News and Events
Vigilance urged in scarlet fever outbreaks
Comprehensive surveillance is needed to monitor human disease epidemics, according to Chinese and Australian researchers analysing a Chinese outbreak of the highly infectious childhood disease, scarlet fever. ...
One Health approach to global epidemic preparedness
Minimising the impact of viruses upon the pig industry is a major objective of a $3.83 million grant to international scientific collaborators, including a team from Queensland. ...
UQ study targets lethal fungal infection
The development of new drugs to fight a common fungal pathogen which kills half a million people globally each year is a step closer thanks to a University of Queensland-led study. ...
Nature writing workshop at UQ
Dr. Michael Chao, associate editor at the prestigious Nature Microbiology delivered a workshop on July 13th covering publishing in Nature journals. ...
Dangerous bacteria a true survivor
Dr Karrera Djoko of the School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences has revealed the remarkable lengths Escherichia coli goes to in order to survive. ...
Order of Australia for AID member
QIMR Berghofer's world-leading immunologist, Professor Rajiv Khanna, has been appointed an Officer of the Order of Australia in this year's Queen's Birthday Honours list. ...
A step towards understanding Zika
Brisbane researchers have synthetically re-created Zika virus in the laboratory - a breakthrough which will help to understand the virus and the foetal brain defects it causes. ...
FIGHT THE BITE
At the end of 2016, Ash Haque's Malaria Immunology Laboratory and the QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute ran a crowd-funding campaign they called "FIGHT THE BITE". ...
ASID Annual Scientific Meeting 2017
The Australasian Society for Infectious Diseases (ASID) will hold this year's Annual Scientific Meeting in the Blue Mountains from 29 March - 1 April. This year's theme is 'Infectious Disease into the Future', with topics including climate change, new technologies, new drugs and one health. ...
Queensland-led team develops effective economical Ebola treatment
An effective and economical treatment for Ebola patients has been developed by an international team led by Queensland researchers. ...
AID Research Excellence Awards 2017
AID researchers have been awarded AID Research Excellence Awards for outstanding work done in their respective fields ...
New protein offers hope for HIV cure
A protein has been developed in Brisbane which switches off HIV infection in cells, potentially paving the way for a cure for the deadly virus. ...
Queensland researchers unite to fight Zika
Researchers at The University of Queensland and the QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute are using a $50,000 Australian Infectious Diseases Research Centre grant to develop new weapons against the Zika virus. ...
Innovative approach to accelerate development of antimalarials
Prof. James McCarthy, member of the Australian Infectious Diseases Research Centre developed the 'Challenge Model' that is being used to accelerate the development of new medicines for malaria. ...
AID Research Excellence Awards 2016
AID researchers have been awarded AID Research Excellence Awards for outstanding work done in their respective fields ...
Australian virus might be answer to effective Ebola vaccine
A study lead by Professor Alexander Khromykh from the Australian Infectious Diseases research centre at the University of Queensland has found an experimental Ebola vaccine made using an Australian virus called Kunjin that might help in the fight against the deadly Ebola virus. ...
BacPath 2015
The BacPath conferences are the most prestigious Australian meetings for researchers interested in the biology of bacterial pathogens. The inaugural meeting was held at Thredbo, NSW in 1991 and these meetings are now held every two years. Topics covered include microbial genomics, host-pathogen interactions, virulence factors, antibiotic resistance, mobile genetic elements, bacterial toxins and vaccine and drug development. In 2015 the meeting will be held at the Silverwater resort, San Remo, Victoria between the 27th and the 30th of September. ...
Nanopatch vaccine technology company attracts $25 million
Professor Mark Kendall, inventor of the Nanopath and founder of Vaccine technology company Vaxxas has attracted a $25 million research funding. The Nanopatch seeks to replace traditional needle and syringe methods with a small patch that delivers vaccines painlessly. "This investment is a key next step in advancing a series of clinical programs and develop a pipeline of new vaccine products for major diseases using Vaxxas' patented Nanopatch technology," Professor Kendall said. ...
XIX International Congress for Tropical Medicine and Malaria 2016
On behalf of the Congress Management Committee, the Australian Society for Parasitology (ASP) and the Australasian Society for Infectious Diseases (ASID), it is our immense pleasure to invite you to join us for the XIX International Congress for Tropical Medicine and Malaria (ICTMM 2016) in Brisbane. The Congress will be held at the Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre from Sunday 18th - Thursday 22nd September 2016. The program will cover the major infectious diseases prevalent in the tropics, including malaria and other parasite infections, bacterial infections such as typhoid and tuberculosis, and viral infections such as HIV and dengue fever. In addition social, cultural and economic aspects of health relevant to the tropics will be covered. ...
Evolving superbug threatens to create an infection tsunami
An international study led by the University of Queensland has tracked a potentially devastating multi-drug resistant E. coli strain that is only one gene away from being resistant to almost all antibiotics. ...
