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News & Updates
Catch up on the latest news and research from the Cellular Reprogramming Unit.
Last updated 09-Jul-2025


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...
Dec 7, 2021


New publication: Editorial on advances in cell and gene therapy in treating neural diseases
In collaboration with researchers at A*Star (Singapore), Kyoto University (Japan) and University of Tasmania (Australia), the team has...
Oct 20, 2021


Research featured on news
Dr Raymond Wong was interviewed by the AZO Life Sciences News. 'Switching on' sight using gene therapy Read the article here.
Oct 20, 2021


Research featured on news
Dr Raymond Wong's research is featured on Channel 7 news. The article is also covered on >60 news websites including The West Australia...
Oct 10, 2021


Funding boost for gene therapy research to stimulate retina regeneration
Dr Raymond Wong was awarded funding support from the National Stem Cell Foundation of Australia to develop a gene therapy to stimulate...
Oct 7, 2021


New preprint: Novel method to generate neurons using biomaterial and CRISPRa
TAK1 blockade as a therapy for retinal neovascularization Fan-Li Lin, Jiang-Hui Wang, Jinying Chen, Linxin Zhu, Yu-Fan Chuang, Leilei Tu,...
Oct 7, 2021


Research featured on news
Dr Raymond Wong's research is featured on Mirage news. Switching on sight Read the article here.
Sep 29, 2021


New publication: New Eye Gene Atlas to map disease genes involved in eye disorders
In collaboration with researchers at A*Star (Singapore), the team has reported a detailed Eye Gene Atlas for human, porcine and...
Aug 5, 2021


New Member joining the lab
We welcome Khandhan Nadarajan who's joining our lab as a Masters student at University of Melbourne. Khandhan will study cell...
Jul 20, 2021


Expert opinion on news
Dr Raymond Wong provided expert opinion for a CNET news article on an optogenetic gene therapy study. Scientists partially restore blind...
May 31, 2021


New Member joining the lab
We welcome Zahra Keykhosravi who's joining our lab as a Masters student at University of Melbourne. Zahra will focuses on in silico...
Apr 7, 2021


Funding boost for gene therapy research for inherited retinal diseases
Dr Raymond Wong was awarded the CERA Innovation Fund to investigate the use of CRISPR technology to rescue inherited retinal diseases....
Jan 20, 2021


New preprint: Novel method to generate neurons using biomaterial and CRISPRa
Combinatorial application of binary colloidal crystals biomaterial and CRISPR activation system to direct pluripotent stem cell...
Dec 22, 2020


New preprint: Rapid detection of SARS-CoV-2 using LAMP
Comparative analysis of loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP)-based assays for rapid detection of SARS-CoV-2 Daniel...
Dec 22, 2020


2020 Lab X'mas lunch
I'm so proud of everyone for being so resilience during this tough year, well done guys! Let's hope 2021 will be a better year and...
Dec 18, 2020
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