New Faculty in NUIN

Yvette Wong, PhD

Yvette Wong is a neuroscientist working on organelle dynamics in cellular neuroscience and neurodegeneration. Her research program focuses on investigating real-time dynamics of organelles such as mitochondria and lysosomes using advanced microscopy techniques to elucidate their roles in neuronal homeostasis and neurodegenerative diseases such as Parkinson’s, Alzheimer’s and Charcot-Marie Tooth. She recently identified mitochondria-lysosome contact sites as an important pathway for organelle crosstalk which are misregulated in various neurological disorders. Her current research uses super-resolution and live-cell microscopy techniques in human cell lines and disease models to identify novel functions/regulations of mitochondria-lysosome contacts.