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Natural morphine-like compounds found in the human body are offering new hope to patients with untreatable chronic pain such as cancer-related pain.
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The School has begun a beer brewing research project for third-year chemical engineering and science students.
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UQ's top performing tutors in Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences have been recognised.
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If you can see the beauty of protein stuctures, show us your analytical, technical and creative skills.
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Students began their research careers with their first day of Honours in Science.
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Foods will be able to be screened for bacteria faster and more effectively, thanks to breakthrough nanobiotechnology research.
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The School held a special function for its graduands in the Student Union Complex at UQ's St Lucia Campus on 17 December 2012.
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Organised by students, these symposia provide a great opportunity for networking and support.
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Developed by Justin Ridge and Simon Worrall with a collaborator from USyd, this book targets health students.
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Our top tutors for first semester 2012 have been recognised.
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On Sunday 5 August, UQ welcomed visitors to its St Lucia campus.
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You are invited to attend the 2012 Dillon Steele Lecture, which will take place on 27 September.
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Philip Hugenholtz and colleagues have gained the front page of international journal Nature.
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Science undergraduate education is among UQ projects funded this week by the Federal Government.
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Researchers our School have developed a new portable tool to detect dengue virus-infected mosquitoes.
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Huw Davies (Emory University) is set to present at this important event. Students, graduates and staff are welcome.
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A PhD student from CSIRO and SCMB has found a better way to itentify missing or added letters in DNA.
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Phil Hugenholtz will research microbial communities in livestock digestive systems.
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An SCMB professor who has inspired international interest has been named among Australia's top scientists.
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Professor Mark Walker comments on new research into whooping cough.
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UQ's top performing tutors in Chemistry & Molecular Biosciences have been recognised.
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The Australian Infectious Diseases Research Centre, within the School of Chemistry & Molecular Biosciences, has entered into a new partnership.
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In response to a world shortage of qualified graduates, UQ has started offering a postgraduate degree in bioinformatics.
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SCMB's Professor Ross Barnard argues that gagging scientists could put lives at risk.
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Professor Mary Garson was awarded the Royal Australian Chemical Institute's prestigious Leighton Memorial Medal.
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The School held a special function for its graduands at UQ's St Lucia Campus on 7 December 2011.
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Lucas Goh, a 2008 Biotechnology graduate, is helping protect Australia.
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Honours graduates and staff from this period attended a special celebration on 1 December.
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This year's Research Students Symposium has been hailed as one of the most successful to date.
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SCMB has achieved strongly in the Australian Research Council grant rounds announced October 2011
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The School has been successful in securing significant funding from the National Health and Medical Research Council.
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SCMB's top performing tutors for first semester 2011 have been recognised for their efforts.
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Ernest Tee, Biotechnology graduate, has been named a UQ Graduate of the Year 2011
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Master of Biotechnology (Advanced) students Lynnmaria Nazareth and Lorraine Gunnion have been awarded bursaries to support their studies.
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Congratulations to Justin Yu from our school for winning UQ's Faculty of Science heats of the Three Minute Thesis competition.
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Professor Victor Nizet, of the University of California San Diego, delivered the 2011 Skerman Lecture.
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On Sunday 7 August, The University of Queensland welcomed visitors to its St Lucia campus.
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SCMB's Peter O'Donoghue comments about the "horrific" effect of microscopic parasites spread from wild dogs to humans.
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Professor John Fuerst from our School conducts microbiological research which could turn our picture of how life evolved on its head.
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More than 240 students from 24 high schools attended UQ to participate in the Royal Australian Chemical Institute's Titration Competition.
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The controversy over genetically modified crops is not about the use of technologies to ensure food sufficiency, argues SCMB's Professor Ross Barnard.
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Twenty outstanding SCMB students and graduates were honoured at the annual Awards Evening.
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SCMB's Associate Professor Stephen Barker was a nominee for the 2011 ...
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Students who are interested in designing their own International Year of Chemistry stamps can participate in the Global Stamp Competition.
