The University of Queensland Diamantina Institute

02/11/2016

A five-year trial at a Brisbane Hospital has increased the accuracy of diagnosing patients with amyloidosis, a group of rare and incurable diseases caused by abnormal protein deposits in tissues and organs.

12/10/2016

Kicking off in just a few minutes, the Arthritis Queensland World Arthritis Day event at TRI featuring a presentation from leading The University of Queensland Diamantina Institute researcher Professor Ranjeny Thomas. https://www.facebook.com/events/1749678861948059/?ti=icl

30/09/2016

Science Minister, Leeanne Enoch joined Queensland Regional and Remote Teachers as part of a week-long research experience investigating enzymes on HPV positive cancer cells at UQDI's SPARQ-ed. The course is designed to spark excitement in students by inspiring their teachers.

28/09/2016

Genes can help explain why some babies have a low birth weight, a major international study jointly led by The University of Queensland has found.

02/09/2016

By funding essential technology in cancer research, Australian Cancer Research Foundation supporters enable institutes like The University of Queensland Diamantina Institute based at the Translational Research Institute to attract the world’s best researchers to Australia, allowing them to carry out our vision of one day curing childhood cancer.

At the Australian Cancer Research Foundation Child Cancer Personalised Medicine Centre, specialised robots are working 24/7, rapidly testing hundreds of treatments for kids with high-risk cancers. Originally designed to develop new drugs, the facility is being put to a new use in the quest to match…

31/08/2016

We are grateful for the support our researchers receive from the National Breast Cancer Foundation such as Dr Fiona Simpson and her work on Making Herceptin-resistant tumours Herceptin responsive http://bit.ly/2bEtKfY

August was an interesting month for breast cancer research! Multiple studies revealed what genetic and DNA testing can tell us about breast cancer prevention and treatment plus much more.

03/08/2016

UQDI's Dr Andrew Moore is riding the 1200kms stretch from the Sunshine Coast to Sydney over 9 days in October to raise funds to help sick kids. https://1200kmsforkids16.everydayhero.com/au/andy-moore

I've had the privilege of joining the amazing 1200kms for Kids team on the roads between Brisbane and Warwick for the past 3 years. This year, it's time to go all the way and do the full ride from the Sunshine Coast to Sydney! Why? Because as a Paediatric Oncologist at the Lady Cilento Children's Ho...

12/07/2016

Today is the first day of National Diabetes Week...

22/06/2016

University of Queensland scientists are honing in on drug resistant tuberculosis (TB), in a project which could lead to new antibiotics.

17/06/2016

10/06/2016

Next Friday 15 talented students will compete in the UQDI heat to be held in the Translational Research Institute Auditorium. Each student has three minutes to present their research and its significance in a compelling oration to an intelligent, but non-specialist audience, with only one static PowerPoint slide to back up their speech. For further details http://www.di.uq.edu.au/three-minute-thesis-competition Maybe next year we should add to the competition?

Get your Ph.D. dance on!

06/06/2016

It's been 4 weeks since we started this fundraiser, and 1 week since 60 medical researchers climbed 810 stairs to the rooftop of Waterfront Place. Now it's time to wrap up with our final group - team TRI-ing. They're studying the varying rates of wound healing and the development of skin cancers by aiming to understand the similarities between these usually separate fields. Researchers aim to reduce and eliminate these painful and expensive conditions and continue to do this work with thanks to fundraisers like Climb for Cancer Australia. Thank you to everyone for your support of our campaign, but most of all to our researchers who make this so worthwhile - THANK YOU! www.tri.edu.au/climbforcancer The University of Queensland Diamantina Institute