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" /></a></div> <div class="content"> <h3><a href="https://www.uq.edu.au/news/article/2024/11/collaboration-key-ultimate-genotypes-plants-and-livestock">Collaboration key to ultimate genotypes in plants and livestock</a></h3> <p class="summary">UQ researchers are setting the agenda for breeding high yield, heat tolerant and disease-resistant crops and low emission cattle with excellent feed conversion efficiency as they search for the ultimate genotype.</p> <span class="date-display-single"><span class="date-display">20 November 2024</span></span> </div> </div> </li> <li class=""><div class="feature list-item uq-core-article has-image" > <div class="image-crop uq-core-medium-landscape"><a href="/news/article/2024/10/uq-swimming-program-win-young-people-cerebral-palsy"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://www.uq.edu.au/news/filething/get-styled/uq_core_medium_landscape/332018/HaBS power of ParaSTART 530W.jpg?itok=afuapeGD" alt="A young man is being helped from a wheelchair into a swimming pool by two trainers." title="ParaSTART participant Nate preparing for a swim training session." /></a></div> <div class="content"> <h3><a href="https://www.uq.edu.au/news/article/2024/10/uq-swimming-program-win-young-people-cerebral-palsy">UQ swimming program a win for young people with cerebral palsy</a></h3> <p class="summary">A competitive swimming program developed by UQ researchers for young people with severe cerebral palsy has reversed motor decline associated with the condition. </p> <span class="date-display-single"><span class="date-display">19 November 2024</span></span> </div> </div> </li> </ul></div> </div> <div class="view-footer"> <hr /> </div> </div> </div> <div class="view-content"> <div class="views-row views-row-1 views-row-odd views-row-first"> <div class="row tease list-item uq-core-article has-image" > <div class="twelve columns"> <div class="title-above"><h3><a href="https://www.uq.edu.au/news/article/2024/10/mitigating-heat-stress-heifers-prevent-stock-losses">Mitigating heat stress in heifers to prevent stock losses</a></h3> </div> <div class="image-crop uq-core-medium-square"><a href="/news/article/2024/10/mitigating-heat-stress-heifers-prevent-stock-losses"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://www.uq.edu.au/news/filething/get-styled/uq_core_medium_square/333388/qaafi-heifer-shade-530.JPG?itok=2CY9pi1K" alt="Cows standing under a shaded structure on a large dry property" title="A heifer shelter in situ on a large property. Image: UQ." /></a></div> <div class="content"> <div class="content-inner"> <div class="title-below hide"><h3><a href="https://www.uq.edu.au/news/article/2024/10/mitigating-heat-stress-heifers-prevent-stock-losses">Mitigating heat stress in heifers to prevent stock losses</a></h3> </div> <p class="summary">A three-year pilot project led by UQ has shown installing shade structures in largely treeless paddocks could increase calf survival rates.</p> <span class="date-display-single"><span class="date-display">19 November 2024</span></span> </div> </div> </div></div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-2 views-row-even"> <div class="row tease list-item uq-core-article has-image" > <div class="twelve columns"> <div class="title-above"><h3><a href="https://www.uq.edu.au/news/article/2024/11/facebook-ads-targeting-people-risk-of-harm-under-scrutiny">Facebook ads targeting people at risk of harm under scrutiny </a></h3> </div> <div class="image-crop uq-core-medium-square"><a href="/news/article/2024/11/facebook-ads-targeting-people-risk-of-harm-under-scrutiny"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://www.uq.edu.au/news/filething/get-styled/uq_core_medium_square/333330/MC Gambling Social Media Study Adobe Option 2 Width 530 .jpg?itok=LBy8xl6o" alt="Two hands lean on a desktop holding a phone" title="Image: Adobe." /></a></div> <div class="content"> <div class="content-inner"> <div class="title-below hide"><h3><a href="https://www.uq.edu.au/news/article/2024/11/facebook-ads-targeting-people-risk-of-harm-under-scrutiny">Facebook ads targeting people at risk of harm under scrutiny </a></h3> </div> <p class="summary">A UQ-led study has revealed how alcohol and gambling companies target people with Facebook advertising for addictive products.