AID Research Excellence Awards 2015
AID researchers have been awarded the AID Research Excellence Awards for excellent work done in their respective fields ...
Spate of Mideast virus infections raises concerns
A recent spate of infections from a deadly Middle Eastern virus is raising concern over efforts to contain the illness, with infectious disease experts urging greater vigilance in combating its spread. AID Researcher Associate Professor Ian Mackay monitored and reports the spread of the disease. ...
DNA research revealing 'libraries' of information
AID researcher Associate Professor Christine Wells and scientists from all around the world have been in a collaborative effort to understand the "DNA book". This advancement in the scientific understanding of human genes provides unprecedented insight into health, development and behaviour. ...
Researchers develop new methods to keep resistant gonorrhoea in check
Associate Professor David Whiley and his team have developed molecular tools to detect outbreaks of resistant strains of gonorrhoea, a sexually transmitted disease causing serious health complications. This method works by detecting specific mutations in an organism's DNA that made it resistant to antibiotics. ...
Tiny sensor could lead to better superbug drugs
AID researcher Professor Matt Cooper used nano-sized levers as sensors to measure the concentration of active antibiotics in blood. This will allow researchers to design better drugs to fight superbugs, which often have thicker, stronger cell walls ...
H7N9 cases pause; new report details reassortants
AID researcher Ian Mackay comments on his detailed analysis into H7N9. They found consistent genetic changes even in just one of H7N9's eight segments. ...
Pandemic Potential Seen in Gene Changes of Bird Flu
AID researchers published a study suggesting a possible risk of H7N9 pandemic. ...
AID Researcher Ian Mackay discusses H7N9 flu in China
The World Health Organisation has said that the strain of bird flu in China could pose a serious threat to human health with one official calling it "one of the most lethal" of its kind". What the likelihood that it may begin to spread between humans- just how serious a threat is it? ...
Discovering novel ways to influence host/pathogen dynamics to favour microbial control and clearance of chronic overwhelming viral infections
This seminar will be presented on 27 March by Dr Marc Pellegrini, whose team won the 2012 Eureka Prize for Infectious Diseases Research. ...
Seminars
All are welcome to attend these seminars, presented by members of the Australian Infectious Diseases Research Centre and their collaborators. ...
Tracking Superbugs to their source
As concern grows over an increasing risk of deadly antibiotic-resistant bacteria, a budding field of microbial research, genomic epidemiology, may also be delivering a solution, writes AID Director, Professor Mark Walker. ...
Members of our Research Centre hail potential cure for AIDS
Associate Professor David Harrich says they have discovered how to modify a protein in HIV so that, instead of replicating, it protects against the infection. ...
Development of a multicomponent delivery system for oligonucleotides
Congratulations to Professor Istvan Toth, who, along with Dr Peter Moyle, was awarded an Australian Research Council Discovery Grant. ...
AID member recieves Grand Challenges Explorations grant
Professor Anton Middelberg will pursue an innovative global health and development research project. ...
Research Seminars for 2012
The program of speakers for 2012 has just been finalised. ...
2011: A good year for Infectious Diseases Research at UQ
Following its official opening in March, AID has seen its researchers acheive stellar results. ...
AID member recieves Grand Challenges Explorations grant
UQ's Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (AIBN) announced today that it is a Grand Challenges Explorations winner, an initiative funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation ...
AID's Eureka Prize is announced
AID congratulates Professor Alan Cowman and his team from the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute on winning the Eureka Prize for Infectious Disease Research, sponsored by AID. ...
New vaccine delivery company starts with AUD15 million investment
New company Vaxxas Pty Ltd will enable AID Professor Mark Kendall to continue his pioneering research and development of the Nanopatch, a revolutionary new needle-free vaccine delivery system. ...
AID researcher talks superbugs on Insight
AID researcher Prof. Matt Cooper from the Institute for Molecular Bioscience appeared on the SBS program Insight to discuss the rise of "superbugs" - bacteria that are resistant ... ...
AID is officially launched
The Governor-General, Dr Quentin Bryce AC, declared the Centre open at an event at Customs House on 11 March 2011 hosted by The University of Queensland. ...
AID Sponsors national prize
The University of Queensland's new Australian Infectious Diseases Research Centre (AID) has become the first sponsor outside of NSW of the Australian Museum's prestigious Eureka Prizes. ...
Apply for the Australian Infectious Diseases Centre Eureka Prize for Infectious Diseases Research
Presented annually by the Australian Museum, the Australian Museum Eureka Prizes reward excellence in the fields of research & innovation, science leadership, school science and science journalism & communication. ...
AID researchers awarded seven prestigious fellowships
AID researchers Peter Sly (NHMRC SPRF), Jenny Stow (NHMRC PRF), Bostjan Kobe (NHMRC SRF), Itsvan Toth (ARC APF), Mark Schembri (ARC Future) and Matt Sweet (ARC Future) were awarded prestigious NHMRC and ARC research fellowships commencing in 2011. ...