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Congratulations to Stephanie Adler, last year's honours student, who graduated today with the University Medal and First Class Honours! We are incredibly proud of her for receiving this award, which is a well-deserved recognition of the countless hours and effort she has put in over the past year. We are delighted that Steph is continuing with us as a research assistant in the laboratory.

We are thrilled to announce that our lab head, Dr. Justin Wong, has been awarded funding from Cancer Council NSW! This grant will support research focused on targeting RNA to prevent severe inflammation in metabolic dysfunction-associated fatty liver disease and its progression to cancer. We are extremely proud of Justin's accomplishments!

We are excited to welcome Mioh, our new Honours Student for 2026, to the EpiRNA lab!

We are thrilled to announce that Jessica Tieng, our Research Assistant, has been awarded the Charles Perkins Centre Professional Staff Prize! She was nominated within the Charles Perkins Centre with the following description: “A highly-skilled and generous Research Assistant, Jessica actively supports multiple research groups and core facilities, sharing her expertise in molecular biology and sequencing to overcome technical hurdles and accelerate project outcomes. Through he

Congratulations to Jess who won a poster prize at the EMBO: The Epitranscriptome conference held in Heidelberg!

Congratulations to our Masters student Anni Su (2023-2024) for completing her Masters degree!

Wishing Sara and Steph, our Honours students for 2025, a warm welcome to the EpiRNA lab!

Our work on the role of VIRMA in breast cancer is finally published! Congrats to the hardworking RAs and students!

Many congratulations to our lab head Dr. Justin Wong who successfully obtained two grants last month!! His grant with NHMRC will provide much needed research into acute myeloid leukaemia, whereas his grant with the NSW Government's Cardiovascular Research Capacity Program will explore more into the role of RNA modifying proteins in cardiovascular disease! The lab is incredibly proud of what Justin has achieved!

Congratulations to Ms. Emilie Wong who has graduated with a first class honours earlier this month! We are very proud of what you have achieved in the past year that you have been with us! We wish you all the best as you continue to embark on a scientific career!

Congratulations to Dr. Alex Wong and Mr. Immanuel Green on graduating with a Doctor of Philosophy and Master of Philosophy respectively last week! Completing a doctorate or master degree by research is by no means a small feat, especially during the COVID-19 period! We are all incredibly proud of what you both have achieved!

Congratulations to Natalia Pinello and Immanuel Green for bagging both the Axel Ullrich Award and the Centenary Student Paper Award announced at that Centenary Year End Symposium. First time in history that students won both awards in a calendar year. Well done!

Heartiest congratulations to Dr Alex Wong for being awarded a PhD degree! Very proud of your achievements!

A brilliant effort by Immanuel in getting his Honours project published in NAR. Thanks to all our collaborators who contributed as well....

Congratulations to Natalia who presented a super engaging talk on the "Role of RNA Modifications in haematopoiesis and leukaemia." Her...

Justin presented an excellent presentation as the invited keynote speaker for the Joint Post-Graduate and ECR Cancer Network Symposium,...

Our biggest congratulations given to both Quintin Lee and Natalia Pinello being recognised at the annual Centenary Symposium! Quintin Lee...

Over the weekend, Alex Wong, a 3rd Year PhD student was invited to do a poster presentation at the 15th Australia-China Symposium in...

Congratulations to Vu Phan, this years Honours student for completing his Honours project - submitting both his Honours thesis and...

Congratulations to our PhD student, Immanuel Green, who has received a travel award from FASEB to present his work on intron retention in...