Urrutia-Cabrera, D., Liou, R., Lin, J., Shi, Y., Liu, K., Hung, S., Hewitt, A., Wang, P.Y., Wong, R. (2022) Combinatorial application of binary colloidal crystals and CRISPR activation to improve induced pluripotent stem cell differentiation into neurons. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2022, 14, 7, 8669-8679. (IF = 10.4)

Lukowski, S*, Lo, C.*, Sharov, A., Nguyen, Q., Fang, L., Hung, S., Zhu, L., Zhang, T., Grünert, U., Nguyen, T., Senabouth, A., Jabbari, J., Welby, E., Sowden, J., Waugh, H., Mackey, A., Pollock, G., Lamb, T., Wang, P.Y., Hewitt, A., Gillies, M., Powell, J., Wong, R. (2019) A single-cell transcriptome atlas of the adult human retina. EMBO Journal, 38(18): e100811. (IF = 11.6)

Fang, L., Hung, S., Yek, J., Nguyen, T., Khan, S., Hewitt, A., Wong, R. (2019) A simple cloning-free method to efficiently induce gene expression using CRISPR/Cas9. Molecular Therapy – Nucleic Acids, 14: 184-191, Mar 01, 2019. (IF = 10.2)

Hung, S., Khan, S., Lo, C., Hewitt, A., Wong, R. (2017) Drug discovery using induced pluripotent stem cell models of neurodegenerative and ocular diseases. Pharmacology and Therapeutics, 2017 Sep; 177:32-43. (IF = 13.4)

Nguyen T., Urrutia-Cabrera D., Wang L., Lees J., Wang J., Hung S., Hewitt A., Edwards T., McLenachan S., Chen F., Lim S., Luu C., Guymer R., Wong R. (2023) Knockout of AMD-associated gene POLDIP2 reduces mitochondrial superoxide in human retinal pigment epithelial cells. Aging, 2023 Feb 16; 15(6): 1713-1733 (IF = 6)

Wong, R., Lim, S., Hung, S., Jackson, S., Khan, S., Van Bergen, N., De Smit, E., Liang, H., Kearns, L., Clarke, L., Mackey, D., Hewitt, A., Trounce, I., Pebay, A. (2017) Mitochondrial replacement in an iPSC model of Leber’s Hereditary Optic Neuropathy. Aging, 9(4):1341-1350. (IF = 6)

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• Daniel Urrutia – Postdoc
• Stephanie Chu – Research assistant
• Genevieve Huppert – Research assistant
• Sheridan Keene – Laboratory manager
• Zach Wang – PhD student (University of Melbourne)
• Jane Sihui Hui – PhD student (University of Melbourne, University of Bonn)
• Gabriela Guzman – PhD student (University of Melbourne, University of Bonn)
• Stacy Cat Binh Nguy – Masters student (University of Melbourne)
• Antony Boynes – Masters student (University of Melbourne)
• Chia-Fei Liu – Visiting Postdoc

• Prof Keith Martin (CERA)
• Prof Alex Hewitt (CERA)
• Prof Robyn Guymer (CERA)
• A/Prof Chi Luu (CERA)
• A/Prof Guei-Sheung Liu (CERA)
• Prof Mark Daniel (CERA)
• Dr Tom Edwards (CERA)
• Dr Max Lim (St Vincent’s IMR)
• Prof David Mackey (Lions Eye Institute)
• A/Prof Fred Chen (Lions Eye Institute)
• Prof Mark Gillies (Save Sight/ Uni Sydney)
• Prof George Wang (Oujiang Laboratory, Wenzhou Medical University, China)
• Prof Jonathan Loh (A*Star, Singapore)

• A/Prof Hagen Tilgner (Weill Cornell, USA)
• Prof Yohei Hayashi (CiRA Foundation, Japan)
• A/Prof Chien-Ling Huang (Hong Kong Polytech University, Hong Kong)
• A/Prof Fei-Ting Hsu (China Medical University, Taiwan)
• Prof Pete Williams (Karolinska Institute, Sweden)

• NHMRC
• MRFF
• National Stem Cell Foundation of Australia
• Mito Foundation
• Retina Australia
• Vision Australia
• The Ophthalmic Research Institute of Australia
• The Kel and Rosie Day Foundation
• Centre for Eye Research Australia
• University of Melbourne
• Bayer
• CASS Foundation

• CIRM Post-doctoral Fellowship, California Institute for Regenerative Medicine, USA (2008)
• NIH Visiting Fellow Award, National Institutes of Health, USA (2011)
• Cranbourne Fellowship, Peggy & Leslie Cranbourne Foundation, Australia (2013)
• ACES-SVHM Bionics Award for Excellence in iPSC Modelling, ARC Centre of Excellence for Science & St Vincent’s Hospital, Australia (2015)
• MAWA fellowship, Medical Advances Without Animals Trust, Australia (2016)
• Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Human Cell Atlas Meeting Travel Award (2019)
• Frontiers of Cellular Neuroscience Travel Award (2019)
• Bonn International Fellowship, University of Bonn, Germany (2021)
• Best Pitch Award, TRAM Air program, University of Melbourne (2024)