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Ocular Gene Therapy Laboratory

About the Ocular Gene Therapy Laboratory (OGTL) at the Medical College of Wisconsin

Designing The Next Generation Of Gene Therapy Treatments

Founded in 2016 by Daniel M. Lipinski, DPhil, the Ocular Gene Therapy Laboratory (OGTL) aims to develop broadly applicable gene-based therapeutics to prevent human blindness arising from neurodegenerative or vascular diseases affecting the retina. Consisting of faculty, students and staff from a diverse range of academic backgrounds, the OGTL laboratory takes a highly multidisciplinary and collaborative approach toward research, working with basic science and clinical investigators worldwide to identify novel therapies for currently untreatable conditions that result in vision loss in humans.   Learn More
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People

The OGTL succeeds because of the people who make up our program.

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Research

Our research focuses on developing broadly applicable gene-based therapeutics to prevent human blindness arising from neurodegenerative or vascular diseases affecting the retina.

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Awards

We are proud of the recognition our team receives for the trailblazing work they do.

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Careers

Interested in joining our team? We’d love to hear from you.

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Support the Ocular Gene Therapy Laboratory

The OGTL could not exist without the generosity and support of many foundations, federal agencies and individual donors. Funds donated to the program are used to acquire new equipment and research consumables, to help train students and fellows, to enable the presentation of our research findings at scientific meetings, and to fund positions for support staff.
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