We have 3000 diff types of plasma in our blood. We've ONLY discovered 25. Plasma is used to create new, life-saving medicines. It cannot be lab-manufactured. We don't have the tech to discover the other thousands of types (yet).😎Enter AIBN Research, UQ Centre for Advanced Imaging and #AEGROS #biomedical

TiO2 (titanium dioxide) assembled using small rod-like particles. Beneficial for enhancing photocatalytic water-splitting performance. Quite enjoy the flower-like look of these nanostructures 🌸 📸 Yusuf Valentino Kaneti, Yamauchi Group: Nanoarchitectured Inorganic Mater.

What if there was a way to avoid flooding sick kids with toxic drugs, and instead directly target specific cancer cells? In a collab led by UNSW Medicine & Health and Childrens Cancer Institute, researchers from AIBN Research, UQ Centre for Advanced Imaging and UQ Protein Expression Facility are helping find a solution: bit.ly/cancer-study-c…

🧵1/2 A #BioBandage that uses snake venom hydrogel to stem uncontrolled bleeding in just a few minutes is a step closer to saving lives thanks to $500K from Australia's national biotech incubator fund #CUREator 🥼Rowan lab

A very cool slice of home that popped up in my feed! Biripi & Worimi man Jamaine Wilesmith is the first student to release a single on UQ's music label, Corella Recordings. He's from Taree and performs as Durriwiyn. Little Bird is a great track! uq.edu.au/news/article/2…

Very cool working on this with Nasim Amiralian. Little changes to how we farm mushrooms could be a gateway to revolutionising the global packaging industry

Drug-resistant bacteria: "the biggest threat to global health, food security + development today" according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Now AIBN PhD scholar Zexi Zhang along with QLD Alliance for Agriculture & Food Innovation may have found a new solution that is quicker + more economic than existing methods 🔗bit.ly/zexi-public-he…

It's pandemic-proofing with yeast!

We've kicked off NationalScienceWeek with Guardian Australia featuring our 2023 Image contest finalists! 📷 Whether its a heart-shaped stem cell colony, or purple and gold 'science candies’, our researchers sure know how to capture tiny science: bit.ly/GuardianGallery

Until a week ago I hadn't heard much about sonodynamic therapy - then I got to speak to a couple of researchers helping it become a mainstream cancer treatment

Tremendously sad news. Stuart was one of the very best. brisbanetimes.com.au/national/queen…

As a fan of science - and kicking back and watching stuff - I had a heap of fun judging for the riaus SCINEMA International Science Film Festival. Alas, SCINEMA has wrapped up for 2023, but Cosmos has a rundown of the winners cosmosmagazine.com/news/scinema-s…

Great write-up of our seawater-degradable plastic research by Laura Chung in the The Sydney Morning Herald! bit.ly/3EzLSHD

Check this amazing @Mercerlab and BASE mRNA Facility paper on single-molecule comprehensive digital profiling of #mRNA vaccine quality with Oxford Nanopore sequencing. Work led by Helen Gunter and @IdrisogluSenel AIBN Research nature.com/articles/s4146…

Resuscitation of cryopreserved cells. 1Transport vials in dry ice to maintain low temperature until ready to resuscitate cells. 2Quickly transfer the vials to a 37ºC water bath for approximately 1 to 2 minutes until no more than two ice crystals remain. StemCoreAus AIBN Research

🎉Great work! Our own Prof Debra Bernhardt was honoured by the Royal Australian Chemical Institute for her efforts to inspire/mentor the next generation of female chemists, taking home the Margaret Shiel Award: a prize established in honour of Prof Margaret Shiel, 1st Aus female Professor of chemistry

Two legends breaking ground in Extracellular Vesicle research. Good stuff Jenifer Goncalves & Raluca

Turns out Covid unleashes a horde of 'zombie' cells that age your brain faster than usual. AIBN Research legends Julio Aguado & Ernst Wolvetang are testing therapies that could wipe the zombies out, and rejuvenate a COVID-affected brain 🔗aibn.uq.edu.au/article/2023/1…