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AIBN researchers have won $500,000 to design an easy-to-use device that can effectively apply their groundbreaking snake venom hydrogel.

A thin, flexible gold sensor engineered at the AIBN has the potential to unlock the next generation of implantable medical devices.

AIBN scientists are working on a cleaner, greener way to keep our planes in the air as we transition to a net-zero world.

What makes a leader? The person with the loudest voice? An unmatched drive to be seen and heard? PhD scholar Nyakuoy Yak says there's no reason it can't be someone sitting quietly behind a microscope.

Tiny brains grown in a lab could help The University of Queensland (UQ) researchers find a treatment for a rare hereditary disease and, in the process, unlock therapies for a range of other neurological disorders.

A month in California was a source of hope and wonder for AIBN PhD scholar Michaela George, but it also showed her just how hard you need to work crack the start-up world.  

Professor Megan O'Mara's research sits at the interface of chemistry, biology, physics, and computer science. Or, more simply, she uses gaming computers to solve the mysteries of the human body.

Researchers at the AIBN have won vital funding to improve personalised healthcare, develop new energy solutions, and unearth cleaner mining technologies – all in tandem with local industry partners.

A University of Queensland (UQ) spin out company will use the traditional Indigenous knowledge of spinifex from the Queensland outback to develop innovative medical gels.

Researchers from the Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (AIBN) have won $1.5 million to improve precision nanomedicines and create a cleaner environment  – all while strengthening industry ties.

Researchers at the Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology have pioneered a simple, fast and effective technique to remove PFAS chemicals from water.  

Science, for many, is a series of experiments: recreating specific conditions to find the correct answer. But what happens when the lab walls dissolve and a researcher lands in the real world?

One of Dr Han’s most intriguing pursuits involves the creation of a new type of oral HIV drug: one that would bypass the need for multiple needles each day and the often-painful reactions that accompany certain treatments.

Wounds that heal without leaving a scar, and research to prevent developmental impairments in children are two crucial Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (AIBN) projects that have been backed under the latest Ideas Grants funding round.

A new $280 million Translational Science Hub will transform the Queensland biomedical 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.