Jing Zhi (Anson) Tan

Education
Diploma in Biotechnology 
Singapore Polytechnic, Singapore (2009)

Bachelor of Science (Hons I) in Biomedical Science
University of Melbourne, Australia (2013)

Doctor of Philosophy
University of Melbourne, Australia (2018)

Positions
Senior Research Assistant (2018)
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Melbourne, Australia

Postdoctoral Fellow (2019)
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Melbourne, Australia

Postdoctoral Fellow (2020 - present)
Queensland Brain Institute, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia

Honours & Awards
2012 - Certificate of Merit in level 300 for finishing third in overall ranking in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology major, University of Melbourne

2012 - Dean’s Honour List in Bachelor of Science, Level 300, University of Melbourne

2013 - Frances Elizabeth Thomson Honours Scholarship, University of Melbourne

2014 - Melbourne International Research Scholarship, University of Melbourne

2015 - Best Poster Award, COMBIO 2015, Australian Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

2017 - Graduate Student Travel Award, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Melbourne

Presentations
  • Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Graduate Retreat, University of Melbourne (2014, 2015 and 2016).
  • COMBIO 2016, Australian Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Brisbane, 2016.
  • Gordon Research Conference on Molecular Membrane Biology, Andover, NH, USA, 2017 (poster).
  • Bio21 Institute, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, 2018.
  • Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, A*Star, Singapore, 2019.
  • ​Clem Jones Centre for Ageing Dementia Research Forum, ​Queensland Brain Institute, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, 2020.

Publications
  1. ​Toh WH, Tan JZ, Zulkefli KL, Houghton FJ, Gleeson PA (2017). Amyloid precursor protein traffics from the Golgi directly to early endosomes in an Arl5b- and AP4-dependent pathway. Traffic 18,159-175.
  2. Tan JZA, Gleeson PA (2019) The trans-Golgi network is a major site for α-secretase processing of amyloid precursor protein in primary neurons. Journal of Biological Chemistry 294,1618-1631.
  3. Tan JZA, Gleeson PA (2019) The role of membrane trafficking in the processing of amyloid precursor protein and production of amyloid peptides in Alzheimer's disease. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Biomembranes 1861, 697-712.
  4. Tan JZA, Gleeson PA (2019) Cargo sorting at the trans-Golgi network for shunting into specific transport routes: Role of Arf small G proteins and adaptor complexes. Cells 8, E531.
  5. Tan JZA, Fourriere L, Wang J, Perez F, Boncompain G, Gleeson PA (2020) Distinct anterograde trafficking pathways of BACE1 and amyloid precursor protein from the TGN and the regulation of amyloid-β production. Molecular Biology of the Cell 31, 27-44.
  6. Yong XLH, Zhang L, Yang L, Chen X, Tan JZA, Yu X, Chandra M, Livingstone E, Widagdo J, Vieira MM, Roche KW, Lynch JW, Keramidas A, Collins BM, Anggono V (2021) Regulation of NMDA receptor trafficking and gating by activity-dependent CaMKIIα phosphorylation of the GluN2A subunit. Cell Reports 36, 109338.