Associate ProfessorAnai Gonzalez Cordero
Conjoint Associate Professor
Faculty of Medicine and Health
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- Conjoint Associate ProfessorFaculty of Medicine and Health
RESEARCH INTERESTs
Dr Gonzalez-Cordero’s research focuses on translational stem cell and gene and cell therapy approaches to treat inherited and acquired sensory disorders, particularly those causing blindness and deafness. Her work integrates developmental biology, stem cell technology, and precision medicine to develop clinically relevant therapies.
Key areas of interest include:
- Pluripotent stem cell biology and organoid technology
- Disease modelling using patient-derived iPSCs
- Retinal, auditory, and brain organoid development
- Mechanisms of inherited retinal and neurodegenerative diseases
- Photoreceptor cell replacement therapies
- AAV-based gene therapy and CRISPR gene editing
- Bioengineering strategies to enhance cell transplantation (e.g., electrical stimulation)
- Translational pathways from laboratory discovery to clinical trials
FUNDED RESEARCH
- GRANTTowards cell therapies: Building trust, capacity, and community readiness in retinal diseasesDepartment of Health and Aged Care (Federal - administered by NHMRC)1 Jan 2027People funded by this grant:
- Gonzalez Cordero A
- GRANTResolving genetic variant uncertainty in syndromic and non-syndromic retinitis pigmentosaDepartment of Health and Aged Care (Federal - administered by NHMRC)1 Jan 2024People funded by this grant:
- Bennetts B,
- Jamieson R,
- Gonzalez Cordero A
- GRANTRTTomics: Towards developing new treatments and therapies for Rett syndrome using cortical brain organoidsDepartment of Health and Aged Care (Federal - administered by NHMRC)1 Jan 2023People funded by this grant:
- Gloss B,
- Gonzalez Cordero A,
- Tolun A,
- Ellaway C,
- Gold W
- GRANTStimulating Biomimetic Neuroplasticity to Develop New Cell Therapy for Blindness.National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC)1 Jan 2023People funded by this grant:
- Gonzalez Cordero A
- GRANTProcess Development for Production of Photoreceptor Cells to Treat BlindnessLuminesce Alliance1 Jul 2022People funded by this grant:
- Gonzalez Cordero A
- GRANTStem Cell Derived-Retinal Organoids to Test Novel Genetic TherapiesDepartment of Health and Aged Care (Federal)1 Jun 2021 - 31 May 2023People funded by this grant:
- Alexander I,
- Jamieson R,
- Grigg J,
- Gonzalez Cordero A
- GRANTSteps to therapy in early-onset retinal dystrophiesOphthalmic Research Institute of Australia (ORIA)1 Jan 2020People funded by this grant:
- Gonzalez Cordero A,
- Grigg J,
- Jamieson R