A startup is aiming to commercialise a desktop-sized device invented at University of Queensland and able to make the “workhorse chemical” hydrogen peroxide from water and air. According to a statement from UQ on Tuesday, its commercialisation vehicle Uniquest has licenced the device to Evimien Energy, which hopes to change production for an industrial chemical…
Development of a new drug based on research at The University of Queensland, targeting advanced and therapy-resistant prostate cancer, has been awarded $1.25 million from the US-based Critical Path Institute’s Translational Therapeutics Accelerator. According to a statement from UQ on Tuesday, the drug named QED-203 has its origins in research by Professor Greg Monteith from…
A new startup aimed at discovering and developing anti-inflammatory disease medicines has been formed by The University of Queensland’s commercialisation arm UniQuest and global biotech company Molecule to Medicine (MTM), according to a statement released on Tuesday. Curlew Bio will leverage expertise from the Queensland Emory and Drug Discovery Initiative (QEDDI) and research developed by…
The University of Queensland’s Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology is to work with Graphene Manufacturing Group in its quest to commercialise novel Graphene Aluminium-Ion Battery Technology. The development, supported by the federal government’s Economic Accelerator Seed Grant, will accelerate under a partnership between AIBN material chemist Dr Xiaodan Huang (pictured, below) and GMG’s supporting…