Professor Geoff Faulkner and his lab recently published a paper in Genome Research that furthers the understanding of the role of jumping genes in liver cancer.

Results from the Ridstress trial show there is close to a 50 per cent reduction in women requiring an emergency caesarean or a forceps delivery for fetal distress when they take Sildenafil in labour.

Newly appointed Director of Operations at Mater Research Aimee Catalan has recently accepted the title of Adjunct Associate Professor at MRI–UQ.

The AAMRI Research Impact Working Group, which includes Mater Research, recently secured funding from the Ian Potter Foundation to develop a framework for identifying and measuring research impact.

Postgraduate research students at Mater recently presented their research projects at the Mater Research Three Minute Thesis (3MT) competition.

The Equity Trustees’ Cancer Research Travel Grants have been awarded to Mater Research PhD student Johanna Erbani and Research Officer Dr Kavita Bisht.

In March 2018, Dr Erin Wilson won the “Outstanding new presenter” award at the Australasian Gynaecological Endoscopy and Surgery Society XXVIII Annual Scientific Meeting.

Congratulations to Helen Liley for her promotion to Professor by The University of Queensland.

Mater Research is undertaking the largest study of induction of labour ever undertaken, here at the Mater Mothers’ Hospitals.

A team of researchers led by Professor Gregory Monteith from Mater Research and UQ School of Pharmacy have developed a new way to visualise breast cancer cells as they die.

Mater researcher and Betty McGrath Fellow Dr Tatjana Ewais has received funding to progress a unique research project into mindfulness-based cognitive therapy. 

Every year at least 18,000 Australians are diagnosed with sepsis, with around 5000 losing their lives.