UQ and Europe

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Collaboration in Europe

  • University of Queensland researchers have demonstrated a genetic link between endometriosis and ovarian cancer subtypes enabling them to identify potential drug targets for therapy and increasing the understanding of both diseases.

  • Labelling of plastic products needs a drastic overhaul including a new "sustainability scale" to help consumers, according to research from The University of Queensland and University of Exeter.
  • The University of Queensland (UQ) celebrated the commencement of a new corporate partnership with the Australian British Chamber of Commerce (ABCC) by inviting pre-eminent CEO Mr David McCredie OBE to adjudicate a now celebrated virtual Great Debate where leading experts argued if ‘digitisation is reshaping humanity for the better’.
  • University of Queensland researchers have unlocked a way of fighting Listeria infections, which can cause severe illness in pregnant women and people with compromised immune systems.
  • Sustainable Minerals Institute and University of Geneva researchers explore ore-sand as a sustainable source that could reduce the volume of waste produced by mining.
  • A massive international research effort has led to development of a genetic model for the ‘ultimate’ chickpea, with the potential to lift crop yields by up to 12 per cent.

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Alumni

UQ has more than 6,840 alumni living in Europe. Alumni from or living in the region include:

Denmark

Chief Adviser, Human Rights and Business, Danish Institute of Human Rights (Bachelor of Arts / Laws Hons. 2008)
Denmark

Stuart Ward is professor and head of the Saxo Institute for History, Archaeology, Ethnology and Classics at the University of Copenhagen (Bachelor of Arts Hons. 1992)
Austria

Co-Founder & CEO at TourRadar Austria (Bachelor of Engineering Hons. 1999)
France

Managing Director, TotalEnergies Ventures - Paris & San Francisco; Managing Director, Total Carbon Neutrality Ventures at Total (Master of Business 2006)