</p> <span class="date-display-single"><span class="date-display">18 November 2024</span></span> </div> </div> </div></div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-3 views-row-odd"> <div class="row tease list-item uq-core-article has-image" > <div class="twelve columns"> <div class="title-above"><h3><a href="https://www.uq.edu.au/news/article/2024/11/new-oral-drug-calm-abdominal-pain">New oral drug to calm abdominal pain </a></h3> </div> <div class="image-crop uq-core-medium-square"><a href="/news/article/2024/11/new-oral-drug-calm-abdominal-pain"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://www.uq.edu.au/news/filething/get-styled/uq_core_medium_square/333021/IMB oxytocin abdonimal pain Adobe 620W.jpg?itok=8Oc-wNe4" alt="an older woman sits on a sofa clutching her stomach" title="Image: Adobe. " /></a></div> <div class="content"> <div class="content-inner"> <div class="title-below hide"><h3><a href="https://www.uq.edu.au/news/article/2024/11/new-oral-drug-calm-abdominal-pain">New oral drug to calm abdominal pain </a></h3> </div> <p class="summary">UQ researchers have developed a new class of oral painkillers to suppress chronic abdominal pain based on the peptide hormone oxytocin that drives childbirth contractions.</p> <span class="date-display-single"><span class="date-display">18 November 2024</span></span> </div> </div> </div></div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-4 views-row-even"> <div class="row tease list-item uq-core-article has-image" > <div class="twelve columns"> <div class="title-above"><h3><a href="https://www.uq.edu.au/news/article/2024/10/age-related-health-decline-predictor-of-future-dementia-risk">Age related health decline a predictor of future dementia risk</a></h3> </div> <div class="image-crop uq-core-medium-square"><a href="/news/article/2024/10/age-related-health-decline-predictor-of-future-dementia-risk"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://www.uq.edu.au/news/filething/get-styled/uq_core_medium_square/332592/MC Dementia risk 620w.jpg?itok=K_Gps_If" alt="Older man and woman exercising at home with elastics and weights." title="Image: Adobe." /></a></div> <div class="content"> <div class="content-inner"> <div class="title-below hide"><h3><a href="https://www.uq.edu.au/news/article/2024/10/age-related-health-decline-predictor-of-future-dementia-risk">Age related health decline a predictor of future dementia risk</a></h3> </div> <p class="summary">An international study led by a UQ researcher has found frailty increases a person’s risk of dementia, but early intervention may be the key to prevention.</p> <span class="date-display-single"><span class="date-display">12 November 2024</span></span> </div> </div> </div></div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-5 views-row-odd"> <div class="row tease list-item uq-core-article has-image" > <div class="twelve columns"> <div class="title-above"><h3><a href="https://www.uq.edu.au/news/article/2024/11/volunteers-needed-trial-of-newly-developed-vaccine-candidate-respiratory-diseases">Volunteers needed for trial of newly developed vaccine candidate for respiratory diseases</a></h3> </div> <div class="image-crop uq-core-medium-square"><a href="/news/article/2024/11/volunteers-needed-trial-of-newly-developed-vaccine-candidate-respiratory-diseases"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://www.uq.edu.au/news/filething/get-styled/uq_core_medium_square/332746/MC Clamp2 620W.jpg?itok=2leXtR7g" alt="Professor Keith Chappell in the lab using a centrifuge" title="Professor Keith Chappell, who co-invented the molecular clamp." /></a></div> <div class="content"> <div class="content-inner"> <div class="title-below hide"><h3><a href="https://www.uq.edu.au/news/article/2024/11/volunteers-needed-trial-of-newly-developed-vaccine-candidate-respiratory-diseases">Volunteers needed for trial of newly developed vaccine candidate for respiratory diseases</a></h3> </div> <p class="summary">Recruitment is underway for a clinical trial testing a vaccine candidate produced with The University of Queensland’s molecular clamp technology against life-threatening respiratory viruses.