Dr Yue Yang

Dr Yue Yang, Postdoctoral Reseacher, The University of Sydney.

Yue graduated with a bachelor and master degree of clinical medicine (7-year program), and has completed 2 years of residential training. She received her PhD degree at University of New South Wales, assessing neuronal senescence in ageing and age-related neurodegenerative diseases, including AD, PD, DLB, and MSA. Her major research interest is in sleep disorders at risk for neurodegenerative diseases, AD, PD, DLB, and development of biomarkers. She is currently working on understanding changes in biofluid profile to develop biomarkers for sleep disorders and neurodegenerative diseases.

Forefront Group: DAMB Lab and CogSleep

  • BMC Biomarkers Research Group
  • CRE CogSleep Group

Expertise:

  • Neuropathology
  • Tissue imaging
  • Biomarkers

Affiliate Organisations

University of Sydney

Neurodegeneration of interest:

Sleep disorders, AD, PD, DLB, Ageing

Specific Skills:

  • Neuropathology
  • Tissue imaging
  • Flow cytometry
  • Immunoassay
  • Tissue culture