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Postdoctoral Researcher, Murdoch Children's Research Institute

Dr. Yuk Jing Loke has been a part of the Early Life Epigenetics group at the Murdoch Childrens Research Institute (MCRI) and Department of Paediatrics, University of Melbourne since 2010. Since obtaining her PhD from the same group in 2014, she has been involved in many aspects of early life epigenetics studies, mainly focusing on 1) finding evidence for associations of early life environment on offspring epigenetics profile, and 2) the development of epigenetic biomarkers in child neurodevelopment. Under the leadership of A/Prof Jeff Craig, she is also expanding her research in the epigenetic analysis of AQUA study looking at the effects of maternal alcohol intake on offspring, and collaborative projects on preterm birth. Lately, she has been learning some bioinformatics and biostatistics skills from renowned bioinformaticians in MCRI to analyze current and future genome-wide data. She has also presented her published works in various conferences at national and international level.

Experience

  • 2015–present
    Postdoctoral fellow, Murdoch Children Research Institute

Education

  • 2014 
    University of Melbourne, Ph.D
  • 2009 
    Monash University, Bsc. (Hons)

Publications

  • 2015
    Association of IVF and DNA methylation in offspring, Journal of Developmental Origins of Health and Diseases (Volume 6)
  • 2013
    The Peri/Postnatal Epigenetic Twins Study (PETS), Twins Research and Human Genetics (Volume 16)
  • 2013
    Association of maternal factors and DNA methylation in offspring, Epigenetics (Volume 8)
  • 2011
    Educational Resources for Epigenetics, Epigenetics: A Reference Manual (Chapter 26)

Professional Memberships

  • Perinatal Society of Australia and New Zealand (PSANZ)
  • Society for Mental Health Research (SMHR)