</p> <span class="date-display-single"><span class="date-display">7 November 2024</span></span> </div> </div> </div></div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-6 views-row-even"> <div class="row tease list-item uq-core-article has-image" > <div class="twelve columns"> <div class="title-above"><h3><a href="https://www.uq.edu.au/news/article/2024/10/call-volunteers-quit-smoking-study-benefits">Call for volunteers for quit smoking study with benefits</a></h3> </div> <div class="image-crop uq-core-medium-square"><a href="/news/article/2024/10/call-volunteers-quit-smoking-study-benefits"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://www.uq.edu.au/news/filething/get-styled/uq_core_medium_square/332386/MC Max Up UQ recruit 620W.jpg?itok=vpwD2JSM" alt="a person lied on a bed with their feet in a round machine and another person stands nearby" title="Study participants will have a free CT scan of their lungs. " /></a></div> <div class="content"> <div class="content-inner"> <div class="title-below hide"><h3><a href="https://www.uq.edu.au/news/article/2024/10/call-volunteers-quit-smoking-study-benefits">Call for volunteers for quit smoking study with benefits</a></h3> </div> <p class="summary">Queenslanders who want to give up smoking can access free nicotine replacement therapies and potentially life-saving lung cancer screening by participating in a new study.</p> <span class="date-display-single"><span class="date-display">1 November 2024</span></span> </div> </div> </div></div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-7 views-row-odd"> <div class="row tease list-item uq-core-article has-image" > <div class="twelve columns"> <div class="title-above"><h3><a href="https://www.uq.edu.au/news/article/2024/10/uq-pharmacy-researcher-celebrated-excellence-indigenous-education">UQ Pharmacy researcher celebrated for excellence in Indigenous education </a></h3> </div> <div class="image-crop uq-core-medium-square"><a href="/news/article/2024/10/uq-pharmacy-researcher-celebrated-excellence-indigenous-education"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://www.uq.edu.au/news/filething/get-styled/uq_core_medium_square/332640/MC t&l week Jared Miles 530W.jpg?itok=v6D1wyp2" alt="Three people standing on a stage, one of them holding a trophy " title="2024 UQ Indigenous Educator Award for Teaching Excellence winner Dr Jared Miles (centre) with Chancellor Peter Varghese AO (left) and Vice Chancellor Deborah Terry AC (right)." /></a></div> <div class="content"> <div class="content-inner"> <div class="title-below hide"><h3><a href="https://www.uq.edu.au/news/article/2024/10/uq-pharmacy-researcher-celebrated-excellence-indigenous-education">UQ Pharmacy researcher celebrated for excellence in Indigenous education </a></h3> </div> <p class="summary">A First Nations UQ academic is aiming to help address the under representation of Indigenous people in Australia’s pharmacy workforce.</p> <span class="date-display-single"><span class="date-display">31 October 2024</span></span> </div> </div> </div></div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-8 views-row-even"> <div class="row tease list-item uq-core-article has-image" > <div class="twelve columns"> <div class="title-above"><h3><a href="https://www.uq.edu.au/news/article/2024/10/future-proofing-uq%E2%80%99s-student-experience-through-teaching-excellence">Future-proofing UQ’s student experience through teaching excellence </a></h3> </div> <div class="image-crop uq-core-medium-square"><a href="/news/article/2024/10/future-proofing-uq%E2%80%99s-student-experience-through-teaching-excellence"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://www.uq.edu.au/news/filething/get-styled/uq_core_medium_square/332282/MC t&l week group photo-530w.jpg?itok=Dxonpc1c" alt="A group of UQ researchers holding award trophies standing out the front of a sandstone building on a red carpet" title="The 2024 UQ Award for Teaching Excellence winners." /></a></div> <div class="content"> <div class="content-inner"> <div class="title-below hide"><h3><a href="https://www.uq.edu.au/news/article/2024/10/future-proofing-uq%E2%80%99s-student-experience-through-teaching-excellence">Future-proofing UQ’s student experience through teaching excellence </a></h3> </div> <p class="summary">Six UQ educators have received awards for Teaching Excellence, celebrating their commitment to enhancing student learning with creative and innovative practices.