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Researchers at the School of Chemistry & Molecular Biosciences have been honoured as leaders in their fields at the Q-Index Awards.
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Stephen Barker has told the ABC that head lice are affecting Australian children more than ever.
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Dr Rowland is one of five exceptional educators to receive a 2011 travel award from the American Society for Microbiology.
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Professor Paul Burn has launched a new web portal, Chemistry@UQ, for information on study, research, facilities and contacts in chemistry.
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A new line of defence has been established against global health problems and infectious diseases.
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SCMB's top performing tutors for second semester 2010 have been recognised for their efforts.
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Fire and ice, smoke and explosions galore - watch as our scientists excite and entertain you in this spectacular show!
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The Everyday Women, Extraordinary Lives gallery features SCMB's Professor Garson, the first appointed female Professor in chemistry in Queensland.
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Watch how chemistry provides us all with water, food, clothing, health care, housing, transport, communication and education.
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Science teachers have undertaken SCMB's practical training in microbiology techniques.
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Get an idea of what it's like to study or work at UQ's School of Chemistry & Molecular Biosciences.
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Professor Mary Garson from the School of Chemistry & Molecular Biosciences took part in the official launch of the International Year of Chemistry 2011.
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The University of Queensland is taking part in the International Year of Chemistry 2011, a worldwide celebration of the achievements of chemistry and its contributions to the well-being of humankind.
Under the unifying theme “Chemistry—our life, our future,” IYC 2011 will offer a range of interactive, entertaining, and educational activities for all ages.
IYC 2011 is intended to reach around the globe, with opportunities for public participation at the local, regional, and national level.
It is an initiative of UNESCO and the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemists.
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SCMB's Associate Professor Steve Barker is an international expert on the evolution, control, biology and genetics of head lice, and has been studying lice for 25 years.
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The University of Queensland's research in Biotechnology, Biological Sciences and Chemical Sciences was ranked well above world standard in the Excellence in Research for Australia survey.
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It's largely business as usual for the School, which re-opened in full on 20 January.
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More than 5000 female chemists from 44 countries shared breakfast to mark the International Year of Chemistry.
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The University of Queensland's biotechology programs have been recognised by Royal Australian Chemical Institute and the U. S. Council of Graduate Programs.
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The School of Chemistry & Molecular Biosciences held a special function for its graduands in the Al...
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Photos from the special reunion held on 23 November 2010 at the UQ Art Museum
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Bachelor of Science (Hons) graduate Karl Davy has been named UQ's 2...
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The School of Chemistry & Molecular Biosciences has once again played host to high-schoolers participating in the Royal Australian Chemical Institute's annual Titration Competition.
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Professor Les Dutton delivered the 2010 TGH Jones Memorial Lecture on 3 December 2010.
Approximately 90 staff, students and friends of the School of Chemist...
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Emeritus Professor Lindsay Sly is the recipient of the World Federation for Culture Collections (WFCC) Me...
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In October this year SCMB hosted four work experience students from the Queensland Academy for Science, Mathematics and Technology (QASMT) through our
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Year seven students from Durack State School visited SCMB research laboratories on 9 September.
While at SCM...
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Nobel prize winner, Professor Johann Deisenhofer, has told a UQ audience...
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Five SCMB research higher degree students competed in the school round of the 2010 Three Minute Thesis (3MT) Competition..
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SCMB's top performing tutors for first semester 2010 have been recognised for their efforts.
The tutors achieved a score of 4.8 or better (out of 5.0) on the overall performance question of student evaluation surveys, along wih a score...
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Professor Christopher Dobson, of the University of Cambridge, delivered the annual Biochemistry Alumni Lecture on 30 August, speaking about breakthroughs that are bringing us closer to understanding the cause of neurodegenerative diseases
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On Sunday 1 August, The University of Queensland welcomed visitors to its St Lucia campus.
Hundreds of prospective students and their families took the opportunity to find out more about studying within the School of Chemistry & Molecula...
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The Kappler group was presented with “Safe Science” shirts in August by Greg Browne, Building & Facilities Manager, in recognition of their outstanding OH&S record.
