It might sound like science fiction, but deep brain stimulation (DBS) is an increasingly common procedure for neurological disorders like Parkinson's disease. Kirsten MacGregor caught up with the Queensland Brain Institute's Professor Peter Silbrun, a leading DBS researcher and practitioner, to find out more about the treatment.
This week the grey matter in question is not the brain, but the bleached corals on the Great Barrier Reef. Professor Justin Marshal, who leads the sensory neurobiology laboratory at QBI, talks about working with Sir David Attenborough, the citizen science project Coral Watch and the unprecedented coral bleaching that is unfolding on the Great Barrier Reef.
Evoking feeling, creating conversations and bringing brightness to The University of Queensland’s walls are the motives behind a new project by the UQ Art Museum.
Inspirational teachers make a difference to the future careers of their students.
This was brought home to me recently when I was listed as one of only two Australians – and the only living Australian – on a prestigious new website published by the Royal Society of Chemistry in the UK.
After seven years in a wheelchair and being told he’ll never walk again, Paralympic hopeful Ryan Raghoo is living proof that strength training can improve muscle performance for people with cerebral palsy.
The Incredible Hulk is not alone. Most of us have a lot to learn about managing our anger, write UQ clinical psychologists James Kirby, PhD, and Associate Professor Stan Steindl . . .
