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Associate Professor
The University of Western Australia (M310), 35 Stirling Highway,
6009 Perth
Australia
Dr Chooi (PhD, Applied Biology and Biotechnology) worked at University of California, Los Angeles (2009-2013) focusing on the molecular genetic and biochemical basis of secondary metabolite biosynthesis in fungi. He moved to the Research School of Biology at the Australian National University in 2013 after winning a prestigious ARC Discovery Early Career Researcher Award (DECRA). In 2015, he joined the faculty at The University of Western Australia and took up a lectureship in the School of Chemistry & Biochemistry. His current research is focusing on secondary metabolite biosynthesis of fungi, understanding secondary metabolite roles in plant and animal fungal disease development, enzyme and drug discovery by genome mining. His work spans the field of genomics and genetics, synthetic biology, chemical biology and natural product chemistry. In 2016, Dr Chooi was awarded the prestigious ARC Future Fellowship to continue his research in this exciting interdisciplinary field.
ARC Discovery Project (2020-2023) - Fungal Ribosomally Synthesised and Post-translationally Modified Peptides, Chooi, Y-H, Solomon, PS
Cooperative Research Centre Projects CRC-P (2018-2021) - BioAustralis: Towards the Future, Lacey, E; Page, S; Piggott, AP; Chooi, Y-H
ARC Discovery Project (2017-2019) - Two new phytotoxins in Septoria nodorum blotch: Biosynthesis and functions, Chooi, Y-H, Solomon, PS
ARC Future Fellowship (2016-2019) - Uncovering the Hidden Secondary Metabolite Biosynthetic Potential of Fungi, Chooi, Y-H
ARC Discovery Early Career Researcher Award (DECRA) (2013-2015) - A Synthetic Biology Approach for Mining the Secondary Metabolomes of Fungal Phytopathogens, Chooi, Y-H
- Secondary metabolite biosynthesis
- Genome mining of bioactive natural products
- Fungal pathogen-host interactions
- Synthetic biology of antibiotic production
- Biocalytic enzyme discovery
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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Chooi, H., Vrielink, A., Stewart, S., Calcott, M. & Ackerley, D.
30/06/23 → 30/06/26
Project: Research
Fritz, G., Low, P., Swaminatha Iyer, K., Chooi, H., Euler, C., Koutsantonis, G., Taylor, N. & Joshi, J.
1/06/23 → 1/06/27
Project: Research
Bond, C., Vrielink, A., Fox, A., Stubbs, K., Kahler, C., Smith, N., Kretzmann, J., Marshall, A., Evans, C., Smithers, L., Debowski, A., Bzdyl, N., Chooi, H., Fritz, G., Small, I., Lesterhuis, W., Sarkar-Tyson, M. & Piggott, M.
National Health & Medical Research Council NHMRC
31/03/23 → 31/10/24
Project: Research
Bond, C., Vrielink, A., Fox, A., Stubbs, K., Kahler, C., Smith, N., Kretzmann, J., Evans, C., Marshall, A., Smithers, L., Debowski, A., Bzdyl, N., Chooi, H., Fritz, G., Small, I., Lesterhuis, W., Piggott, M. & Sarkar-Tyson, M.
National Health & Medical Research Council NHMRC
31/03/23 → 31/10/24
Project: Research
Chooi, H., Piggott, A. & Lacey, E.
11/05/22 → 10/05/25
Project: Research
Georg Fritz, Peter Arthur, Monika Murcha, Ian Small & Heng Chooi 1/08/22 → … |
Course
Georg Fritz, Heng Chooi, Ryan Lister & Ian Small 27/07/20 → … |
Course
Georg Fritz, Paul Low, Heng Chooi, Killugudi Swaminatha Iyer, Nic Taylor, George Koutsantonis & Jitendra Joshi
8/02/23
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Press / Media
George Koutsantonis, Karol Miller, Michael Giudici, Hans Lambers, Sergei M. Kuzenko, Martin Saunders, Sally Thompson, Conleth O'Loughlin, Mariusz Martyniuk, Patrick Finnegan, Adam Wittek, Britta Bienen, Scott Stewart, Alice Vrielink, Bryan Boruff, Vince Wallace, Barbara Nattabi, Reto Dorta, Evgeny Buchbinder, Yit-Heng Chooi, Kosala Ranathunge, Glenn C. Savage & Richard Vokes
29/11/22
2 items of Media coverage
Press/Media: Press / Media
Gilberto A. Umana-Membreno, Michael Tobar, Gavin Flematti, Keith Stubbs, Sally Thompson, Mariusz Martyniuk, Matthias Leopold, Paul Low, Jason Beringer, Yit-Heng Chooi, Rob Atkin & Andrew C Marshall
11/01/21 → 12/01/21
2 items of Media coverage
Press/Media: Press / Media