Tony Cook

Associate Professor Tony Cook is a Lecturer in Dementia at the Wicking Dementia Research and Education Centre, University of Tasmania. He holds a PhD in Genetics from the University of Queensland (2004) and has led academic positions since 2009.

• Academic Focus: Development of pluripotent stem cell cultures and CRISPR/Cas gene editing to study neurogenetic diseases
• Key Research Areas: ALS gene-environment interactions, axon degeneration mechanisms, childhood dementia, blood-brain barrier dysfunction

His recent publications focus on:

• CLN3 disease pathogenesis using iPSC models
• HDAC6 inhibition for neuroprotection in ALS
• Machine learning analysis of glaucoma gene networks
• Pericyte-microglia interactions in Alzheimer's disease