Yuanyuan Deng

Yuanyuan Deng is a Research Fellow at the Macquarie Medical School Dementia Research Centre, Macquarie University. Her work centers on Alzheimer's disease pathogenesis and gene-target therapy, leveraging expertise in neurosciences and herbal medicine.

• PhD in Biomedical Science (2022), Macquarie University
• Research Master of Pharmacology, Jinan University (2013)

Research interests span neurodegenerative disease mechanisms, herbal medicine applications, brain aging, and cognitive disorders. Key subfields include:

• Amyloid and TDP-43 pathology
• Excitotoxicity and neuronal network dysfunction
• Antisense oligonucleotide therapies
• Septin proteins as therapeutic targets

Recent publications (2022-2025) focus on Alzheimer's disease, frontotemporal dementia, and motor neuron disease, with interdisciplinary links to pharmacology and molecular genetics. Awards include institutional grant support.