News & Updates

Catch up on the latest news and research from the Cellular Reprogramming Unit.

Funding boost to advance gene therapy to stimulate retinal regeneration

Associate Professor Raymond Wong was awarded funding support from the Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF) Stem Cell Therapies Mission to...

New publication: Study of genes contributing to age-related macular degeneration

A/Prof Wong's team has used CRISPRi technology to study the function of gene contributing to AMD patholobiology. Development of a CRISPRi...

Funding boost for international collaboration between Japan and Australia

A/Prof Raymond Wong was jointly awarded the JSPS-University of Melbourne Open Partnership Joint Research Projects grant to strengthen a...

Boost for international collaboration between Japan and Australia

A/Prof Raymond Wong was jointly awarded the RIKEN-University of Melbourne collaborative project grant to initiate a collaborative stem...

New Member joining the lab

We welcome Shannon Mendez Ruiz who's joining our lab as a Research Assistant. Shannon will help advance our research on using stem cells...

New publication: Study of genes contributing to diabetic retinopathy

In collaboration with CERA scientists, the team has performed in silico study of transcriptome datasets to study genes contributing to...

Funding boost for gene therapy to promote retinal regeneration

Associate Professor Raymond Wong was awarded funding support from the Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF) CUREator grant to develop...

New preprint: Using CRISPR to study genes contributing to age-related macular degeneration

Knockout of AMD-associated gene POLDIP2 reduces mitochondrial superoxide in human retinal pigment epithelial cells Tu Nguyen, Daniel...

New publication: AAV Gene therapy for Bietti crystalline dystrophy

The team has tested the use of Adeno-associated viruses (AAV) as a gene therapy for Bietti crystalline dystrophy in cell models in the...

New publication: New therapeutics target for retinal angiogenesis

In collaboration with CERA scientists, the team has reported microRNA-143 as a potential therapeutic target to attenuate retinal...

New publication: Improved method to generate neurons using CRISPRa technology and novel biomaterial

In collaboration with scientists from the Chinese Academy of Science, the team has reported an improved method to generate neurons from...

New publication: Rapid testing of COVID19 using LAMP assay

The team has tested the use of LAMP assay for rapid detection of SARS-CoV-2 - it's simple, cheap and highly sensitive, supporting the use...

New publication: Human platelet lysate regulates metabolism and functions of mesenchymal stem cells

In collaboration with researchers at Chinese Academy of Science, this study demonstrates the molecular mechanism of human platelet lysate...

New publication: Editorial on current advances in somatic cell gene editing for treating diseases

In collaboration with researchers at Yat-sen University (China), East China Normal University (China) and University of Porto (Portugal),...

Funding boost for regenerative research for Leber's Hereditary Optic Neuropathy

Dr Raymond Wong was awarded funding support from the Mito Foundation to develop new regenerative approach to treat Leber's Hereditary...