Education

PhD, Imperial College London, 2014

Research focus

Stem Cells. Retina. Brain. Neurology. Spinocerebellar Ataxia. Parkinson's Disease

Publications

1. Ovando-Roche, P., E. L. West, M. J. Branch, R. D. Sampson, M. Fernando, P. Munro, A. Georgiadis, M. Rizzi, M. Kloc, A. Naeem, J. Ribeiro, A. J. Smith, A. Gonzalez-Cordero and R. R. Ali (2018). "Use of bioreactors for culturing human retinal organoids improves photoreceptor yields." Stem Cell Res Ther 9(1): 156.

2. Gonzalez Cordero, A., D. Goh, K. Kruczek, A. Naeem, M. Fernando, S. M. Kleine Holthaus, M. Takaaki, S. J. I. Blackford, M. Kloc, L. Agundez, R. D. Sampson, S. Borooah, P. Ovando-Roche, M. S. Mehat, E. L. West, A. J. Smith, R. A. Pearson and R. R. Ali (2018). "Assessment of AAV vector tropisms for mouse and human pluripotent stem cell-derived RPE and photoreceptor cells." Hum Gene Ther.

3. Ovando-Roche, P., A. Georgiadis, A. J. Smith, R. A. Pearson and R. R. Ali (2017). "Harnessing the Potential of Human Pluripotent Stem Cells and Gene Editing for the Treatment of Retinal Degeneration." Curr Stem Cell Rep 3(2): 112-123.

4. Ovando-Roche, P., J. S. Yu, S. Testori, C. Ho and W. Cui (2014). "TRF2-mediated stabilization of hREST4 is critical for the differentiation and maintenance of neural progenitors." Stem Cells 32(8): 2111-2122.