Associate Professor Tony Cook is Head of the Stem Cell Models Group at the Wicking Dementia Centre, University of Tasmania. He completed his PhD at the University of Queensland in 2004, and following 6 years of post-doctoral research appointments, moved to a teaching-research position at the University of Tasmania in 2009, and the Wicking Centre in 2015. Here, he leads and collaborates on projects utilizing pluripotent stem cell cultures and CRISPR/Cas gene editing to study genetic diseases causing neurodegeneration in children, gene-environment interactions in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, and mechanisms of how axons degenerate.

A regular contributor to NCL research events and conferences nationally and abroad, Tony’s work in CLN3 Batten disease has attracted competitive grant funding from numerous bodies including BDSRA Australia, Beyond Batten Disease Foundation and the Australian Government's Medical Research Future Fund.

Welcome to the team, Tony!

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