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We are all home to trillions of micro-organisms including eukarya, bacteria and archaea, which are exceptionally small organisms that colonise our bodies. Most of these micro-organisms live in harmony with us and perform critical tasks central to our everyday life. In exchange, we provide them with shelter, nutrients and elements needed for their survival.

Faculty of Medicine Professors Kaye Basford, Ranjeny Thomas and Jeffrey Lipman have been recognised in the 2020 Queen’s Birthday Awards.

Four new species of tropical sharks that use their fins to walk are causing a stir in waters off northern Australia and New Guinea.

‘Whoopi’ the manta ray – a regular visitor to Western Australia’s Ningaloo Reef – has helped University of Queensland and Murdoch University scientists study rays’ impressive ability to heal.

A mutated gene found in people with intellectual disabilities that could be targeted for treatment has been identified by an international team including University of Queensland researchers.

University of Queensland research shows there is more at play than just a sinking feeling when you stumble during movement or trip in a hole in the ground.

Congratulations to Associate Professor Michael Piper, who has won UQ’s Emerging Advisor Award at the 2019 Research Week Awards.

Congratulations to Associate Professor Jo Bowles who has won the Australia and New Zealand Society for Cell and Developmental Biology (ANZSCDB) Emerging Leader Award for 2019.

SBMS researchers will apply for a share of a new $200,000 grant for Motor Neurone Disease (MND) research, thanks to a partnership between transport insurance specialist National Transport Insurance (NTI) and the MND and Me Foundation.

Volunteer snorkellers and scuba divers have been helping capture images of reef manta rays to better protect the threatened species.

Dr Joshua Li, a former PhD student from the Millard group has just been announced as the recipient of a prestigious Croucher Fellowship.

Bachelor of Biomedical Science student Alexandra Wilson has been building better online health delivery in rural and remote communities, thanks to a UQ Work Integrated Learning placement.

The School of Biomedical Sciences is celebrating Emeritus Professor Maree Smith who is among UQ community members recognised in the 2019 Queen’s Birthday Honours.

A world-wide competition pitted human against machine in a virtual high-tech car chase last weekend.

Imagine you’re looking for your keys and you think you might have left them on the bookshelf. But when you look, you see nothing but books. A natural conclusion to draw is that the keys are not there.

The wheels are in motion to help find a cure for motor neurone disease, following the announcement of a new research grant to The University of Queensland.

Hailing from Canada, Dr Taylor Dick joined UQ in October 2017, lured by the opportunity to combine basic science and clinical research with teaching.