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News & Updates
Catch up on the latest news and research from the Cellular Reprogramming Unit.
Last updated 12-Dec-2025


Research featured on news: Unearthing answers to AMD's genetic code
A/Prof Wong's research on understanding the underlying causes of AMD was featured in news release. Unearthing answers to AMD's genetic...
May 5, 2023


New publication: Understanding the genes that contribute to AMD
A/Prof Raymond Wong's team has found the gene POLDIP2 play a role in regulating oxidative stress – a part of ageing in the macula. The...
May 1, 2023


New publication: Study of genes contributing to Age-related macular degeneration (AMD)
In collaboration with CERA scientists, the team has performed in silico study of transcriptome datasets to study genes contributing to...
May 1, 2023


New publication: Understanding the genes that contribute to AMD
A/Prof Raymond Wong's team has developed a CRISPRi system to knockdown genes in human retinal pigmented epithelial cells. Using this...
May 1, 2023


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...
May 1, 2023


New publication: New biomaterial to support cell reprogramming to generate neurons
In collaboration with researchers at Chinese Academy of Science, this study demonstrates use of colloidal self-assembled patterns (cSAPs)...
Apr 19, 2023


Research featured on news: Tackling glaucoma from all directions
A/Prof Wong's collaborative research with CERA researchers to understand how scarring forms in glaucoma surgery patients was featured in...
Mar 2, 2023


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...
Feb 9, 2023


New publication: Using nicotinamide to treat glaucoma
In collaboration with scientists Karolinska Institutet (Sweden), the team has showed that human retinal ganglion cells can directly...
Jan 24, 2023


Research featured in online video
A/Prof Wong's research was featured in online video 'CERA's cellular reprogramming research' from the Centre for Eye Research Australia....
Jan 3, 2023


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...
Nov 15, 2022


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...
Oct 11, 2022


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...
Aug 25, 2022


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...
Aug 2, 2022


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...
Aug 2, 2022
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