Xuan Ling Hilary Yong

Education
Diploma in Biotechnology
Temasek Polytechnic, Singapore (2011)

BSc in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
University of Queensland, Australia (2012)

Master of Molecular Biology (Advanced)
University of Queensland, Australia (2014)

Positions
Research Assistant (2011 - 2012)
Temasek Polytechnic, Singapore.

Research Assistant (2015 - 2016)
Translational Research Institute, Brisbane.

Research Assistant (2017 - present)
Queensland Brain Institute, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia

Honours & Awards
2013 - Summer Research Scholarship, Institute for Molecular Bioscience, The University of Queensland

2014 - Dean's Commendation for Academic Excellence, The University of Queensland

2015 - Master of Molecular Biology and Master of Bioinformatics Prize, The University of Queensland

Presentation
  • Asia-Pacific Combined Dermatology Research Conference, Noosa, 2016. (Poster)

Publications
  1. Ainger SA, Yong XL, Wong SS, Skalamera D, Gabrielli B, Leonard JH, Sturm RA (2014) DCT protects human melanocytic cells from UVR and ROS damage and increases cell viability. Experimental Dermatology 23, 916-921.
  2. Daley GM, Duffy DL, Pflugfelder A, Jagirdar K, Lee KJ, Yong XL, Eigentler TK, Weide B, Smithers BM, Martin NG, Garbe C, Soyer HP, Sturm RA (2016) GSTP1 does not modify MC1R effects on melanoma risk. Experimental Dermatology. DOI:10.1111/exd.13114.
  3. Ainger SA, Yong XL, Soyer HP, Sturm RA (2017) Testing of viable human skin cell dilution cultures as an approach to validating microsampling. Archives of Dermatological Research 309, 305-310.
  4. Zhu T, Yong XLH, Xia D, Widagdo J, Anggono V (2018) Ubiquitination mediates proteasomal degradation and nuclear translocation of the fat mass and obesity-associated (FTO) protein. Journal of Molecular Biology 430, 363-371.
  5. Zalucki O, Harris L, Harvey TJ, Harkins D, Widagdo J, Oishi S, Matuzelski E, Yong XLH, Schmidt H, Anggono V, Burne THJ, Gronostajski RM, Piper M (2018) NFIX-mediated inhibition of neuroblast branching regulates migration within the adult mouse ventricular-subventricular zone. Cerebral Cortex (Accepted 27 August 2018) – In Press.