Wei Deng
Department of Physics and Astronomy
Macquarie University
Australia
Biography
Dr. Wei Deng obtained PhD degree in Materials Science in 2011. Her PhD work was about applications of plasmonic nanoparticles (silver and gold) in biological fields such as immunoassays and bio-imaging. Dr. Deng was awarded an ARC DECRA funding in 2012 and started her research work with Prof. Ewa Goldys in Physics Department at Macquarie University from 2013. Her project mainly focused on in vitro and in vivo gene modulation using a nanoparticle-based light source. Her current research interests involve bioconjugation of nanoparticles, intracellular nanoparticle delivery, gene silencing and PDT treatment of cancer cells
Research Interest
• Leadership • Teams • Employee attitudes and performance
Publications
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Muotri AR, Chu VT, Marchetto MC, Deng W. Somatic mosaicism in neuronal precursor cells mediated by L1 retrotransposition. nature. 2005 Jun 16;435(7044):903.
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Deng W, Aimone JB, Gage FH. New neurons and new memories: how does adult hippocampal neurogenesis affect learning and memory?. Nature reviews. Neuroscience. 2010 May;11(5):339.
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Zhao C, Deng W, Gage FH. Mechanisms and functional implications of adult neurogenesis. Cell. 2008 Feb 22;132(4):645-60.
