Institute for Molecular Bioscience

Harnessing nature to discover cures for a better world.

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[Institute for Molecular Bioscience @IMBatUQ]

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 🎄

[Inflammasome Lab @inflammasomelab]

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: https://t.co/GcXqV2x9JY

[Institute for Molecular Bioscience @IMBatUQ]

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

[Institute for Molecular Bioscience @IMBatUQ]

Congratulations to our 2024 graduates! 🎓

We are proud of each and everyone of you and wish you every success in your futures 💜

[Institute for Molecular Bioscience @IMBatUQ]

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.

[Institute for Molecular Bioscience @IMBatUQ]

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: https://t.co/6v0MVuCfsL

@ProtagonistTx #Psoriasis #PsoriasisDrug

[Epilepsy Sparks @EpilepsySparks]

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 https://t.co/olhKSNDlKl
🎧 Podcast https://t.co/ubTI5dWmf2
📖 Transcript & more on Glenn https://t.co/WyyqfJ3gdb

#epilepsy #venom #personalizedmedicine

[Clara Jiang @Clara_J_Jiang]

🚨 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: https://t.co/icgVV3Yam8
@IMBatUQ @UQscience

[Clara Jiang @Clara_J_Jiang]

💔 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: https://t.co/YS307fL2DJ via @ConversationEDU

[Institute for Molecular Bioscience @IMBatUQ]

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: https://t.co/CCvLVSHEv4

[Institute for Molecular Bioscience @IMBatUQ]

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: https://t.co/CRpFtsWE1y

[Institute for Molecular Bioscience @IMBatUQ]

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: https://t.co/0U9TYuoVQc ❣️Closes 1 Dec

[Institute for Molecular Bioscience @IMBatUQ]

🐜 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: https://t.co/ssIKkScgW1

#AntStings #UQ #Research

[Institute for Molecular Bioscience @IMBatUQ]

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: https://t.co/T0eBTVeRO1

[Institute for Molecular Bioscience @IMBatUQ]

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

[Institute for Molecular Bioscience @IMBatUQ]

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.

🔗 https://t.co/XYkv8xeZm0

[UQ News @UQ_News]

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.

https://t.co/ojc1i2OgRe

[Mark Blaskovich @mark_blaskovich]

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_

[Institute for Molecular Bioscience @IMBatUQ]

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🏆

🔗 https://t.co/EZrMppPzzY

[UQ News @UQ_News]

#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.

➡️ https://t.co/w7RC48dDJd