The Australian Research Council (ARC) has awarded prestigious Future Fellowships to two researchers from La Trobe University.
Federal Minister for Education and Training Alan Tudge today announced researchers Dr Yuning Hong and Adjunct Professor Michael Livingston have received ARC Future Fellowships. The Fellowships provide funding to outstanding mid-career researchers to support their work in areas of critical national importance.
La Trobe Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research and Industry Engagement) Professor Susan Dodds congratulated the new Fellows.
“The work enabled by this important funding will advance our understanding of both neurogenerative diseases and alcohol consumption, improving lives and health outcomes for many in our communities.”
Dr Yuning Hong – Multi-functional probes for global analysis of proteome stress in cells, $935,657 over four years
Dr Hong, based in the La Trobe Institute for Molecular Science (LIMS), and her team aim to create a suite of multi-functional chemical probes to identify damaged proteins that undergo unfolding or specific modifications in cells under pharmacological stress. The novel chemical probes will enable proteins and protein networks to be more easily identified in complex cellular environments.
