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Researcher profile: Associate Professor Steven Zuryn

Associate Professor Steven Zuryn leads QBI's epigenetics and mitochondrial biology lab, which explores the role and impact of mitochondrial dysfunction in neurodegenerative diseases. He is also one of the chief investigators in the new NHMRC-funded Centre of Research Excellence in Mechanisms in Neurodegeneration – Alzheimer’s Disease

Podcast: The science of staying young

Dr Anne Hahn discusses her recent discovery of a gene that regulates the inheritance of disease-causing mutations.

UQ granted $6 million for two new Centres of Research Excellence

Published on: 30 August 2024

University of Queensland researchers have received two $3 million grants from the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) to accelerate knowledge and treatment of Alzheimer’s disease, and to improve gynaecological cancer treatment.

The changes to cell DNA that could revolutionise disease prevention

Published on: 22 August 2024

Dr Anne Hahn and Associate Professor Steven Zuryn have discovered a mechanism in DNA that regulates how disease-causing mutations are inherited, providing a promising therapeutic avenue to stop the onset of heritable and age-related diseases.

Stafford Fox Medical Research Foundation

Cell protein discovery points to healthier ageing

Published on: 18 July 2023

Associate Professor Steven Zuryn and Dr Michael Dai at the Queensland Brain Institute have discovered that a protein called ATSF-1 controls a fine balance between the creation of new mitochondria and the repair of damaged mitochondria.

A ‘’perfect storm’’ of genetic mutations, toxic proteins and a defect in natural cell recycling could lead to treatments for neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s.

'Perfect storm' linked to neurodegenerative disease

Published on: 8 July 2021

A ‘’perfect storm’’ of genetic mutations, toxic proteins and a defect in natural cell recycling could lead to treatments for neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s.

C. elegans were used to express the patterns of microRNAs (miRNAs).

Mapping genetic roles to understand human development

Published on: 22 April 2021

Researchers are a step closer to unravelling the role of small nucleic acid fragments found in each of our cells.

Podcast: Why making sense of nature matters to your health

We talk to Professor Massimo Hilliard and Dr Steven Zuryn about the importance of fundamental science – what it is and why it is critical for generating discoveries that may have huge impacts to your health.

Research from UQ’s Queensland Brain Institute (QBI) found that the protein – tau – impairs the ability of neurons to recycle and remove damaged mitochondria from the cell.

How an Alzheimer’s protein impairs brain cells

Published on: 9 January 2019

Scientists have shed more light on the way a key toxic protein in Alzheimer’s disease damages brain cells.