Neurodegenerative diseases

Principal Investigator, Dr Christy Hung, Research Fellow

Biography

Christy Hung is a Race Against Dementia Fellow and Alzheimer's Research UK Senior Fellow at 皇家华人 and the Francis Crick Institute.

Research

My research interests and expertise revolve around leveraging human induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) as a pre-clinical model to investigate the crucial role of endolysosomal dysfunction in neurodegenerative diseases.

UCL Appointments

Research Fellow
University College London, Developmental Biology & Cancer Dept

Academic Positions

Race Against Dementia Fellow
University of London, London, 2019 - present
Alzheimer's Research UK Senior Fellow
University College London, London, 2023 - present

Fields of Research

Neurosciences
Neurology and neuromuscular diseases
Protein trafficking
Biochemistry and cell biology

Recent Publications

2024

Hung C, Patani R,听,听础耻迟辞辫丑补驳测,听诲辞颈:听10.1080/15548627.2023.2300917

2023

Hung C, ,听,听Brain,听doi:听10.1093/BRAIN/AWAD370

2021

Hung C, Tuck E, Stubbs V, Van der Lee SJ, Aalfs C, Van Spaendonk R, Scheltens P, , Holstege H, ,听,听Cell Reports, doi:听10.1016/J.CELREP.2021.109259

Hung C, ,听,听Autophagy, doi:听10.1080/15548627.2021.1963630

Hung C,听,听Cell Death Discovery,听doi:听10.1038/S41420-021-00502-3

2018

Hung C, ,听,听Cell Reports, doi:听10.1016/J.CELREP.2018.11.095

2017

Hung C,听Live-Cell Imaging Reveals Tau Isoforms Imbalance Disrupts Traffic of APP Vesicles in Human Neurons,听Journal of Neuroscience, doi:听10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3688-16.2017

2016

Hung C, Coleman MP,听KIF1A mediates axonal transport of BACE1 and identification of independently moving cargoes in living SCG neurons,听Traffic, doi:听10.1111/TRA.12428