Dr Patrick Ling
Position:
- Senior Research Associate, Australian Prostate Cancer Research Centre - Queensland
- Affiliate, Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation, Queensland University of Technology
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Biography:
Dr Ling graduated with a Bachelor degree in the Department of Biochemistry at The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. He obtained his MPhil and PhD degrees in The University of Hong Kong.
In 2005, he received the Outstanding Research Postgraduate Award. He was a Postdoctoral research fellow in the Department of Anatomy at The University of Hong Kong and was promoted to Research Assistant Professor in the same department. He is currently a senior research fellow in the Institute of Health and Biomedical Science and the Australian Prostate Cancer Research Centre—Queensland.
He studies the molecular mechanisms that underlie prostate cancer development. He is also interested in investigating the application of fundamental research to the development of improved treatments for hormone-refractory prostate cancer.
alterations in chromosomes, alternative treatment, cancer initiation, exogenous factors, marker discovery, model systems, nutrition, prostate cancer, technology development, hormone refractory, DNA damage, .