</p> <span class="date-display-single"><span class="date-display">29 October 2024</span></span> </div> </div> </div></div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-9 views-row-odd"> <div class="row tease list-item uq-core-article has-image" > <div class="twelve columns"> <div class="title-above"><h3><a href="https://www.uq.edu.au/news/article/2024/10/using-weather-radar-track-australia%E2%80%99s-migrating-birds">Using weather radar to track Australia’s migrating birds</a></h3> </div> <div class="image-crop uq-core-medium-square"><a href="/news/article/2024/10/using-weather-radar-track-australia%E2%80%99s-migrating-birds"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://www.uq.edu.au/news/filething/get-styled/uq_core_medium_square/332165/SCI_bird-migration-uq-news.jpg?itok=6BMMi26g" alt="Two small fluffy birds with bright yellow heads sitting together on a branch" title="The researchers found the Silvereye is a partial migrant - some migrate while others stay in place. Image: Ah Xin." /></a></div> <div class="content"> <div class="content-inner"> <div class="title-below hide"><h3><a href="https://www.uq.edu.au/news/article/2024/10/using-weather-radar-track-australia%E2%80%99s-migrating-birds">Using weather radar to track Australia’s migrating birds</a></h3> </div> <p class="summary">For the first time, scientists have used data from weather radar not to track storms, but to count birds as they travel across Australian skies.</p> <span class="date-display-single"><span class="date-display">28 October 2024</span></span> </div> </div> </div></div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-10 views-row-even"> <div class="row tease list-item uq-core-article has-image" > <div class="twelve columns"> <div class="title-above"><h3><a href="https://www.uq.edu.au/news/article/2024/08/researchers-target-sorghum-breeding-boost-grain-crops"> Researchers target sorghum breeding to boost grain crops</a></h3> </div> <div class="image-crop uq-core-medium-square"><a href="/news/article/2024/08/researchers-target-sorghum-breeding-boost-grain-crops"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://www.uq.edu.au/news/filething/get-styled/uq_core_medium_square/328399/Prof-David-Jordan,-Dr-Geetika-and-Prof-Andrew-Borrell-in-the-sorghum-trial-(c)-Megan-Pope-UQ_620.jpg?itok=uTpSZiOn" alt="Three people investigating a sorghum stem " title="Professor David Jordan, Dr Geetika Geetika and Professor Andrew Borrell investigate a sorghum crop." /></a></div> <div class="content"> <div class="content-inner"> <div class="title-below hide"><h3><a href="https://www.uq.edu.au/news/article/2024/08/researchers-target-sorghum-breeding-boost-grain-crops"> Researchers target sorghum breeding to boost grain crops</a></h3> </div> <p class="summary">A research team led by UQ is on track to solve a major problem for Australian farmers using targeted breeding to improve yields for sorghum crops.</p> <span class="date-display-single"><span class="date-display">28 October 2024</span></span> </div> </div> </div></div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-11 views-row-odd"> <div class="row tease list-item uq-core-article has-image" > <div class="twelve columns"> <div class="title-above"><h3><a href="https://www.uq.edu.au/news/article/2024/10/two-uq-researchers-honoured-aahms-fellows-2024">Two UQ researchers honoured as AAHMS Fellows for 2024</a></h3> </div> <div class="image-crop uq-core-medium-square"><a href="/news/article/2024/10/two-uq-researchers-honoured-aahms-fellows-2024"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://www.uq.edu.au/news/filething/get-styled/uq_core_medium_square/332062/MC AAHMS Prof James Ward 530W tall.jpg?itok=pL4mckYJ" alt="A man with greying hair and beard wearing a navy shirt stands with sandstone columns behind him." title="Professor James Ward, new AAHMS Fellow and recipient of the academy's inaugural medal for Outstanding First Nations Researcher. " /></a></div> <div class="content"> <div class="content-inner"> <div class="title-below hide"><h3><a href="https://www.uq.edu.au/news/article/2024/10/two-uq-researchers-honoured-aahms-fellows-2024">Two UQ researchers honoured as AAHMS Fellows for 2024</a></h3> </div> <p class="summary">An Aboriginal epidemiologist and a leading gynaecologic oncologist have been elected as Fellows of the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences.</p> <span class="date-display-single"><span class="date-display">25 October 2024</span></span> </div> </div> </div></div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-12 views-row-even"> <div class="row tease list-item uq-core-article has-image" > <div class="twelve columns"> <div class="title-above"><h3><a href="https://www.uq.edu.au/news/article/2024/09/do-traits-we-value-partner-predict-who-we-pursue">Do the traits we value in a partner predict who we pursue?