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Daryl completed her PhD at UNSW Sydney in the field of synthetic organic chemistry. Currently, Daryl is working at Dementia Research Centre (DRC) synthesising novel peptide sequence for disease therapeutics.… View full profile

Yuanyuan completed a PhD in Biomedical Science in 2022. Currently a Postdoctoral Fellow at Macquarie University in the Dementia Research Centre, focusing on the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease and related gene-target therapy. Previously working as a researcher and lecturer at the Key Laboratory … View full profile

Jessica completed her PhD in 2024, working under the supervision of Prof Cyndi Shannon Weickert at the Schizophrenia Research Laboratory at NeuRA, in affiliation with the University of New South Wales. She then joined the Dementia Research Centre at Maccquarie University, as a postdoctoral researche… View full profile

Dr Carol Au is a Research Officer at the Dementia Research Centre, Macquarie University. She completed her PhD in Medicine at the University of Sydney (Children’s Hospital at Westmead). She then commenced postdoctoral training at the University of California San Diego (UCSD) on an American Heart Ass… View full profile

Miheer is a research scholar at the Dementia Research Centre of the Faculty of Medicine, Health and Human Sciences at Macquarie University. Miheer completed his undergraduate education at Manipal University, India and completed his post-graduate education at The Australian National University, Canbe… View full profile

Andrea is a research assistant responsible for histology and tissue processing at the Dementia Research Centre, Faculty of Medicine and Health Science. … View full profile

Emily is currently a PhD candidate with the Dementia Research Centre focusing on inhibitory interneurons in Alzheimer's disease. Previously she completed her Master’s degree in Translational Biomedical Science from the University of Cambridge, looking into DNA methylation and renal cancer. She also … View full profile

Yingying is a PhD candidate in the Dementia Research Centre with research focus on Alzheimer's Disease and dementia. Her projects include rapidly identifying potential novel MND genes or pathogenic mutations of MND genes, study in functional variation of TDP-43 MND central protein, and generation of… View full profile

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Soumalya Sarkar is a PhD candidate in the Dementia Research Centre at the MQ Faculty of Medicine, Health and Human Sciences.… View full profile

Annika van Hummel completed her PhD in S100 proteins in osteoarthritis in 2014 under the supervision of Prof Hala Zreiqat and Prof Christopher Little at The University of Sydney. She then joined the Dementia Research Unit at The University of New South Wales working as a postdoctoral researcher with… View full profile

Miheer is a research scholar at the Dementia Research Centre of the Faculty of Medicine, Health and Human Sciences at Macquarie University. Miheer completed his undergraduate education at Manipal University, India and completed his post-graduate education at The Australian National University, Canbe… View full profile

Zoe completed her Bachelor of Science (neuroscience major) in 2023 at UNSW. In 2024 she completed her Honours in pharmacology, working on a project to better characterise a G protein-coupled receptor, found to be upregulated in lung cancer. This was under the supervision of Associate Professor Nicol… View full profile

Anni Su completed her Bachelor of Science in medical science and pharmacology from The University of Sydney in 2021. She then completed her Honours project in 2022 under Dr. Justin Wong, studying the role of RNA modification in breast cancer. Her interest in RNA modification led her to pursue a Mast… View full profile

Filipa is a biologist from Portugal with a Master’s degree in Marine Biology and Conservation. She has extensive experience in animal care and research, having worked at the Champalimaud Foundation with laboratory rodents in a research setting. Her background also includes working with a diverse ran… View full profile

Magdalena Przybyla is a postdoctoral fellow in the Dementia Research Centre at Macquarie University. Magdalenas research primarily focuses on identifying, and testing novel treatments for neurodegenerative diseases, as well as utilizing specific models to better understand mechanisms underlying neur… View full profile

Julia van der Hoven completed her Bachelor of Science majoring in physiology and pharmacology at The University of Sydney in 2011. In 2012, she completed her Honours project on investigating the spreading of tau protein pathology under the supervision of Prof Lars Ittner. After working in community … View full profile

Hannah is a Post Doctoral Research Fellow at The Dementia Research Centre, Macquarie University. With a academic background, Hannah holds a Bachelor’s in Medical Science (specialising in Pathology), a Master of Biotechnology and a Master of Research in Science and Engineering, specialising in Therma… View full profile

Ing Chee Wee completed her Bachelor of Science, majoring in Microbiology, Immunology, and Biochemistry, at the University of Adelaide in 2016. In 2017, she undertook an Honours project under the supervision of Professor Christopher Proud, investigating the role of MAP Kinase-Interacting Kinases in n… View full profile

I am a recent Macquarie University graduate with a Bachelor of Medical Sciences, majoring in Neuroscience. Currently, I am supporting the Drug Development team within the Dementia Research Centre to investigate how the Tau protein (MAPT), which plays a significant role in neurodegenerative diseases … View full profile

Shelly joined Dementia Research Centre as an Animal Care Taker in 2025, where she supports research and ensures the health and welfare of laboratory animals. She completed a Bachelor of Science and Bachelor of Advanced Studies (Animal and Veterinary Bioscience) in the University of Sydney in 2024, a… View full profile

Dr. Nicholas Solomon is a Post-Doctoral Drug Discovery Chemist working at the Dementia Research Centre of the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences at Macquarie University. Nicholas also completed his PhD at Macquarie University, studying the reaction mechanisms of organometallic catalysts. Presen… View full profile

Kanishka completed his PhD at Macquarie University in clinical medicine in 2022 under the supervision of A/Prof Vivek Gupta. His PhD project was determined to identify the Amyloid and Tau protein pathology in the retina in healthy and neurodegenerative disease conditions. He recently joined with Dem… View full profile

Reuben Blades is a PhD candidate in the Dementia Research Centre at the MQ Faculty of Medicine, Health and Human Sciences.… View full profile