Miss Menekse Mutlu-Smith
Senior Research Assistant
Queensland Brain Institute

Publications
Journal Articles
Zhang, Zhenyu, Carlisle, Alison K., Carter, Hamish P., Lowe, Joshua R., Mutlu-Smith, Menekse, Lee, Wendy, Leiter, Odette, Zhang, Shilong, Harding, Annie, Syed, Muhammed, Brici, David, Overall, Rupert W., Rund, Nicole, Steinhauer, Christina, Blackmore, Daniel G., Ayton, Scott, Bush, Ashley I., Chen, Ming, Kempermann, Gerd, Hou, Sheng-Tao and Walker, Tara L. (2026). Ferroptosis susceptibility in hippocampal neural precursor cells influences neurogenesis and memory across aging. Cell Stem Cell, 33 (6), 1031-1046.e8. doi: 10.1016/j.stem.2026.04.017
Velichkova, Atanaska N., Mutlu-Smith, Menekse, Hall, Amy L. and Torsney, Carole (2026). Methylglyoxal alters C-fibre activity-dependent slowing and induces heat hyperalgesia in a sex-dependent manner, in rats. PAIN Reports, 11 (3), 3. doi: 10.1097/pr9.0000000000001430
Williams, Elizabeth, Mutlu-Smith, Menekşe, Alex, Ashli, Chin, Xi Wei, Spires-Jones, Tara and Wang, Szu-Han (2023). Mid-adulthood cognitive training improves performance in a spatial task but does not ameliorate hippocampal pathology in a mouse model of Alzheimer’s disease. Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease, 93 (2), 683-704. doi: 10.3233/jad-221185
Broadbelt, Tabitha, Mutlu-Smith, Menekse, Carnicero-Senabre, Daniel, Saido, Takaomi C., Saito, Takashi and Wang, Szu-Han (2022). Impairment in novelty-promoted memory via behavioral tagging and capture before apparent memory loss in a knock-in model of Alzheimer’s disease. Scientific Reports, 12 (1) 22298. doi: 10.1038/s41598-022-26113-1