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Congratulations to members of the School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences who have recently received commendations for their work in Teaching and Learning.
Drs Gwen Lawrie, Susan Rowland and Jack Wang have been awarded Faculty of Scien...
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The Chemistry Podium was the venue for the Prime Minister’s announcement of the Federal Government’s climate change policy this morning.
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More than 280 students from 33 high schools attended UQ in May to participate in the Royal Australian Chemical Institute's Titration Competition for 2010.
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UQ scientists have earned their place alongside artists in a new exhibition that promotes sustainability through creative practice.
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In a generous gesture, Emeritus Professor John de Jersey, AM, and his wife Jan have made a benefaction to UQ.
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SCMB's Honours students enjoyed a free BBQ together on Thursday 20 May 2010 on the Chemistry Podium at St Lucia.
T...
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Twelve SCMB students and graduates who acheived outstanding results in 2009 were honoured at the School's Student Awards Evening on 27 April 2010.
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The School of Chemistry & Molecular Biosciences's Dr Ulrike Kappler is investigating a way to replace expensive chemical controls with bacteria in the fight against sulfur compund pollution in the air.
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PhD student Crystal Higgs has received an Australian Rotary Health Scholarship to support her research into Alzheimer's Disease
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Professor Chris Abell, of the University of Cambridge, has delivered the 2010 Dillon Steele Lecture on the theme of chemical biology.
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A University of Queensland postgraduate student award that comes as the direct result of an occasional glass of beer or wine, a barbecue, a back deck and a good chin wag between neighbours has been awarded for the first time.
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Undergraduate biotechnology students spent an educational and fun weekend at the UQ Mo...
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SCMB's top performing tutors for second semester 2009 have been recognised for their efforts.
Twelve tutors received a certificate of achievement and a movie ticket voucher at a morning tea hosted by Head of School, Professor Alastair McEwan...
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Professor Paul Rainey of Massey University, New Zealand, delivered the 2010 Skerman Lecture.
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A group of high school science teachers have enhanced their professional development through practical training in microbiology techniques provided by the School of Chemistry & Molecular Biosciences.
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Dhwani Patel is UQ’s first Bachelor of Biotechnology student to complete part of her degree overseas on a student exchange.
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Researchers from UQ's Centre for Organic Photonics & Electronics have been awarded $945,000 funding from the Australian Solar Institute. For details,
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After over forty years in microbiology at The University of Queensland, Professor Lindsay Sly retired in January 2010.
Current and past students and staff from the School of Chemistry & Molecular Biosciences farewelle...
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Associate Professor Trevor Appleton, who recently retired from the School and a part-time position in the Faculty of Science, has been made a Distigui...
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Check out significant happenings in the School in the second half of 2009.
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Students from the School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences were among nearly 800 people to graduate from the Faculty of Science in December 2009.
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The research has implications for maintaining colour quality and brightness on large-area flat panel displays and lighting applications.
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Three of the School's staff have been honoured at the 2009 UQ Awards for Excellence in Teaching & Learning.
Associate Professor Lawrie Gahan received an Award for Teaching Excellence. Professor Ross Barnard and ...
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The School of Chemistry & Molecular Biosciences (SCMB) has achieved strongly in the ARC and NHMRC research grant rounds announced October 200...
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Professor Mary Garson has been recognised for her contribution to supporting and encouraging other women i...
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A group of high school science teachers have enhanced their professional development through practical training in microbiology techniques provided by the School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences.
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The School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences has enhanced its position as a leading centre for biological and health science research, with the opening of a new research centre focused on infectious diseases.
The Centre for Infec...
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The fifth annual SCMB Research Students Symposium held November 2009 has been hailed...
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SCMB's Professor Istvan Toth is the recipient of the 2009 Adrien Albert award for sustained, outstanding research in a field related to biomolecular chemistry.
The pre...
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Eleven SCMB research higher degree students competed in the SCMB round of the 2009 UQ Three Minute Thesis Competition, with one student going on to win second place in th...