</a></h3> </div> <div class="image-crop uq-core-medium-square"><a href="/news/article/2024/09/do-traits-we-value-partner-predict-who-we-pursue"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://www.uq.edu.au/news/filething/get-styled/uq_core_medium_square/330987/habs-speed-dating.jpg?itok=3cZPMfDj" alt="A man and a woman on a date, the woman holding a drink" title="Image: Adobe" /></a></div> <div class="content"> <div class="content-inner"> <div class="title-below hide"><h3><a href="https://www.uq.edu.au/news/article/2024/09/do-traits-we-value-partner-predict-who-we-pursue">Do the traits we value in a partner predict who we pursue?</a></h3> </div> <p class="summary">UQ research has found the traits people value in a romantic partner can influence their dating choices. </p> <span class="date-display-single"><span class="date-display">15 October 2024</span></span> </div> </div> </div></div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-13 views-row-odd"> <div class="row tease list-item uq-core-article has-image" > <div class="twelve columns"> <div class="title-above"><h3><a href="https://www.uq.edu.au/news/article/2024/10/uq-lead-race-anti-doping-detection-quantum-sensor-technology">UQ to lead race in anti-doping detection with quantum sensor technology</a></h3> </div> <div class="image-crop uq-core-medium-square"><a href="/news/article/2024/10/uq-lead-race-anti-doping-detection-quantum-sensor-technology"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://www.uq.edu.au/news/filething/get-styled/uq_core_medium_square/331843/UQ-Quantum-Challenge-anti-doping-athletics-generic.jpg?itok=3u-LDOR5" alt="Generic image of a sprinters getting ready to start a race on an athletics track." title="Image: Adobe." /></a></div> <div class="content"> <div class="content-inner"> <div class="title-below hide"><h3><a href="https://www.uq.edu.au/news/article/2024/10/uq-lead-race-anti-doping-detection-quantum-sensor-technology">UQ to lead race in anti-doping detection with quantum sensor technology</a></h3> </div> <p class="summary">UQ will pioneer quantum sensory methods that could improve the detection of performance-enhancing drugs in the lead up to the Brisbane 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games.</p> <span class="date-display-single"><span class="date-display">15 October 2024</span></span> </div> </div> </div></div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-14 views-row-even"> <div class="row tease list-item uq-core-article has-image" > <div class="twelve columns"> <div class="title-above"><h3><a href="https://www.uq.edu.au/news/article/2024/07/airborne-dna-tech-transforms-endangered-wildlife-monitoring">Airborne DNA tech transforms endangered wildlife monitoring</a></h3> </div> <div class="image-crop uq-core-medium-square"><a href="/news/article/2024/07/airborne-dna-tech-transforms-endangered-wildlife-monitoring"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://www.uq.edu.au/news/filething/get-styled/uq_core_medium_square/331751/SCI-koala-detection-adobe.jpg?itok=7kSzBOtc" alt="A koala sitting on a tree branch" title="The airborne eDNA collection tools can detect the presence of multiple wildlife species, including koalas. Image: Adobe" /></a></div> <div class="content"> <div class="content-inner"> <div class="title-below hide"><h3><a href="https://www.uq.edu.au/news/article/2024/07/airborne-dna-tech-transforms-endangered-wildlife-monitoring">Airborne DNA tech transforms endangered wildlife monitoring</a></h3> </div> <p class="summary">UQ researchers have created new tools that could change how conservation experts monitor and protect some of Australia’s most endangered species.</p> <span class="date-display-single"><span class="date-display">15 October 2024</span></span> </div> </div> </div></div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-15 views-row-odd views-row-last"> <div class="row tease list-item uq-core-article has-image" > <div class="twelve columns"> <div class="title-above"><h3><a href="https://www.uq.edu.au/news/article/2024/10/boosting-quality-of-life-people-advanced-breast-cancer">Boosting quality of life for people with advanced breast cancer </a></h3> </div> <div class="image-crop uq-core-medium-square"><a href="/news/article/2024/10/boosting-quality-of-life-people-advanced-breast-cancer"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://www.uq.edu.au/news/filething/get-styled/uq_core_medium_square/331615/MC Breast Cancer trial 620w.jpg?itok=sw2n6lAD" alt="Woman wearing head scarf power walking through park. 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