3 Good Health and Well Being
Improving prospects for people with Parkinson’s
A new report has offered fresh insights into the burden Parkinson's places on those affected.
13 Climate Action
Alternative tidal wetlands in plain sight overlooked Blue Carbon superstars
Study highlights increasing opportunities for conservation, restoration and improved management of wetlands.
4 Quality Education
Excelling in Education
Griffith University has again had its commitment to teaching excellence acknowledged, collecting three Australian Awards for University Teaching at this year’s ceremony.
Australian Rivers Institute
Biosolids containing microplastics used on farm lands
Study reveals 1-17kg of microplastic per biosolid tonne could be used on agricultural lands.
Griffith Sciences
Prostate cancer treatment given new hope with MRFF win
New anti-cancer agents to treat advanced prostate cancer aim of MRFF grant.
Australian Rivers Institute
Microplastics present in muscles, intestines of SEQ sharks
Queensland white, scallop hammerhead, tiger and bull sharks not immune from plastic contamination.
Gold Coast Health and Knowledge Precinct
Griffith researchers draw more than $9m NHMRC funding
Advanced bionic limb development, malaria drug mechanisms, skin immune response to mosquito-borne infections among new Ideas Grants.
Cities Research Institute
Griffith planners and students scoop up industry awards
Clean sweep continues at the Minister's Planning Awards.
11 Sustainable Cities and Communities
Translating global theories of change into tangible steps for conservation of ecosystems
Developing a framework for global ‘theories of change’ that coordinate local and global actions to secure a future where humans live in harmony with nature
11 Sustainable Cities and Communities
Living within safe & just Earth System Boundaries for blue water
Can basic human water needs be met without exceeding safe and just Earth System Boundaries (ESB) for surface and groundwater (blue water), defined to protect people and planet?
11 Sustainable Cities and Communities
Surfers’ mental health creates US$1 trillion economic wave
Study calculates large-scale economic value of mental health benefits of recreational surfing.
13 Climate Action
Pollutants may mimic female sex hormones, feminizing endangered green sea turtles
A Griffith-led study on the influence of pollution on the sex ratio of clutches of green sea turtles has found that it may compound the female-biasing influence of rising global temperatures
Australian Rivers Institute
Griffith-led discovery identifies new algae species on the Great Barrier Reef
New algae species rewrites understanding of reef systems.
Arts Education Law
Griffith researchers draw more than $4.6 million in funding in Discovery Grants
Nine new Griffith-led ARC Discovery Projects awarded $3,622,738.
13 Climate Action
AEA Seed Grant to help stop lithium-ion battery waste
Griffith University congratulates Dr Zhenzhen Wu on her $280,000 Australia’s Economic Accelerator (AEA) Seed Grant for the lithium-ion battery recycling and reclamation project.
13 Climate Action
Study indicates majority of endangered greater glider habitat in QLD unprotected
Majority of critical habitat and movement pathways for southern greater gliders outside of protected areas.
10 Reduced Inequalities
New views to restoring spinal function
A state-of-the-art livecyte microscope at the Griffith Institute for Drug Discovery is leading the Spinal Injury Project team toward human clinical trials.
Centre for Planetary Health and Food Security
All eyes on koala movements with AI tech in full swing this spring
September is coupled with the arrival of spring, which inspires a flurry of activity in the animal world as breeding season for many different species cranks up a notch. September is also Save The Koala month, which aims to highlight the threats to koalas, including habitat loss, climate change, disease and human activity, contributing to […]