About the Authors
- David A. X. Nayagam
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* E-mail: dnayagam@bionicsinstitute.org
Affiliations Bionics Institute, East Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Department of Pathology, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
- Richard A. Williams
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Affiliations Department of Pathology, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia, Department of Anatomical Pathology, St Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne, Fitzroy, Victoria, Australia
- Penelope J. Allen
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Affiliations Centre for Eye Research Australia, University of Melbourne, East Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Department of Ophthalmology, The University of Melbourne, East Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- Mohit N. Shivdasani
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Affiliations Bionics Institute, East Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Medical Bionics Department, University of Melbourne, East Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- Chi D. Luu
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Affiliation Centre for Eye Research Australia, University of Melbourne, East Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- Cesar M. Salinas-LaRosa
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Affiliation Department of Anatomical Pathology, St Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne, Fitzroy, Victoria, Australia
- Sue Finch
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Affiliation Statistical Consulting Centre, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
- Lauren N. Ayton
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Affiliation Centre for Eye Research Australia, University of Melbourne, East Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- Alexia L. Saunders
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Affiliation Bionics Institute, East Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- Michelle McPhedran
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Affiliation Bionics Institute, East Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- Ceara McGowan
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Affiliation Bionics Institute, East Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- Joel Villalobos
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Affiliation Bionics Institute, East Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- James B. Fallon
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Affiliations Bionics Institute, East Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Medical Bionics Department, University of Melbourne, East Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- Andrew K. Wise
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Affiliations Bionics Institute, East Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Department of Otolaryngology, The University of Melbourne, East Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Medical Bionics Department, University of Melbourne, East Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- Jonathan Yeoh
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Affiliations Centre for Eye Research Australia, University of Melbourne, East Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Department of Ophthalmology, The University of Melbourne, East Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- Jin Xu
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Affiliations Bionics Institute, East Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, The HEARing Cooperative Research Centre, The University of Melbourne, East Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Department of Otolaryngology, The University of Melbourne, East Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- Helen Feng
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Affiliations Bionics Institute, East Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Department of Otolaryngology, The University of Melbourne, East Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- Rodney Millard
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Affiliation Bionics Institute, East Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- Melanie McWade
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Affiliations Bionics Institute, East Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Biomedical Engineering Department, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America
- Patrick C. Thien
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Affiliation Bionics Institute, East Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- Chris E. Williams
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Affiliations Bionics Institute, East Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Department of Pathology, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia, Medical Bionics Department, University of Melbourne, East Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- Robert K. Shepherd
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Affiliations Bionics Institute, East Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Medical Bionics Department, University of Melbourne, East Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Competing Interests
PA, MS, JV, and CW have assigned Bionic Vision Australia intellectual property to Bionic Vision Technologies (BVT) Pty Ltd in the field of Vision Prostheses. Patents: US 8583243 - Apparatus for stimulating and/or monitoring activity in tissue; and US 13/516752 - Method and apparatus for stimulating retinal nerve cells. There are no further patents, products in development or marketed products to declare. This does not alter the authors’ adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: DAXN RAW PJA MNS CDL CEW RKS. Performed the experiments: DAXN PJA MNS CDL LNA ALS M. McPhedran CM JBF AKW JY CEW RKS. Analyzed the data: DAXN RAW MNS CDL CMS SF LNA ALS M. McPhedran CM JV JBF M. McWade PCT CEW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JV JX HF RM. Wrote the paper: DAXN RAW MNS CDL SF LNA ALS CM JV JBF PCT CEW RKS.