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The work of two Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology researchers was recognised at last night’s (13 July) National Health and Medical Research Council Research Excellence Awards.

A $10 million biopharmaceutical initiative with strong industry support will be established at The University of Queensland to train the next generation of scientists and enhance Australia’s capabilities in the pharmaceutical sector.

New research is striving to develop a next generation vaccine delivery platform, capable of providing immunogenic responses in a single dose using novel biomaterials.

Queensland researchers have discovered that the first-stage response of the immune system can contribute to melanoma, colon and breast cancer growth, rather than helping the body to fight it.

A recent PhD graduate from the Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology at The University of Queensland has seen her research recognised with multiple successes.

Leading American biotechnology company Amyris, Inc. and the Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology at The University of Queensland have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to support the development of a Queensland-based biotechnology industry using feedstock from local sugarcane.

Research new to the Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (AIBN) at The University of Queensland focusing on the fundamental understanding of how materials found in the body actually work and can be synthetically constructed has attracted nearly $3 million in funding from the ARC Laureate Fellowships scheme.

Queensland Health’s Forensic and Scientific Services is leading an innovative research collaboration with the Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology at The University of Queensland to develop an improved diagnostic test to detect Zika virus.

Researchers at The University of Queensland have developed a credit card sized device that enables cells to be cultured under thousands of different conditions simultaneously speeding up drug screening.

Recent clinical trials of a new method for delivering non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) using clay nanoparticles developed by researchers at The University of Queensland have shown positive results.

Top early and mid-career researchers at the Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology at The University of Queensland excelled in the Queensland State Government Advance Queensland Fellowships round.

Over two days, more than 50 kindergarten children and caregivers got an up-close glimpse of science at the AIBN. Hosted by the Centre for Microscopy & Microanalysis facility housed at AIBN, the children from the neighbouring Campus Kindergarten got a completely different look at the world around them.

The Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology has farewelled a 42-year veteran of The University of Queensland.

Over the summer semester break the Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology hosted a large number of undergraduate university students eager to gain research laboratory experience.

Fibres from the Australian native spinifex grass are being used to improve latex that could be used to make condoms as thin as a human hair without any loss in strength.

The Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology at The University of Queensland has welcomed Professor Alan Rowan as its new Director.

The director of the Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology at UQ has been appointed as Interim President of the Australian Academy of Technology and Engineering, replacing outgoing President Dr Alan Finkel.

Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology researcher Associate Professor Christine Wells has been awarded a prestigious Australian Research Council fellowship.

The ARC Future Fellowship will enable Associate Professor Wells to study the systems biology of stem cells.

Cancer research projects at the Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology at UQ are beneficiaries in the latest round of National Health and Medical Research Council funding.

Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology researchers have been named on a number of grants announced in the latest round of National Health and Medical Research Council funding.