Emily Wong

Associate Professor Emily Wong is a computational genomics researcher at the University of New South Wales (UNSW) and the Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute. She holds a PhD and MSc in Bioinformatics and Computational Genomics from the University of Sydney and a BSc from UNSW. Her work focuses on integrating big data with in vivo experiments to decipher genetic and molecular mechanisms underlying cell diversity and disease regulation.

• Education:
  • PhD (Bioinformatics & Computational Genomics), University of Sydney
  • MSc (Bioinformatics & Computational Genomics), University of Sydney
  • BSc, UNSW
• Research Focus:
  • Regulatory evolution across mammalian tissues
  • Enhancer conservation and function in development
  • Epigenomic reprogramming in disease
  • Iron homeostasis in aging and cancer
  • Cis-regulatory syntax in transcriptional precision

Her recent publications highlight cross-disciplinary approaches to understanding enhancer emergence, aging-related stem cell dynamics, and epigenetic therapy in breast cancer. She has received prestigious fellowships including an EMBO Postdoctoral Fellowship and an Australian Research Council Discovery Early Career Fellowship.