Ye Hong

Ye Hong is a Project Researcher at Åbo Akademi University's Faculty of Natural Sciences and Technology, affiliated with the Turku Life Sciences Centre and the InFLAMES flagship program focused on immune system innovation ecosystems. Their research bridges computational biology and neurodegenerative disease studies.

Key research interests include:

• Phosphoproteomic analysis of signaling pathways
• Proteostasis regulation in Parkinson's disease
• Zebrafish larvae as model organisms for anxiety studies
• Development of automated bioinformatics pipelines
• Identification of Parkinson's disease diagnostic biomarkers
• Functional analysis of LRRK2-G2019S mutations

Recent work demonstrates expertise in combining mass spectrometry with computational workflows to analyze protein phosphorylation patterns and translational repression in neurodegenerative contexts.

Award highlights:

• Nordic Life Sciences Days prize (2019)