Lezanne Ooi
- Professor
- University of Wollongong
Lezanne Ooi is an Australian neuroscientist who is Professor and Head of Neurodevelopment at the University of Wollongong. Her research considers the development of cellular imaging techniques to understand neurodegenerative disease.
In 2012, Ooi joined the University of Wollongong as a professor of neuroscience. Her lab has characterised over 100 induced pluripotent stem cell lines. She has studied various neurological conditions, including motor neuron diseases and vanishing white matter disease, a form of leukodystrophy. She studied how COVID-19 impacted the likelihood of contracting dementia.
In 2022, Ooi was awarded funding from the Michael J. Fox Foundation to study Parkinson’s disease. Her research considers the neuronal changes that place during neurodegenerative disease. She believes that Parkinson’s causes changes in cell lipids and metabolites; which could be used as biomarkers of disease.
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