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Queensland Herbarium's first female director Gillian Brown reveals Mount Coot-tha botanical collection

Gillian Brown is in charge of a collection of more than 900,000 botanical species, and has even identified a new genus of plant that she found on the side of an outback road. Her favourite specimen though is the zombie fungus, which grows on insects' bodies.

ABC News · Mar 9, 2023

Brisbane Metro project commences tunnel under Adelaide Street, linking busways

Starting underneath Adelaide Street at the Brisbane Square library and eventually passing just metres from blissfully unaware drinkers at the Criterion pub, the next stage of tunnelling works for Brisbane Metro is underway.

ABC News · Feb 14, 2023

QIMR Berghofer's dementia laboratory is on the cusp of a breakthrough in treatment

In a cellular and molecular neurodegeneration laboratory in Brisbane, researchers are quietly making breakthroughs on the most difficult aspect of dementia research.

ABC News · Jun 14, 2022