How hopeful should Australians and New Zealanders be about COVID-19 vaccines becoming available in 2021? And what do we need to learn from 2020 and this pandemic as we speed towards the new year?
Locally made coronavirus proteins produced in a state-of-the-art laboratory in Brisbane are proving highly useful in a sophisticated blood test for COVID-19.
How UQ archaeologists are helping transform the world’s understanding of how we first became farmers and creating new connections between a community and their past to conserve heritage in the future.
Can we really expect our lives to go back to normal in a post-vaccine world? Professor Ian Frazer and Dr Kirsty Short are back to answer the COVID-19 questions on all of our minds.
New research born out of collaborations with virologists and neuroscience here at QBI has shown that coronavirus has co-opted a clever entry mechanism to get into cells - including neurons.
Actual re-infection that has been confirmed with genetic sequencing has now been reported in a few rare cases worldwide, indicating that it is indeed possible.
An international team has found a way to potentially prevent the novel coronavirus from infecting cells, as well as clues as to why it is more infectious than similar viruses.
WATCH: Discover how UQ researchers are contributing to some of the biggest challenges the world faces – the health of our communities, and environments; the quality and quantity of food available; abundant clean energy; and sustainable economies.