Falling Walls

UQ researcher, Dr Emma-Anne Karlsen, has been recognised at the prestigious global event, Falling Walls Lab, in Berlin. The PhD student placed third out of 100 participants from 64 countries in the Science Breakthrough of the Year category, receiving praise for her research on repurposing a low-cost and pre-existing drug to help expensive anti-cancer treatment work better in order for patients' cells to fight tumours more effectively.

IMB researcher Dr Clara Jiang was invited to present her research into how genomics data can be used to explore opportunities to repurpose drugs at the Falling Walls Science Summit 2022 in Berlin.

University of Queensland PhD candidate Rhys Pirie is the first Australian to win Young Innovator of the Year at the world’s premier conference for research and innovation, Falling Walls Berlin.