News & Updates

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

Last updated 02-Jul-2024

Dec 18, 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 7, 2020

New publication: New technologies to study AMD

New technologies to study functional genomics of age-related macular degeneration Tu Nguyen, Daniel Urrutia-Cabrera, Roxanne Hsiang-Chi...

Nov 27, 2020

Congratulations to Santiago, Sean and Aleja for finishing their Masters!

Big congratulations to Santiago, Sean and Aleja for completion of their Masters studies! We will miss you all and all the best for your...

Nov 1, 2020

Funding boost to develop regenerative therapy for retinitis pigmentosa

Dr Raymond Wong has received philanthropic support from the Estate of Elizabeth "Betty" Mary Gibson and Vision Australia to support...

Oct 1, 2020

Boost for international collaboration - Bonn International Fellowship

Dr Raymond Wong was awarded the Bonn International Fellowship to lead a collaborative stem cell research program with the University of...

Sep 10, 2020

New publication: Using CRISPR for gene editing in retina

Comparison of CRISPR/Cas Endonucleases for in vivo Retinal Gene Editing Fan Li, Kristof Wing, Jiang-Hui Wang, Chi D. Luu, James A....

Jul 11, 2020

New preprint: New CRISPRi system to study AMD gene in retinal pigmented epithelial cells

Functional study of the AMD-associated gene TMEM97 in retinal pigmented epithelium using CRISPR interference Jiang-Hui Wang, Daniel...

Jul 10, 2020

Boost for international collaboration between Taiwan and Australia

Dr Raymond Wong and his colleagues were awarded the International cooperation add-on project grant from the Ministry of Science and...

Jul 1, 2020

Boost for international collaboration betwen Sweden and Australia

Dr Raymond Wong and his colleagues were awarded the STINT initiation grant by the Sweden Foundation for International Cooperation in...

Jun 16, 2020

New publication: Neuroregeneration using cell reprogramming

Neuronal Reprogramming for Tissue Repair and Neuroregeneration Roxanne Hsiang-Chi Liou, Thomas L. Edwards, Keith R. Martin and Raymond...

May 11, 2020

New publication: Single cell transcriptomic to study retina

Using single cell transcriptomics to study the complexity of human retina Daniel Urrutia-Cabrera and Raymond Ching-Bong Wong Neural...

Apr 6, 2020

New publication: Cardiac repair by delivery of cardiac stem cell secretome

Sustained subcutaneous delivery of secretome of human cardiac stem cells promote cardiac repair following myocardial infarction Andrew R...

Jan 6, 2020

Funding boost for gene therapy to regenerate the photoreceptors

Associate Professor Raymond Wong was awarded funding support from the NHMRC ideas grant from the National Health and Medical Research...

Jan 6, 2020

Funding boost for regenerative therapy for retinitis pigmentosa

Associate Professor Raymond Wong was awarded funding support from Retina Australia to develop cellular reprogramming technology to...