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Professor Raymond CB Wong

Head of Cellular Reprogramming

Professor Raymond CB Wong is a stem cell biologist and leads CERA’s cellular reprogramming research.

Professor Raymond CB Wong

Head of Cellular Reprogramming

B.Biomed Sci (Hons), PhD

Professor Raymond CB Wong is a Principal Investigator at CERA and the University of Melbourne and the co-Founder and Chief Scientific Officer of Mirugen Pty Ltd.

He is a stem cell biologist specialising in cellular reprogramming, pluripotent stem cells and neural/retinal differentiation.

He completed his PhD in stem cell biology at Monash University and was awarded a California Institute of Regenerative Medicine Fellowship to pursue overseas postdoctoral training at the University of California Irvine (USA), and a Visiting Fellow Award to train at the National Institutes of Health (USA).

In 2013, Professor Wong joined CERA with the support of a Cranborne Foundation Fellowship and subsequently established the Cellular Reprogramming Unit with the support of a MAWA Fellowship and a NHMRC New Investigator Project Grant.

Currently, Professor Wong’s research focuses on understanding the genetic signals that define retinal cells, and using cell reprogramming and stem cell technologies to study and treat retinal diseases.

Key research questions
  • How do we generate human retinal cells in the lab using stem cell and cell reprogramming technologies?
  • Can we regenerate the retina to treat blindness caused by retinal degenerative diseases?
  • Can we use new gene editing technology to develop gene therapy for inherited retinal diseases?
  • What are the signals that support retinal cells for healthy vision?
  • What are the signals that cause degeneration of retinal cells?

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Selected publications

My team

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Current projects

  • Using cell reprogramming to develop therapy to regenerate retinal cells.
  • Understanding the genetic signals that define retinal cell identity.
  • Develop new cell reprogramming methods and new biomaterials to generate human stem cells and neural/retinal cells.
  • Using stem cells to generate disease models to better understand eye diseases.
  • Develop new gene therapy to treat inherited retinal diseases.

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