Associate ProfessorJustin Wong
Associate Professor
Faculty of Medicine and Health
- Associate ProfessorFaculty of Medicine and Health
RESEARCH INTERESTs
Dr. Justin Wong has a very strong interest in gene expression regulation. Having completed his PhD with high profile papers related to germline epimutation and cancers (New England Journal of Medicine, Cancer Cell, Gut), he has studied the role of non-coding RNA, RNA modifications and alternative splicing in normal physiology and disease. His current research topics are:
1. The mechanisms of intron retention in the development of white blood cells (Follow-up of his paper in Cell, Nature Communications, Nucleic Acids Research, Immunology).
2. The role of intron retention in acute myeloid leukaemia.
3. The role of RNA modification in white blood cell differentiation and cancer.
4. The role of RNA modification in macrophage development and function.
5. The role of RNA modification in smooth muscle cell plasticity.
FUNDED RESEARCH
- GRANTAustralian Research Council20 Feb 2026 - 19 Feb 2029People funded by this grant:
- Wong J,
- Schmitz U
- GRANTLinking altered RNA modification in untranslated regions to cancer pathogenesisNational Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC)1 Jan 2025People funded by this grant:
- Wong J,
- Sutton G
- GRANTNovel role of RNA methylation in neuronal homeostasisAustralian Research Council (ARC)9 Nov 2023 - 31 Dec 2026People funded by this grant:
- Wong J
- GRANTSenior Lecturer in CancerFaculty of Medicine and Health1 Jan 2023People funded by this grant:
- Wong J
- GRANTTargeting RNA in vascular smooth muscle cells to treat aortic aneurysmsNSW Health1 Mar 2022People funded by this grant:
- Lee Q,
- Wong J,
- Hambly B,
- Song R,
- Bannon P
- GRANTAlternative splicing: A novel target to improve outcomes in acute myeloid leukaemiaNational Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC)1 Jan 2022People funded by this grant:
- Johnstone R,
- Wong J,
- Wong A,
- Rasko J
- GRANTDeciphering the role of TET2-HDAC4 in the regulation of vascular smooth muscle plasticityNational Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC)1 Jul 2020People funded by this grant:
- Wong J,
- Liu R
- GRANTDeciphering the role of aberrant RNA modification to improve therapy of acute myeloid leukaemiaTour de Cure Ltd1 Jan 2019People funded by this grant:
- Wong J
- GRANTSOAR FellowshipDVC Research1 Jan 2019People funded by this grant:
- Wong J
- GRANTThe role of altered RNA N6-adenosine m6A methylation in acute myeloid leukaemiaCancer Council NSW1 Jan 2019People funded by this grant:
- Rasko J,
- Wong J
- GRANTDefining the role of aberrant splicing intron retention in the development and maintenance of acute myeloid leukaemiaCancer Institute NSW1 Jan 2018People funded by this grant:
- Rasko J,
- Wong J
- GRANTNational Health and Medical Research Council1 Jan 2018 - 31 Dec 2020People funded by this grant:
- Roediger B,
- Beverdam A,
- Wong J,
- Gros GL,
- Wilkins M
- GRANTDeciphering the role of DNA methylation in the regulation of alternative splicingNational Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC)1 Jan 2017 - 31 Dec 2020People funded by this grant:
- Wong J,
- Rasko J,
- Lister R
- GRANTNational Health and Medical Research Council1 Jan 2017 - 31 Dec 2019People funded by this grant:
- Wong J
- GRANTNational Health and Medical Research Council1 Jan 2017 - 31 Dec 2021People funded by this grant:
- Rasko J,
- Wong J
- GRANTInvestigating widespread regulation of gene expression through intron retentionNational Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC)1 Jan 2015 - 31 Dec 2017People funded by this grant:
- Ritchie W,
- Rasko J,
- Wong J
- GRANTLinking mutations and epigenetic silencing ofsplicing factors to aberrant splicing in acutemyeloid leukaemiaCancer Institute NSW1 Jan 2014People funded by this grant:
- Wong J