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The much-anticipated SMMS Podium Project will get underway on Monday 30th April. The podium outside of the 3rd floor School office in the Chemistry building will be transformed over a period of 6 months, to include a fully enclosed space for use by ...
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Researchers from the Centre for Organic Photonics & Electronics within SCMB have received almost $2 million from the Queensland Government to lead an international allianc...
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Hundreds of prospective students, their parents, friends and members of the public visited the School of Chemistry & Molecular Sciences' display as part of the 2009 UQ Open Day St Lucia. There were plenty of hands-on activities and in...
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Coordinator of SCMB's second year Genetics course, Dr James Fraser, has negotiated a deal that will see students access leading bi...
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Prof Lawrie Gahan of the School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences had been rewarded with an Australian Learning and Teaching Council Citation for outstanding contributions to student learning.
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More than 260 students from 30 high schools attended UQ in May to participate in the Royal Australian Chemical Institute's Titration Competition for 2009.
Acid-base titration is a method in chemistry that allows quantitative analysis of the ...
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Professor Paul Young has received a US$100,000 grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to develop an altruistic vaccine for mosquito transmitted pathogens.
The Foundation's Grand Challenges in Global Health grants foster creative pr...
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Catch up on the news for the first few months of 2009 in the latest edition of the SCMB newsletter. Download the PDF by clicking on the link directly above.
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Congratulations to Dr Renfu Shao and colleauges, including Assoc Prof Steve Barker, on being published in the 2 April 2009 edition of the leading science journal, Nature.
The 'Research Highlights' section of the issue...
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Thirteen students recently received prizes ranging from cash to books to membership of professional associations at the SCMB Awards Ceremony for Outstanding Achievement in Undergraduate Studies 2008.
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Assoc Prof Lawrie Gahan and Dr Gwen Lawrie are winners of an Australian Learning & Teaching Council competitive grant for their project ‘IS-IT learning? Online Interdisciplinary Scenario-Inquiry Tasks for active learning in large, fi...
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The Bancroft-Mackerras Medal for Excellence is awarded by the Australian Society of Parasitologists and recognises outstanding contributions of its members to the Science of Parasitology. It is based particularly on work published over the last 5 ye...
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Research Higher Degree students who commenced in the School of Chemistry & Molecular Biosciences in 2008 and 2009 have won more scholarships and living stipends than those of any other School or Institute in the University.
Around...
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The TGH Jones Lecture is being held on Monday 19th November at 4:00pm in 50-T105 and will be delivered by Dr Richard Jefferson, Director of the CAMBIA BiOS Initiative based in Canberra. CAMBIA is an independent, international non-profit institute,...
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Head lice are a challenge for parents of primary-school aged children all around the world, including Australia.
read more on the UQ News page...
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Late in 2008 the School Executive Committee requested that a newsletter summarising the School’s highlights for 2008 be produced.
Download PDF file by clicking on link above.
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When ABC television's 7:30 Report did a story on the funding shortfall in publicly-administered research in Australia, they featured the work of SCMB Federation Fellow, Professor Paul Burn, and the newly-opened Centre for Organic Photonics ...
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A team of SMMS staff and students is the winner in the Open category of the 2008 Trailblazer Awards presented by UQ's commercialisation arm, UniQuest.
Dr Joanne Blanchfield, Professor Paul Burn and PhD student Melissa Foster received $7,500 ...
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James De Voss’ paper has appeared as a “hot paper’ in the Journal of Chemical Communications. Disrupting sexual signalling in the Queensland fruit fly, the most destructive horticultural pest in Australia, could save farmers milli...
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Associate Professor Paul Young from SMMS has just returned from a seminar tour of Malaysia, Singapore and Indonesia promoting a new diagnostic assay for dengue patients that for the first time allows specific diagnosis on the day of patient presenta...
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Dr Craig Williams’ Synthesis and Testing of MorphPlus project has recently been successful in attracting funding from the Pathfinder proof-of-concept grant program. The funding has been approved for synthesis of the MorphPlus molecule and test...
