de Iongh Lab ~ Ocular Development

Principal Investigator: Dr Robb de Iongh

Phone: +61 3 8344-5788
Fax: +61 3 9347-5219
Email: r.deIongh@unimelb.edu.au
Room: E631

• Introduction
• Projects
• Publications

Research in the Ocular Development Laboratory is directed at identifying the molecular mechanisms that regulate development, growth and pathology of the eye, particularly the lens. We use a variety of techniques to investigate the genes and signalling pathways involved in the cellular interactions and processes that control the development, structure and growth of the eye in the vertebrate embryo.

Staff

• Dr Gemma Martinez (gemmam@unimelb.edu.au), Postdoctoral Fellow (NHMRC) 2005-2008.

• Dr Duncan Rouch (duncanar@unimelb.edu.au), Honorary Fellow, 2005.

• Ms Kirsty Turner (k.turner@unimelb.edu.au), Research Assistant.

Students

Current
Mazlin Mohdzahariel (m.mohdzaharial@ugrad.unimelb.edu.au) - AMS student

• Ms Elizabeth Wederell - PhD student (APA) 2000-2004
  ewederel@bccrc.ca
• Ms Sarah Cain - Honours student 2004
  cains02@student.uwa.edu.au
• Ms Lin (Joyce) Suling - Honours student 2005
  dalki007@gmail.com

Collaborators

• Dr Helen Abud, Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Australia
• Dr Elizabeth Georges-Labouesse, IGBMCCNRS/INSERM/ULP Strasbourg, France
• Dr Frank Lovicu, Anatomy & Histology, University of Sydney
• Prof John McAvoy, Save Sight Institute, University of Sydney
• Prof Paul Overbeek, Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, USA
• Dr Michael Robinson, Center for Molecular and Human Genetics, Columbus Children's Research Institute, Ohio, USA
• Dr Hongjian Zhu, Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Australia