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About Us

Thomas Tang

Thomas Tang

Positions

  • PhD Candidate, APCRC-Q, IHBI, Queensland University of Technology

Contact Details

Linkedin profile
https://www.linkedin.com/in/yu-hin-tang-a88b92122/

Qualifications

BSc Hons, Biomedical Science (First Class Honours), Queensland University of Technology, 2017

BPharm. Hons, Chinese Medicine (Second Class Division One), Hong Kong Baptist University (HKBU), 2016    

Biography

Thomas completed his Bachelor of Pharmacy (Hons) in Chinese Medicine in 2016 from Hong Kong Baptist University where he studied the antimelanoma properties of parthenolide. Afterwards, he moved to Australia and started another honours degree at the Queensland University of Technology under the supervision of Dr. Brett Hollier and Dr. Marianna Volpert in 2017. He was awarded the Australian Government Research Training Program (RTP) Stipend (International) and started his PhD research project entitled: ‘Investigating the role of Neuropilin-1 in prostate and breast cancer progression” at QUT under the supervision of Dr. Brett Hollier and Dr. Marianna Volpert in 2018.

Awards and grants

Year 

Title

2018   

Australian Government Research Training Program (RTP) Stipend (International)

2017

Bachelor of Biomedical Science (First Class Honours, QUT)

Research interests

Invasion and metastasis mechanisms of prostate cancer and breast cancer.

Current research projects

Mechanism and involvement of NRP1 in prostate and breast cancer

Team

Collaborators

Prof Rik Thompson