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Associate Professor Raymond CB Wong

Head of Cellular Reprogramming

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

Associate Professor Raymond CB Wong

Head of Cellular Reprogramming

B.Biomed Sci (Hons), PhD

Associate Professor Raymond CB Wong is a Principal Investigator at CERA, the University of Melbourne and a Guest Professor at Shenzhen Eye Hospital in China.

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, A/Prof 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, A/Prof 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 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?

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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 genetic correction technologies to treat inherited retinal diseases.

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