Defined Medium Conditions for the Induction and Expansion of Human Pluripotent Stem Cell-Derived Retinal Pigment Epithelium

Grace E Lidgerwood; Shiang Y Lim; Duncan E Crombie; Ray Ali; Katherine P Gill; Damian Hernandez; Josh Kie; Alison Conquest; Hayley S Waugh; Raymond CB Wong; Helena H Liang; Alex W Hewitt; Kathryn C Davidson; Alice Pebay

Journal article

Defined Medium Conditions for the Induction and Expansion of Human Pluripotent Stem Cell-Derived Retinal Pigment Epithelium

Grace E Lidgerwood, Shiang Y Lim, Duncan E Crombie, Ray Ali, Katherine P Gill, Damian Hernandez, Josh Kie, Alison Conquest, Hayley S Waugh, Raymond CB Wong, Helena H Liang, Alex W Hewitt, Kathryn C Davidson, Alice Pebay

STEM CELL REVIEWS AND REPORTS | SPRINGER | Published : 2016

DOI: 10.1007/s12015-015-9636-2

University of Melbourne Researchers

Damian Hernandez De Santiago Author Anatomy and Neuroscience

Grace Lidgerwood Author Anatomy and Neuroscience

Alice Pebay Author Surgery - Royal Melbourne Hospital

Raymond Wong Author Ophthalmology Eye and Ear Hospital

Shiang Lim Author Surgery - St Vincent's Hospital

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Grants

Awarded by NHMRC

Awarded by Australian Research Council (ARC) Future Fellowship

Funding Acknowledgements

This work was supported by grants from the NHMRC (1059369), the National Stem Cell Foundation of Australia, the Ophthalmic Research Institute of Australia and the Stafford Fox Medical Foundation. Further support was provided by Australian Postgraduate Award Scholarships (GL, KPG), a NHMRC Career Development Award Fellowship (AP), a NHMRC-CSL Gustav Nossal Postgraduate Research Scholarship (DEC), a NHMRC Early Career Fellowship (AWH), an Australian Research Council (ARC) Future Fellowship (AP, FT140100047), a Cranbourne Fellowship (RCBW), a Gerard Crock Fellowship (KCD), the University of Melbourne and Operational Infrastructure Support from the Victorian Government.