Contact

Email

nyoung@unimelb.edu.au

Credentials

Position
Principal Research Fellow
Melbourne Veterinary School
Education
PhD
University of Tasmania
Bachelors Degree (Honours)
James Cook University of North Queensland
Associate Diploma
Central Queensland University
ORCID

0000-0001-8756-229X

A/Prof Neil Young

Principal Research Fellow
Melbourne Veterinary School
211 Scholarly works
16 Projects

HIGHLIGHTS

  • 2023

    Research grants (ARC, NHMRC, MRFF)

    Using 'Omic and Digital Technologies Toward Better Fasciolosis Control
  • 2023

    Research grants (ARC, NHMRC, MRFF)

    Cracking the Code of Snails to Elucidate Parasite Disease Transmission
  • 2019

    Research Grant

    Next-Generation Genomic Resources to Tackle Parasitic Diseases of Animals
  • 2019

    Journal article

    Long-read sequencing reveals a 4.4 kb tandem repeat region in the mitogenome of Echinococcus granulosus (sensu stricto) genotype G1
    DOI: 10.1186/s13071-019-3492-x
  • 2019

    Journal article

    Common workflow language (CWL)-based software pipeline for de novo genome assembly from long- and short-read data
    DOI: 10.1093/gigascience/giz014
  • 2019

    Journal article

    An Evaluation of Machine Learning Approaches for the Prediction of Essential Genes in Eukaryotes Using Protein Sequence-Derived Features
    DOI: 10.1016/j.csbj.2019.05.008
  • 2016

    Journal article

    Making sense of genomes of parasitic worms: Tackling bioinformatic challenges
    DOI: 10.1016/j.biotechadv.2016.03.001
Neil Young

Latest Honours,
Awards and Fellowships

2014
Postdoctoral researcher oral presentation award at the Anniversary (50th) Conference of the Australian Society of Parasitology (ASP), Canberra, Austra Australian Society for Parasitology
2014
CASS Travel Grant Contributing to Australian Scholarship and Science (CASS)
2009
Endeavour Research Fellowship (Awardee ID number 1511_2010) Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations
2009
Rob Lewis medal for excellence in postgraduate research University of Tasmania

RECENT SCHOLARLY WORKS