Institute for Molecular Bioscience

Season's Greetings from IMB! We are offline for the holidays and will be back in early 2025. 🎆 We wish you a safe and enjoyable holiday period 🎄

Now online - research briefing from @inflammasomelab Mercedes Monteleone on our recent @NatImmunol publication on how pyroptotic cell corpses signal to dendritic cells from beyond the grave! #inflammasomes #pyroptosis @IMBatUQ @UQ_News @arc_gov_au Link: rdcu.be/d30EL

Join us as we reflect on another amazing year of research and discovery, and bid farewell to 2024. Thank you for being a part of our journey 💜 #UQ #Research #Science

Congratulations to our 2024 graduates! 🎓 We are proud of each and everyone of you and wish you every success in your futures 💜

Dr Melanie Oey is exploring the oxygenating potential of #microalgae. Her work includes developing a microalgae bandage to promote faster wound healing & using microalgae to produce cultivated meats. Discover more about her research & how microalgae is shaping the future.

Psoriasis drug, icotrokinra, taken once daily achieved significant skin clearance versus a placebo in adults and adolescents with moderate-to-severe plaque psoriasis. 🔗 Read more: bit.ly/3VBKhKk @ProtagonistTx #Psoriasis #PsoriasisDrug

Who ever thought that we could find peptides in spiders 🕷️ to treat epilepsy 🧠⚡️?! In this week’s @EpilepsySparks Insights podcast 📹🎧, biochemist Glenn King - from the @IMBatUQ 🇦🇺 - tells us more! Watch/listen/read the episode on YouTube/podcast/our website 👇! 📹 YouTube shorturl.at/ugw5b 🎧 Podcast shorturl.at/HCtP7 📖 Transcript & more on Glenn shorturl.at/ZzP6T #epilepsy #venom #personalizedmedicine

🚨 New Research Alert! 🚨 Our latest study on the sex-specific association between depression and cardiovascular diseases is now published in @Circ_Gen! 📄 Read the full paper here: doi.org/10.1161/CIRCGE… @IMBatUQ @UQscience

💔 Did you know? Women's genetic risk for depression is linked to heart problems more strongly than in men. 🧠❤️ Find out more in our latest research: theconversation.com/the-genetic-ri… via @ConversationEDU

Dr @ScientistShah and Dr @Clara_J_Jiang found women with a high genetic risk of developing depression are more likely to develop heart disease, by analysing genetic & health data from more than 300,000 people. 🔗 Read more: bit.ly/3OFZ7ve

Each person’s body is unique & many factors—like genetics, environment, and lifestyle—can impact how we respond to medications. Learn more about the science behind personalised medicine & the global push to make treatments more effective for everyone: bit.ly/3ZD0cKR

Are you our first Science Journalist-in-Residence? 🔬 IMB & @ScienceJournOz is offering a paid stay for a practising journalist with at least 3 years' experience who focuses on science, health, technology, & enviro reporting. 🔗 For more: bit.ly/41p0xCb ❣️Closes 1 Dec

🐜 Summer’s nearly here, and so are the ants! Dr Sam Robinson (@StingScience) shares expert tips on the different types of ant stings you might experience this summer in Australia and how to respond! 🦟 🔗 Read more: bit.ly/3ZbGyUO #AntStings #UQ #Research

Could abalone and mussels hold the answer to Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD)? Prof @ProfRobCapon and @MaterResearch's A/Prof @JakobBegunMD have commenced a 2-year study to detect and develop the anti-inflammatory properties of molluscs. 🔗 Read more: bit.ly/48XqV7P

Thanks for joining us at Cheese and Chats 🧀 We had an inspiring evening exploring the latest advances in precision medicine & efforts to make its benefits accessible to everyone. @CCRG_Research, @Nchaffyz, @ScientistShah, @LoicYengo, Dr Samarra Toby, @HendersonLab

Researchers have developed a new class of painkillers based on the 'love molecule' oxytocin to treat pain caused by IBS & IBD. Abdominal pain affects 15% of adults & and this new drug promises few side effects unlike anti-inflammatories & opioids. 🔗 bit.ly/48QTmnX

A new class of oral painkillers to supress chronic abdominal pain has been developed by @IMBatUQ. And they've based it on the hormone that induces childbirth contractions. brnw.ch/21wOJ8P

If you have a spare 15 min, in honour of World AMR Awareness Week (#WAAW) here's a great documentary on how antibiotic misuse in food production is helping to drive antimicrobial resistance (with a few quotes in my messy office). @IMBatUQ @COADD_news @UQ_News @AAMRNet_

Congrats to #UQ Professors Andrew Whittaker, Xiwang Zhang, @TheCraikGroup, Jianhua Guo, @MarkSchembri7 & Dr @WangGroupTech3D, who were awarded more than $3.8M through the @arc_gov_au to enhance Australia’s research capabilities & facilities🏆 🔗 tinyurl.com/22hfsrro

#UQ has been named the #1 university in Australia for the 2nd consecutive year in the @FinancialReview's 2024 Best Universities Ranking, reflecting our impact across education, research and communities. ➡️ brnw.ch/21wOC3g