Aelon Rahmani
Research Associate in Worm Neuroscience
College of Medicine and Public Health
Aelon has dedicated more than five years toward wet laboratory work during his undergraduate and PhD, to improve knowledge about the brain and its capacity to form memory. He also supported future scientists – e.g., he mentored two undergraduate students during his PhD candidature, and performed lectures for an undergraduate neuroscience course at Flinders University (online, 2025).
He graduated with a Bachelor of Bionanotechnology (Honours) in 2020 and completed a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) on 07/10/2025 (with his graduation on 18/12/2025). His dedication to researching learning and behaviour in the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans during this five-year period, and collaborations with like-minded colleagues, led to the publication of three first-author papers. This included a research paper describing novel use of an established proteomic tool to study the nematode brain during memory formation.
Aelon has a keen interest in undertaking research projects within the neuroscience field in the future.
- Project management.
- Experiment design and execution (including time management), as well as data analysis (Cytoscape, GraphPad PRISM, MS Excel, ImageJ, Python, STRING).
- Communication and teamwork (to successfully perform experiments in a team).
- Fund management (travel grant application writing and editing, as well as budget, inventory, and invoice tracking).
- Expertise in handling microscopic animals, manually quantifying their learning capacity, and using an automated system to record and quantify behaviour.
- Proficient in many molecular biology and proteomic techniques (e.g., PCR amplification of DNA and related processes to genotype animals or clone plasmids, as well as protein extraction and processing for western blot and mass spectrometry protocols).
- Problem solving in the context of experimental, financial, and resource management.
David and Margaret Wattchow Research Travel Fund (2025)
Flinders University, SA
Description: An allowance ($1000 AUD) to present at a neuroscience conference, and provide information about current research to Flinders University.
Innovation in Research Award (2024)
Flinders University, SA
Description: Monetary prize ($100 AUD) and certificate given from a written application detailing innovations in the neuroscience field.
Best Poster Prize (2023)
Flinders University, SA
Description: Certificate from a poster presentation in December during a ‘FHMRI Neuroscience Networking Event’.
Three-Minute Thesis Prize (2022)
Flinders University, SA
Description: Monetary prize ($150 AUD) given as a third-place prize from a three-minute thesis presentation during an ‘Emerging Leaders Showcase’ event.
Trainee Merit Award (2021)
Journal of Neurochemistry, United States of America
Description: Monetary prize (up to $700 USD) given from a written application to attend a neuroscience meeting.
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