of service at UQ’s Business School as a finance researcher and educator, dedicating his career to both his students and his field. His own experience as a scholarship student at UQ came full circle with the Frank Finn Scholarships, established in 2008 by members…

As a neurobiologist, Dr Adam Walker is no stranger to a challenge – his job is to study the tiniest building blocks in our body to understand why motor neurone disease (MND) happens so we may discover ways to treat, cure or prevent it. Dr Walker joined UQ’s Queensland Brain Institute (QBI) in 2018 as…

UQ alumnus and donor Geoffrey Huey Sattler lived a long and full life, from the time he spent as a Bomber Squad navigator in WWII to the eight years he lived and worked as an accountant in Fiji, before returning to Sydney in 1980 where he worked as a company secretary until retirement. This was…

As the former Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of The Dow Chemical Company, UQ alumnus Mr Andrew N. Liveris AO is well aware of the challenges that come with leadership and responsibility. Paula Liveris and students When he and his wife Paula gave a historic $13.5 million to UQ in 2018 to establish the Andrew…