Thank you to Alan and Wendy Grummitt for their generous gift of $75,000 towards the Grummitt Family Ignite Innovation Award. 💜

The Ignite Innovation Award provides seed funding to help spark the next innovative idea to create genuine, lasting impact.

Soil for Science is dedicated to finding new antibiotics needed in the fight against drug-resistant infections, known as superbugs 🕷 Superbugs are becoming increasingly resistant to antibiotics and threaten to cause 10 million deaths per year worldwide by 2050 🤯 #qldscience

Two types of E. coli bacteria are responsible for the majority of meningitis infections in pre-term babies. This new information means we can treat infections more rapidly and potentially avoid reinfection.

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Congratulations Terry and Ginette Snow on winning Philanthropy Australia's 2024 Leadership Award 🎉

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A milestone study led by Prof Mark Schembri (Schembri Lab) & Dr Nhu Nguyen (@nhunguyen2811) has identified the main types of E. coli bacteria that cause neonatal #meningitis & revealed why some infections recur despite being treated with antibiotics.

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Many thanks to the Minister for Industry and Science Hon Ed Husic MP for taking time from his busy schedule to see some of the great work being done at Institute for Molecular Bioscience....

We've made great strides in understanding the genes involved in endometriosis. But it's not the whole story.

Since it is a highly variable disease, it is important to also look the cells of patients to tailor the treatment.

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Brett McKinnon

Applications for the 2024 Winter Research Program are now open.

Don't miss your opportunity to team up with some of IMB’s leading researchers to apply your degree-specific knowledge and develop valuable research and professional capabilities.

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Congratulations to Dr Sonia Shah (Sonia Shah) on receiving the prestigious Australian Academy of Science
Ruth Stephens Gani Medal for her contribution to research in cardiovascular genetics 🎉

Two outstanding IMB researchers have been recognised by Australian Academy of Science for work addressing complex health and medical challenges.

Congratulations to Emeritus Prof Peter Koopman and Dr Sonia Shah (@ScientistShah)👏

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Congratulations Critical Care Research Group's Prof David McGiffin & Prof John Fraser who are using Vanguard Research Grants from the Heart Foundation to help progress research in mitochondrial transplantation & pulsatile #EMCO therapy.

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Elevated levels of a #zinc transport protein may help prevent #infections in patients with cystic fibrosis ( #CF ).
💬Healio spoke with Matthew J. Sweet, PhD, group leader at Institute for Molecular Bioscience, to learn more. The Sweetest Lab
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