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I am the Centre Coordinator for the Centre for Biologic Therapies.  My role is to provide a central point of communication with collaborators and provide administrative support for the Centre Head Associate Professor Jenny Vo.

My previous experience is in coordinating preclinical testing of implantable devices at the Bionics Institute that have progressed through to clinical trial.  I also contributed to establishing the Monash Antibody Technologies Facility. 

Publications

Selected publications from Alexia Saunders

Abbott CJ, Allen PJ, Williams CE, Williams RA, Epp SB, Burns O, Thomas R, Harrison M, Thien PC, Saunders A, McGowan C, Sloan C, Luu CD, Nayagam DAX. Chronic electrical stimulation with a peripheral suprachoroidal retinal implant: a preclinical safety study of neuroprotective stimulation. Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology. 2024;12:10.3389/fcell.2024.1422764

Benovitski YB, Lai A, Saunders A, McGowan CC, Burns O, Nayagam DAX, Millard R, Harrison M, Rathbone GD, Williams RA, May CN, Murphy M, D’Souza WJ, Cook MJ, Williams CE. Preclinical safety study of a fully implantable, sub-scalp ring electrode array for long-term EEG recordings. Journal of Neural Engineering. 2022;19(3):10.1088/1741-2552/ac72c1

Shivdasani MN, Evans M, Burns O, Yeoh J, Allen PJ, Nayagam DAX, Villalobos J, Abbott CJ, Luu CD, Opie NL, Sabu A, Saunders AL, McPhedran M, Cardamone L, McGowan C, Maxim V, Williams RA, Fox KE, Cicione R, Garrett DJ, Ahnood A, Ganesan K, Meffin H, Burkitt AN, Prawer S, Williams CE, Shepherd RK. In vivo feasibility of epiretinal stimulation using ultrananocrystalline diamond electrodes. Journal of Neural Engineering. 2020;17(4):10.1088/1741-2552/aba560

Sinclair NC, Shivdasani MN, Perera T, Gillespie LN, McDermott HJ, Ayton LN, Blamey PJ. The Appearance of Phosphenes Elicited Using a Suprachoroidal Retinal ProsthesisPhosphenes of a Suprachoroidal Retinal Prosthesis. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science. 2016;57(11):10.1167/iovs.15-18991

Fox K, Meffin H, Burns O, Abbott CJ, Allen PJ, Opie NL, McGowan C, Yeoh J, Ahnood A, Luu CD, Cicione R, Saunders AL, McPhedran M, Cardamone L, Villalobos J, Garrett DJ, Nayagam DAX, Apollo NV, Ganesan K, Shivdasani MN, Stacey A, Escudie M, Lichter S, Shepherd RK, Prawer S. Development of a Magnetic Attachment Method for Bionic Eye Applications. Artificial Organs. 2016;40(3):10.1111/aor.12582

Garrett DJ, Saunders AL, McGowan C, Specks J, Ganesan K, Meffin H, Williams RA, Nayagam DAX. In vivo biocompatibility of boron doped and nitrogen included conductive‐diamond for use in medical implants. Journal of Biomedical Materials Research Part B Applied Biomaterials. 2016;104(1):10.1002/jbm.b.33331

Lichter SG, Escudié MC, Stacey AD, Ganesan K, Fox K, Ahnood A, Apollo NV, Kua DC, Lee AZ, McGowan C, Saunders AL, Burns O, Nayagam DAX, Williams RA, Garrett DJ, Meffin H, Prawer S. Hermetic diamond capsules for biomedical implants enabled by gold active braze alloys. Biomaterials. 2015;53:10.1016/j.biomaterials.2015.02.103

Leung RT, Nayagam DA, Williams RA, Allen PJ, Rosa CMS, Luu CD, Shivdasani MN, Ayton LN, Basa M, Yeoh J, Saunders AL, Shepherd RK, Williams CE. Safety and efficacy of explanting or replacing suprachoroidal electrode arrays in a feline model. Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology. 2015;43(3):10.1111/ceo.12428

Shivdasani MN, Sinclair NC, Dimitrov PN, Varsamidis M, Ayton LN, Luu CD, Perera T, McDermott HJ, Blamey PJ. Factors Affecting Perceptual Thresholds in a Suprachoroidal Retinal ProsthesisFactors Affecting Retinal Prosthesis Thresholds. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science. 2014;55(10):10.1167/iovs.14-14396

Saunders AL, Williams CE, Heriot W, Briggs R, Yeoh J, Nayagam DA, McCombe M, Villalobos J, Burns O, Luu CD, Ayton LN, McPhedran M, Opie NL, McGowan C, Shepherd RK, Guymer R, Allen PJ. Development of a surgical procedure for implantation of a prototype suprachoroidal retinal prosthesis. Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology. 2014;42(7):10.1111/ceo.12287

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