Optimization of silk fibroin membranes for retinal implantation

Shuko Suzuki; Audra MA Shadforth; Samuel McLenachan; Dan Zhang; Shang-Chih Chen; Jennifer Walshe; Grace E Lidgerwood; Alice Pebay; Traian Chirila; Fred K Chen; Damien G Harkin

Journal article

Optimization of silk fibroin membranes for retinal implantation

Shuko Suzuki, Audra MA Shadforth, Samuel McLenachan, Dan Zhang, Shang-Chih Chen, Jennifer Walshe, Grace E Lidgerwood, Alice Pebay, Traian Chirila, Fred K Chen, Damien G Harkin

Materials Science and Engineering: C | ELSEVIER | Published : 2019

DOI: 10.1016/j.msec.2019.110131

University of Melbourne Researchers

Grace Lidgerwood Author Anatomy and Neuroscience

Alice Pebay Author Surgery - Royal Melbourne Hospital

Grants

Awarded by National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia (NHMRC)

Awarded by NHMRC Fellowship

Awarded by Australian Research Council

Awarded by NHMRC

Funding Acknowledgements

This work was supported by the National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia (NHMRC) Project grant (APP1080302) awarded to DGH, FKC and TVC with supplementary support from the Queensland Eye Institute Foundation. FKC is also supported by an NHMRC Fellowship (APP1054712 and APP1142962). The ES-RPE cultures were established by GEL and AP with financial support received from the Macular Diseases Foundation of Australia, the Clem Jones Trust, an Australian Research Council Future Fellowship (AP, FT140100047) and an NHMRC Senior Research Fellowship (AP1154389).