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A Grey Matter is for anyone who has ever wondered how we think, feel, reason and move. The Queensland Brain Institute's neuroscience podcast unlocks the wonders of the brain – the complex an...
In neurodegenerative diseases, about 99% are associated with protein molecules aggregating together. In recent years, super-resolution micro...
Despite its everyday use in hospitals, scientists have yet to fully understand how general anaesthesia works. Professor Bruno van Swinderen...
Mitochondria are known as the powerhouses of our cells, but research is revealing their wide role in brain health and links to rare genetic...
Exercise has many health benefits, including for our brains. Recent discoveries at UQ’s Queensland Brain Institute offer new clues about the...
Virtual reality (VR) is changing how scientists study memory, and it involves exploring virtual mazes. At UQ’s Queensland Brain Institute, c...
Virtual reality (VR) is more than just a video game tool — it’s helping advance our understanding of memory. At UQ’s Queensland Brain Instit...
Professor Massimo Hilliard and Dr Ramon Martinez-Marmol grew up far from Queensland – Massimo in Naples, Italy, and Ramon in Catalonia, Spai...
In this special World Stroke Day edition, three remarkable women open up about stroke from every angle — surviving it, treating it, and figh...
In this episode, Dr Margreet Ridder — whose project was ranked the top FightMND-funded study in 2024 — reflects on her journey to becoming a...
Please note that this episode contains discussions about suicidal ideation, which some listeners may find distressing. If you or someone you...
While countless supplements and products promise to reverse aging without scientific proof, the real secret to defying age may be found in t...
Dr Matt Kenna is fascinated by the science of memory. As a researcher at UQ’s Queensland Brain Institute, Matt is tasked with challenging pr...
Professor John McGrath, a distinguished clinician and researcher at UQ's Queensland Brain Institute, is at the forefront of global ment...
Mr Mehershad Wadia has written numerous scripts for short comedies screened at international film festivals like Mumbai and San Francisco, j...
Professor Gail Robinson has developed a new diagnostic tool to assess cognitive function in post-stroke patients called The Brief Executive...
We know exercise is beneficial for our body and mind. Research has shown that neurogenesis – the production of neurons in the brain – contin...
Dr Bonnie Searle is passionate about getting children to eat. In her past life as a paediatric dietitian for children with food aversions, s...
What do Wally Lewis AM and Nic Berry have in common? Quite a lot, it turns out. Wally started playing rugby union before switching codes to...
A Grey Matter is for anyone who has ever wondered how we think, feel, reason and move. The Queensland Brain Institute's neuroscience podcast...
Last year, neuroengineer Dr Clarissa Whitmire joined the Queensland Brain Institute as a senior research fellow and is the Institute’s newes...
As a Research Fellow in Neuroeconomics, Dr Dragan Rangelov investigates human sensory perception, decision-making and memory. His work explo...
Robyn Hilton and Allison Scifleet may never have become firm friends had it not been for their involvement in fundraising for dementia resea...
What inspired the creation of the Queensland Brain Institute (QBI)? And how did QBI become one of the leading neuroscience research centres...
Stroke is one of Australia’s biggest killers, with more than 445,000 Australians living with its impacts. Stroke is common, is not always pr...
QBI researcher Dr Nela Durisic is fascinated with how the brain coordinates electrical activity and how faulty electrical communication can...
QBI researcher Professor Frederic Meunier is passionate about using highly innovative technology to discover how our brain cells communicate...
Boots, beanies and all, QBI researcher Dr Adam Walker is in the fight to find a cure for motor neurone disease (MND). His team uses genetic...
How do we make choices? And what happens in our brain when we do? Cognitive Neuroscientist Professor Jason Mattingley and his team study hum...
Dr Nathalie Dehorter and her team study interneurons (the neurons controlling the excitation-inhibition balance in the central nervous syste...
Professor Peter Nestor is a clinician-researcher interested in memory and cognition. As a doctor, he diagnoses people living with neurodegen...
Exercise has many benefits for our bodies, including our brains. So, can we replicate the positive effects of exercise to boost new neurons...
QBI researcher Dr Margaret Moore discusses the fascinating and dynamic process of paying attention. Amidst the sensory overload around us, t...
QBI researcher Professor Tim Bredy believes his team are on the verge of something big. They are studying the role of ribonucleic acid (RNA)...
Ever wondered what’s happening in your brain while you sleep and why you need sleep? QBI researchers Professor Bruno van Swinderen and Dr Sa...
This episode features an insightful conversation between Sallyanne Atkinson AO, former Lord Mayor of Brisbane and current member of the QBI...
You probably have heard of a pacemaker – a small device which is implanted in the chest to help control the heartbeat for people living with...
In recent years, we’ve seen a growing number of sportspeople speak out about their experiences of head injuries, and concussions are forcing...
People living with dementia often have disturbed sleep – even years prior to experiencing any other symptoms. Unfortunately, as is the case...
The development of the brain is a fascinating process, with complex brain connections being made rapidly as a foetus grows inside its mother...
How can you study the human brain at the cell level, when you can't get inside to see these tiny processes in action? Well, you build y...
In this episode, we examine consciousness – what is it, when does it begin, and how might sleep and dreams be the key to answering these que...
Queensland Chief Scientist, Professor Hugh Possingham and Queensland Brain Institute Director, Professor Pankaj Sah talk about the lessons w...
When we pay attention to something, our minds are selectively concentrating on a discrete piece of information, while choosing to ignore oth...
Almost 500,000 Australians have some kind of dementia, the most common form of which is Alzheimer’s disease. Currently, there is no cure, an...
Artist Sam Leach’s work focuses on a connection between science and art, in a more modern twist. He uses AI to compose art that he then pain...
How do you make sure clinical treatment of people with brain injury, diseases and disorders is best informed by neuroscience? This is where...
Paralysed people walking again and direct brain to brain communication aren’t just ideas in the realm of science fiction. We hear from Dr Li...
The brain is one of the most complex things that scientists study, with trillions of connections between brain cells responsible for our tho...
More and more we are finding out about the peculiar symptoms of coronavirus that make it such a nasty bug. Many of these symptoms, especiall...
Did you know? Humans are pretty average when it comes to seeing the visual world compared to many other animals with much smaller brains. Or...