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Translational Research Institute Queensland receives record $50M gift
Australia will have a stronger role in global efforts to address major diseases like cancer and diabetes following a $50 million gift, the biggest donation of its kind in the nation’s history. The gift, announced today by Queensland Premier Anna Bligh and Federal Treasurer Wayne…
Author: UQ/Translational Research Institute
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Brisbane's Brain Power
The $63 million Queensland Brain Institute’s new headquarters at The University of Queensland’s St Lucia campus, officially opened by Premier Anna Bligh in November, place the state at the forefront of neuroscience, the study of the brain. Professor Perry Bartlett is the institute’s director, recognised…
Author: Invest Brisbane
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University of Queensland signs up for next Smart State
Original Source The University of Queensland has welcomed the focus on people in the next stage of the Smart State Strategy, announced at UQ today by the Premier, Anna Bligh. Vice-Chancellor Professor Paul Greenfield said the next phase’s emphasis on support for researchers would help…
Author: University of Queensland
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New understanding of how we remember traumatic events
Neuroscientists at The University of Queensland have discovered a new way to explain how emotional events can sometimes lead to disturbing long term memories. In evolutionary terms, the brain’s ability to remember a fear or trauma response has been crucial to our long term survival.…
Author: The University of Queensland
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Researchers find link between seeing and thinking
Original Source Researchers at UQ’s Queensland Brain Institute (QBI) have discovered an important new link between how we see an action – and the way our mind processes that visual stimulation. For more than a decade, scientists have hypothesized that the brain contains a system of ‘mirror…
Author: University of Queensland News Online
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QBI neuroscientists make Alzheimer's disease advance
Original Source Queensland Brain Institute (QBI) neuroscientists at UQ have discovered a new way to reduce neuronal loss in the brain of a person with Alzheimer’s disease. Memory loss in people with Alzheimer’s disease can be attributed to several factors. These include a build-up of…
Author: University of Queensland
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Cone shell toxin offers new hope for chronic pain sufferers
Original Source Better chronic pain relief could be possible in the future, according to research announced today by scientists at UQ’s Queensland Brain Institute. Neuropathic and chronic pain is typically caused by injury to the nerves, resulting in uncontrolled activation of pain pathways, and affects…
Author: University of Queensland
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The Smart State: How Bioscience Revitalized Queensland, Australia
Photo: Alicia Rawlings, PhD student and research assistant, fits a geodesic sensor net on the head of a patient. The electrodes in the sensor nets are used to pick up brainwaves just below the scalp. “Before Atlantic came with this investment in bioscience and research,…
Author: The Atlantic Philanthropies
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The Atlantic Philanthropies-University of Queensland Vietnamese Scholarship Programme Experience: Stepping Stone and Personal Transformation
By Trevor Grigg The scholarship programme and its objectives Over the period 2000 to 2006, The Atlantic Philanthropies (AP) funded The University of Queensland’s Vietnam Coursework Masters and Doctoral Development Scholarship Programs, with grants totalling AUD 17 million. The primary objective of the programmes was:…
Author: The Association of Commonwealth Universities Blog
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An Australian 'Smart State' Serves Up Lessons for a Knowledge Economy
By David L. Wheeler Editor at Large, International This Chronicle of Higher Education article provides an overview of – and some key lessons from – Queensland Australia’s “Smart State” initiative, which transformed the state from a place best known for its beaches to one known…
Author: The Chronicle of Higher Education
