Siu Ying Wong

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PhD Student
Involved in projects
Chemical compass
Spin relaxation in proteins
Vision-based animal magnetoreception
RF effects on radical pair mechanics

Supervisor: Prof. Peter Hore (University of Oxford), co-supervised by Prof. Ilia Solov’yov

Universität Oldenburg
Institut für Physik
Carl-von-Ossietzky-Str. 9-11
26129 Oldenburg, Germany

Room: W16A 1-119
Email: siu.ying.wong@uol.de

Education:
Oct 2015 - Jul 2019 MChem Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, University of Oxford

Current Research:
Spin Dynamics Simulations of Cryptochrome-based Radical Pairs
Developing new spin dynamics simulation techniques to aid the design of behavioural experiments

Previous Research:
Phase Behaviour of 2D Colloidal Systems Using a Repulsive Optical Landscape
(Master Project, Aarts Group, Department of Chemistry, University of Oxford)

Publications

The Effect of Spin Relaxation on Magnetic Compass Sensitivity in ErCry4a, Gesa Grüning, Luca Gerhards, Siu Ying Wong, Daniel R. Kattnig, Ilia A. Solov'yov, ChemPhysChem, e202400129, 1-14, (2024)
The Transition of Photoreceptor Guanylate Cyclase Type 1 to the Active State, Manisha Kumari Shahu, Fabian Schuhmann, Siu Ying Wong, Ilia A. Solov'yov, Karl-Wilhelm Koch, Biochemistry, 63, 2131-2140, (2024)
Magnetic field effects on radical pair reactions: estimation of B1/2 for flavin-tryptophan radical pairs in cryptochromes, Siu Ying Wong, Philip Benjamin, P. J. Hore, Physical Chemistry - Chemical Physics, 25, 975-982, (2023)
Upper bound for broadband radiofrequency field disruption of magnetic compass orientation in night-migratory songbirds, Bo Leberecht, Siu Ying Wong, Baladev Satish, Sara Döge, Jakob Hindman, Lalitha Venkatraman, Shambhavi Apte, Katrin Haase, Isabelle Musielak, Glen Dautaj, Ilia A. Solov'yov, Michael Winklhofer, Henrik Mouritsen, P. J. Hore, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA, 120, e2301153120, (2023)
Broadband 75-85 MHz radiofrequency fields disrupt magnetic compass orientation in night-migratory songbirds consistent with a flavin-based radical pair magnetoreceptor, Bo Leberecht, Dmitry Kobylkov, Thiemo Karwinkel, Sara Döge, Lars Burnus, Siu Ying Wong, Shambhavi Apte, Katrin Haase, Isabelle Musielak, Raisa Chetverikova, Glen Dautaj, Marco Bassetto, Michael Winklhofer, P. J. Hore, Henrik Mouritsen, Journal of Comparative Physiology A, 208, 97-106, (2022)