Join us at #BrisScience on Mon 13 May at State Library of Qld's The Edge to hear about Dr Evelyne Deplazes' unusual career journey and her amazing work as a computational chemist. 🧪⚛️💻

Get more info + register your free tix: shorturl.at/aetP0

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In a bid to bolster mental health support programs for regional Queenslanders, #UQ ’s Professor Sagadevan Mundree is gearing up for an extraordinary journey 🚴🏾

Read more: science.uq.edu.au/article/2024/0…

The Great Barrier Reef is currently experiencing its fifth mass coral bleaching event in 8 years.

#UQ ’s Dr Selina Ward says the bleaching is extensive, affecting some coral species that have resisted bleaching before.

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Remote cameras and conservation dogs will be deployed as part of a UQ research project aiming to conserve four threatened Queensland reptile species. 🐶🦎

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Join UniQuest for a free, two-day interactive workshop and explore ways to create impact from your research. This workshop will guide you along the research commercialisation journey.

Apply before 7 May 2024. Places are limited.
Visit uniquest.com.au/workshopfor for details.

More than 110,000 books, magazines, vinyl records, DVDs & other pre-loved items will be available at this year’s UQ Alumni Book Fair® from as little as $1, helping us raise funds for UQ student scholarships & research 📖

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Some deeper areas of the Great Barrier Reef are insulated from harmful heatwaves .. but researchers from @UQScience and University of Exeter say that protection will be lost if global warming continues.

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Are you a health-focused researcher working in Queensland to improve the lives of others?

Present your work at the inaugural Queensland Health Research Excellence Showcase on 3 May 2024 and you could win $3,500.

Learn more: lsq.com.au/qh-research-ex…

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When it comes to environmental conservation, how can different government departments ensure their policies align?

#UQ 's Catherine Lovelock and colleagues discuss for @conversationedu: brnw.ch/21wIwFA

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Congratulations to A/Prof Kirsty Short who received the 2024 Australian Academy of Science Gottschalk Medal for her leading research on respiratory viral infections which helped inform public health policy and global pandemic preparedness🏆

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We’ve always been taught the earth’s orbit around the sun travels along an oval-shaped path, but #UQ ’s Dr Stephen Hughes says it’s actually a more circular orbit 🌍

🔗@conversationedu: brnw.ch/21wIB4A
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Floral, fruity, and herbaceous artisanal rums could soon be on the menu at your local bar thanks to a collaboration between #UQ and Canefields Distillery. 🍹

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An international team of researchers, including #UQ 's Dr Cullan Howlett, has created the world's largest and most detailed 3D map of the universe – measuring the expansion of the cosmos over the past 11 billion years. ⭐️🍮🌌

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A massive congratulations to #UQ 's Associate Professor Kirsty Short who has today been awarded the Australian Academy of Science's 2024 Gottschalk Medal! 👏🎉

Watch Dr Short's personalised video profile: vimeo.com/914991768

Imagine discovering a brand-new species while on a camping trip?

#UQ PhD candidate James Tweed was in the Gold Coast hinterland when he discovered a fluffy, longhorn beetle – never seen before by scientists.
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Did the Easter Bilby find you? 😉🍫

#UQ PhD Candidate Cass Arkinstall has spent the lead up to Easter this year counting bilbies in Currawinya National Park, south-west Qld with Save The Bilby Fund.

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#UQ 's Professor Bryan Fry says there are biochemical properties that make the venom of the eastern brown snake so lethal.

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Testing of mud by #UQ researchers has revealed up to 7000 tonnes of microplastics could be polluting Brisbane’s Moreton Bay.

Elvis Dartey Okoffo (PhD) says the main plastics he found were polyethylene (PE) and polyvinyl chloride (PVC).
Read more: brnw.ch/21wIb9Z Health at UQ

The Australian Museum Eureka Prize for #ScienceJournalism is awarded to an Australian journalist or journalist team whose work is assessed as having most effectively communicated scientific issues to the public.

📆 Entries close Friday 12 April.

Learn more: australian.museum/get-involved/e…

Congratulations to #UQ ’s Dr April Reside 🦇 and A/Prof Karen Cheney for securing more than $110,000 through the Queensland Government Threatened Species Research Grants program.

They will lead separate research to protect some of QLD’s most vulnerable species🦎

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