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Professor Michael Jennings is the winner of a 2008 UQ Award for Excellence in Research Higher Degree Supervision.
Professor Jennings’s research centres on bacterial pathogens such as Neisseria meningitides that causes meningitis and se...
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The 4th Annual SMMS Postgraduate Symposium held on Tuesday 25 November in Women’s College was a great success. A full day of talks and poster sessions was rounded off with a fascinating talk from Professor Mark von Iztstein, Director of the In...
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Finding ground-upwards solutions to the likes of climate change and energy was the focus when a group of chemists from The University of Queensland (UQ) and National University of Singapore (NUS) converged for a two-day symposium held 15-16 December...
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Descendants of TGH Jones attended the 2008 public lecture given by Professor Margaret Sheil.
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The Hon. Kevin Rudd, Leader of the Opposition, and the Hon Stephen Smith, Shadow Education Minister, today visited an SMMS teaching laboratory for a major policy announcement on science and maths course HECS fees. Mr Rudd’s Press Release was d...
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UQ Open Day 2008 saw hundreds of prospective students and members of the public tour the SMMS displays and activities in the modern first year Chemistry laboratories.
more news...
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Fifteen high school teams competed 18 October in the Royal Australian Chemical Institute’s Titration Competition Queensland finals. Pictured in one of SMMS’s undergraduate Chemistry labs is the winning team from Beenleigh State High Sch...
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SMMS achieved a success rate of 27% in the October 2008 ARC Discovery Projects round, compared to a UQ average of 25%, a Faculty of BACS average of 21%, and a national average of 20%. An application for an ARC Linkage grant was also successful. Th...
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A/Professor Paul Young, Head of the Molecular Virology Unit in SMMS has been awarded the 2008 David White Excellence in Teaching Award. This award is given by the Australian Society for Microbiology in recognition of excellence in the teaching of, a...
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Professor Margaret Sheil, Chief Executive Officer, Australian Research Council will speak on the topic of "A new ERA for the ARC and the National Innovation System" at the annual TGH Jones memorial lecture on 6 October 2008.
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Around 230 high school students attended UQ to participate in the Royal Australian Chemical Institute's Titration Competition for 2008. Acid-base titration is a method in chemistry that allows quantitative analysis of the concentration of an unknown...
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SMMS researchers have made a giant leap forward in the race to develop a vaccine for the potentially debilitating West Nile virus.
read more...
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The SMMS Awards Evening celebrating Outstanding Achievement in Undergraduate studies in 2007 was held this year in the James and Emelia Mayne Centre amongst the artwork of the University Art Museum. Please follow the link (below left) for more info...
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Dr Mabbett was awarded a Smart State Fellowship which includes a $150,000 grant for a three year project. Dr Mabbett’s project will research new ways to tackle the antibiotic resistant Staphylococcus aureus (or Golden Staph). This bacteria is ...
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SMMS researcher, Dr Gary Schenk was recently honoured with a UQ Research Excellence award. At the awards ceremony UQ Deputy Vice Chancellor (Research), Professor David Siddle explained how "The University understands that excellence in research...
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At the recent "Smart Women-Smart State Awards", SMMS Professor Linda Blackall won the Women in the Community/Public Sector - Science Prize. Prof. Blackall's research on wastewater management will maximise Australia’s ability to contr...
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The annual SMMS Awards evening were held on Thursday 26th April, 2007 at the University Art Museum, the Mayne Centre. This was an opportunity for all staff and students to acknowledge the hard work that awardees in the discipline areas of biochemi...
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Dr Schembri, one of eight UQ Foundation Research Excellence Award winners, has been honoured for his work in isolation of several strains of good bacteria which can prevent Urinary tract infections.
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Elena Virtue, Research Higher Degree candidate with the School of Molecular and Microbial Sciences was awarded the 2006 Ausbiotech Queensland Student's Awards for Excellence for her research project presentation on “Rapid Diagnosis of Known ...
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