Anthony Don, BSc Hons PhD

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Affiliation(s): 

The University of Sydney; The Centenary Institute

ORCID URL: 

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1655-1184

Areas of Interest: 

lipid biochemistry, functional lipidomics, lipid homeostasis in the brain, sphingosine 1-phosphate

Biography & Research: 

I am a principal research fellow in lipid metabolism and neurochemistry at the University of Sydney and the Centenary Institute, Sydney. I graduated with my PhD in biochemistry in 2004, then carried out postdoctoral research on the lipid signalling molecule sphingosine 1-phosphate in the laboratory of Prof Hugh Rosen at the Scripps Research Institute, USA. In 2009 I established a fledgling research group at the University of New South Wales, Sydney; and moved to the University of Sydney in 2016. My research team's major interests are in lipid metabolism of the brain, particularly how brain lipid homeostasis is altered as a function of ageing and in neurodegenerative conditions; and how targeting of lipid signalling molecules such as sphingosine 1-phosphate may afford neuroprotection.