School Fun at QIMR

Our aim is to champion medical research as a career, provide work experience at several critical stages of this pathway
and educate and mentor bright students and teachers from Queensland, interstate and overseas

Winners of the Smart State 2004 Peter Doherty Award for Excellence in Science Education by a Research Institute

Secondary School Programs

Annual High School Lecture Series

Held at QIMR each year these seminars are free and open to all Queensland Year 11/ 12 Biology students and their teachers

'UV or not UV' talk

Medical Research Experience

Offered all year round to grade 11/ 12 science students
Students typically spend up to a week in either one or several labs

Grade 11 workexp student at bench Grade 11 workexp student at machine

Senior Biology & Physics students tour QIMR

Year 12 students tour QIMR looking at the application of medical
research to their science curricula

Biofutures students All Hallows Biology students Hillbrook Physics students

Spotlight on Science and Indigenous Health

malaria slide on microscope planning experiment working in sterile cabinet

Primary School Visit

copy DNA made from snakes and marshmallows primary kids making DNA model

Career Choices

Interested in Medical Research?

Scientist swallows Magic Potion