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Rob W.J. Collin is affiliated with Radboud University in the Netherlands and has contributed extensively to the field of biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology with a focus on retinal research. Their publication record includes 113 works, predominantly in molecular biology, along with subfields including ophthalmology, cell biology, cellular and molecular neuroscience, and genetics.

Their research topics encompass a range of specialized areas such as retinal development and disorders, CRISPR and genetic engineering, retinal diseases and treatments, advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques, photoreceptor and optogenetics research, cellular transport and secretion, and RNA interference and gene delivery.

Frequent coauthors in their research collaborations include Alejandro Garanto, Frans P.M. Cremers, Lonneke Duijkers, Carel B. Hoyng, and Michael E. Cheetham.

Rob W.J. Collin has published multiple papers in notable journals and venues, with recurring contributions in:

  • Cells
  • Stem Cell Research
  • Progress in Retinal and Eye Research
  • Scientific Reports
  • Molecular Therapy - Nucleic Acids

Among their recent scientific papers are:

  • Delivery of oligonucleotide-based therapeutics: challenges and opportunities, 2021, EMBO Molecular Medicine
  • Clinical spectrum, genetic complexity and therapeutic approaches for retinal disease caused by ABCA4 mutations, 2020, Progress in Retinal and Eye Research
  • Genetic landscape of 6089 inherited retinal dystrophies affected cases in Spain and their therapeutic and extended epidemiological implications, 2021, Scientific Reports
  • Intravitreal antisense oligonucleotide sepofarsen in Leber congenital amaurosis type 10: a phase 1b/2 trial, 2022, Nature Medicine
  • A look into retinal organoids: methods, analytical techniques, and applications, 2021, Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences

Best Publications

  • Non-syndromic retinitis pigmentosa

    Sanne K. Verbakel;Ramon A.C. van Huet;Camiel J.F. Boon;Anneke I. den Hollander

  • Candidate exome capture identifies mutation of SDCCAG8 as the cause of a retinal-renal ciliopathy

    Edgar A Otto;Toby W Hurd;Rannar Airik;Moumita Chaki

  • Next-generation genetic testing for retinitis pigmentosa.

    Kornelia Neveling;Rob W.J. Collin;Christian Gilissen;Ramon A.C. van Huet

  • Delivery of oligonucleotide-based therapeutics: challenges and opportunities.

    Suzan M. Hammond;Annemieke Aartsma-Rus;Sandra Alves;Sven Even F. Borgos

  • Next-Generation Sequencing of a 40 Mb Linkage Interval Reveals TSPAN12 Mutations in Patients with Familial Exudative Vitreoretinopathy

    Konstantinos Nikopoulos;Christian Gilissen;Alexander Hoischen;C. Erik van Nouhuys

  • Homozygosity mapping reveals PDE6C mutations in patients with early-onset cone photoreceptor disorders.

    Alberta A.H.J. Thiadens;Alberta A.H.J. Thiadens;Anneke I. den Hollander;Anneke I. den Hollander;Susanne Roosing;Sander B. Nabuurs

  • Clinical spectrum, genetic complexity and therapeutic approaches for retinal disease caused by ABCA4 mutations

    Frans P.M. Cremers;Winston Lee;Rob W.J. Collin;Rando Allikmets

  • In vitro and in vivo rescue of aberrant splicing in CEP290-associated LCA by antisense oligonucleotide delivery

    Alejandro Garanto;Daniel C. Chung;Lonneke Duijkers;Julio C. Corral-Serrano

  • Antisense Oligonucleotide (AON)-based Therapy for Leber Congenital Amaurosis Caused by a Frequent Mutation in CEP290.

    Rob Wj Collin;Anneke I den Hollander;Saskia D van der Velde-Visser;Jeannette Bennicelli

  • ZNF408 is mutated in familial exudative vitreoretinopathy and is crucial for the development of zebrafish retinal vasculature

    Rob W. J. Collin;Konstantinos Nikopoulos;Margo Dona;Christian Gilissen

  • Identification of a 2 Mb Human Ortholog of Drosophila eyes shut/spacemaker that Is Mutated in Patients with Retinitis Pigmentosa

    Rob W.J. Collin;Karin W. Littink;B. Jeroen Klevering;L. Ingeborgh van den Born

  • Deep-intronic ABCA4 variants explain missing heritability in Stargardt disease and allow correction of splice defects by antisense oligonucleotides.

    Riccardo Sangermano;Alejandro Garanto;Mubeen Khan;Esmee H. Runhart

  • Overview of the mutation spectrum in familial exudative vitreoretinopathy and Norrie disease with identification of 21 novel variants in FZD4, LRP5, and NDP.

    Konstantinos Nikopoulos;Hanka Venselaar;Rob W. J. Collin;Rosa Riveiro-Alvarez

  • ABCA4-associated disease as a model for missing heritability in autosomal recessive disorders : novel noncoding splice, cis-regulatory, structural, and recurrent hypomorphic variants

    Miriam Bauwens;Alejandro Garanto;Riccardo Sangermano;Sarah Naessens

  • Mutations in IFT172 cause isolated retinal degeneration and Bardet-Biedl syndrome.

    Kinga M. Bujakowska;Qi Zhang;Anna M. Siemiatkowska;Qin Liu

  • A novel nonsense mutation in CEP290 induces exon skipping and leads to a relatively mild retinal phenotype.

    Karin W. Littink;Jan-Willem R. Pott;Rob W. J. Collin;Rob W. J. Collin;Hester Y. Kroes

  • ABCA4 midigenes reveal the full splice spectrum of all reported noncanonical splice site variants in Stargardt disease.

    Riccardo Sangermano;Mubeen Khan;Mubeen Khan;Stéphanie S. Cornelis;Valerie Richelle

  • Splice-Modulating Oligonucleotide QR-110 Restores CEP290 mRNA and Function in Human c.2991+1655A>G LCA10 Models

    Kalyan Dulla;Monica Aguila;Amelia Lane;Katarina Jovanovic

  • Mutations in SPATA7 Cause Leber Congenital Amaurosis and Juvenile Retinitis Pigmentosa

    Hui Wang;Anneke I. Den Hollander;Yalda Moayedi;Abuduaini Abulimiti

  • Unexpected CEP290 mRNA Splicing in a Humanized Knock-In Mouse Model for Leber Congenital Amaurosis

    Alejandro Garanto;Sylvia E. C. van Beersum;Theo A. Peters;Ronald Roepman

Frequent Co-Authors

Frans P.M. Cremers
Frans P.M. Cremers Radboud University
Anneke I. den Hollander
Anneke I. den Hollander Radboud University
Carel B. Hoyng
Carel B. Hoyng Radboud University
Hannie Kremer
Hannie Kremer Radboud University
Elfride De Baere
Elfride De Baere Ghent University
Cor W. R. J. Cremers
Cor W. R. J. Cremers Radboud University
Lies H. Hoefsloot
Lies H. Hoefsloot Erasmus University Rotterdam
Robert K. Koenekoop
Robert K. Koenekoop McGill University Health Centre
Caroline C W Klaver
Caroline C W Klaver Erasmus University Rotterdam
Tim M. Strom
Tim M. Strom Technical University of Munich

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