Xuan Ling Hilary Yong

Education
Diploma in Biotechnology
Temasek Polytechnic, Singapore (2011)

Bachelor of Science 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 - 2019)
Queensland Brain Institute, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia

PhD Candidate (2019 - 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

2019 - PhD Scholarship (Research Training Program Stipend by the Australian Government)

2020 - Ian Lindenmayer PhD Top-Up Scholarship

Presentations
  • Asia-Pacific Combined Dermatology Research Conference, Noosa, 2016. (Poster)
  • 38th Australasian Neuroscience Society Annual Meeting, Brisbane, 2018.
  • 39th Australasian Neuroscience Society Annual Meeting, Adelaide, 2019.

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 (2017) GSTP1 does not modify MC1R effects on melanoma risk. Experimental Dermatology 26, 730-733.
  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 390, 305-310.
  4. Chhabra Y, Yong HXL, Fane ME, Soogrim A, Lim W, Mahaudin DN, Kim RSQ, Ashcroft M, Beatson SA, Ainger SA, Smit D, Jagirdar K, Sturm RA, Smith AG (2018) Genetic variation in IRF4 expression modulates growth characteristics, tyrosinase expression and interferon-gamma responses in melanocytic cells. Pigment Cell & Melanoma Research 31, 51-63.
  5. 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.
  6. 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 (2019) NFIX-mediated inhibition of neuroblast branching regulates migration within the adult mouse ventricular-subventricular zone. Cerebral Cortex 29, 3590-3604.
  7. Vieira M, Yong XLH, Roche KW, Anggono V (2020) Regulation of NMDA glutamate receptor functions by the GluN2 subunits. Journal of Neurochemistry 154, 121-143.
  8. Yong XLH, Cousin MA, Anggono V (2020) PICK1 controls activity-dependent synaptic vesicle cargo retrieval. Cell Reports 33, 108312.
  9. Yong XLH, Zhang L, Yang L, Chen X, Yu X, Chandra M, Livingstone E, Tan JZA, Widagdo J, Vieira M, 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. bioRxiv (pre-print).