DrYing Zhu

Senior Lecturer

School of Electrical, Mechanical and Biomedical ENG

FUNDED RESEARCH

• Optical, plasmonic and meta-materials for biosensing and bioimaging
• Lab-on-a-chip and point-of-care devices for in-vitro diagnostics

• Circulating biomarkers for “liquid biopsy” cancer management 
• High-throughput technologies and barcode materials for biomarker and drug identification and screening
• Surface engineering with soft materials for biomedical applications

FUNDED RESEARCH

  • GRANT
    Single extracellular vesicle analysis to identify high-risk intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasm
    Pankind, The Australian Pancreatic Cancer Foundation (prev AVNER Pancreatic Cancer Foundation)1 Jan 2025 - 1 Jun 2026
    People funded by this grant:
    Early Detection Grant
  • GRANT
    Optical Metasurface for Single Small Extracellular Vesicle Analysis
    Australian Research Council1 Jan 2024 - 30 Jun 2027
    People funded by this grant:
    • Zhu Y
    ARC DECRA Scheme - (DE240100321)
  • GRANT
    A blood test for early diagnosis of pancreatic cancer by single extracellular vesicle analysis
    Pankind, The Australian Pancreatic Cancer Foundation (prev AVNER Pancreatic Cancer Foundation)1 Jan 2023 - 31 Dec 2023
    People funded by this grant:
    • Zhu Y,
    • Tran N,
    • Phillips P,
    • Mei H,
    • Sharbeen G
    Innovation Grant
  • GRANT
    Multiparameter analysis of exosomes for non-invasive early detection of pancreatic cancer using a point-of-care nanoplasmonic sensor
    Pankind, The Australian Pancreatic Cancer Foundation (prev AVNER Pancreatic Cancer Foundation)2 Nov 2020 - 30 Dec 2022
    People funded by this grant:
    • Zhu Y,
    • Li Y,
    • Phillips P,
    • Reece P
    Collaboration Grant