Victor Anggono

Victor Anggono is a neurochemist/neuronal cell biologist with an established track record in studying the molecular and cellular mechanisms of synaptic plasticity, focusing on the regulation of neuronal trafficking at the pre- and post-synaptic compartments. He received his PhD from the University of Sydney in 2007. Supported by an NHMRC CJ Martin and a Human Frontiers Long-term Fellowships, he subsequently conducted postdoctoral training at the Department of Neuroscience at Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, USA). Victor returned to Australia in 2012 and established an independent research laboratory at the Queensland Brain Institute, The University of Queensland in 2014. He is currently an Associate Professor (supported by an ARC Future Fellowship) and leads a team of 10 researchers. Victor has published more than 60 papers in leading journals, including Nature Neuroscience, Nature Communications, PNAS, Cell Reports and Journal of Neuroscience. His work has received 7 recommendations from the Faculty Opinions and attracted over 4,900 citations (Google Scholar). Victor was awarded the Boomerang Award (Australian Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, 2011) and the Young Scientist Award (Federation of Asian and Oceanian Biochemists and Molecular Biologists, 2015) for his research excellence. He has an excellent track record of mentoring, with two of his first postdoctoral fellows being funded by ARC DECRAs. He has supervised 6 PhD and 6 Honours students to completion. Neuronal Trafficking: The molecular basis of vesicles and receptors transports between sub-cellular compartments essential for neuronal communications, learning and memory. Neuroepigenetics: The molecular mechanisms underlying activity-dependent gene transcription in synaptic plasticity, a cellular correlate of learning and memory.

[2026] Photocaged oxytocin and vasopressin probes to decipher neuropeptide signalling with high spatiotemporal resolution. Raabe, Konstantin, Kalaba, Predrag, Yong, Xuan Ling Hilary, Crudeli, Greta, Melzer, Sarah, Keimpema, Erik, Anggono, Victor and Muttenthaler, Markus (2026). Photocaged oxytocin and vasopressin probes to decipher neuropeptide signalling with high spatiotemporal resolution. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 65 (22) e13373. doi: 10.1002/anie.202513373 [2025] Summary-data-based Mendelian randomization analysis identifies nominal evidence for association of N6-methyladenosine genetic variation with Alzheimer’s disease. Rahman, Md Rezanur, Yang, Yuanhao, Gratten, Jacob, Anggono, Victor and Widagdo, Jocelyn (2025). Summary-data-based Mendelian randomization analysis ide