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A new $280 million Translational Science Hub will transform that ecosystem and create the next generation of mRNA cures.

As we close the book on 2022 it is time to look at how far the AIBN has come during the year, and how we are setting ourselves up for an even bigger 2023.

University of Queensland virologists are a step closer to understanding a mysterious AIDS-like virus that is impacting koala populations differently across state lines.

Welcome to the world of organoids: where Professor Ernst Wolvetang is growing tiny, three-dimensional avatars in the quest for better therapies.

Three exciting AIBN projects will share $1.5 million to accelerate research essential for a knowledge-based economy.

Dr Michaela Blyton is working to fill a number of crucial information gaps that could tell us how to better care for, protect, and treat koalas, and halt the species' worrying decline.

A new UQ company aims to change the game for chronic pain patients by delivering new, hyper targeted medication.

Welcome to the world of mRNA, a field responsible for two Covid-19 vaccines - and a new frontier that Dr Seth Cheetham is charting with gusto.

Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology researchers have scored crucial funding wins as they push to create the next generation of medicines and treatments.

Minjun Kim is revolutionising battery tech with science that could fit on the head of a pin. Here's how he and the AIBN team are doing it.

What happens when a chemical engineer becomes disillusioned with how we’re using chemicals? If you’re Dr Esteban Marcellin Saldana, you set about changing the game.

For Bahaa Al-mhanawi, research can be like riding a small boat in rough seas. Especially when you’re dealing with an ultra-rare condition surrounded by knowledge gaps.

Being a scientist usually means an aptitude for numbers, processes, and lateral thinking.

Tahmina Tabassum may be the only scientist in her family, but the same sense of entrepreneurialism that courses through her community is firmly guiding her work at the University of Queensland’s Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology.

The University of Queensland has launched a new PhD scholarship program to develop the next generation of entrepreneurial and industry-ready scientists.

Michaela George’s mind has always been primed for science and technology. But it is her athletic pursuits, just as much as any lecture or textbook that have guided her mission to change the world.

An Australian-first research and manufacturing hub at the University of Queensland will lead the design and development of the next-generation of treatments for cancer patients.

University of Queensland researchers have pioneered a new chemical process to manufacture the molecules that are the building blocks for lifesaving medicines, vaccines and energy storage materials.

At the AIBN, we know some of the most spectacular sights in science start out as specs on a glass slide, only seen when magnified. 

The gold nanoparticles Yusra Rabbani uses in her wound sensor project may not be visible to the naked eye, but the science behind her work still proved eye-catching enough at the University of Queensland's All-Institute final of the Three-Minute Thesis.