Academic and Research staff in the Rainger lab: Dr Holly Hardy (ISP funded Core Scientist) – the role of WNT signalling in optic fissure closure, chicken technologist (GA chicken line generation, primordial germ cell technology, CRISPR/Cas9 gene editing, in ovo manipulation, advanced embryology)Dr Teresa Navarro (FLF funded PDRA) – Defining NTN1 tissue fusion mechanisms in embryonic development (GA embryo management, embryology, immunofluorescence and confocal microscopy, bioinformatics, proteomics and cell culture)Josie Parker (Lecturer in Ophthalmology, Welcome ECAT PhD studentship) - Development of an Embryonic Chick Model for In Vivo Study of Human Congenital Cataracts. This article was published on 2025-08-06