Peter M.J. Quinn CV

Academic Appointments

Education and Training

Postdoctoral Research Fellow: 2019 – 2021, Columbia University Irving Medical Center (CUIMC), Edward S. Harkness Eye Institute New York, NY, USA, Advisor: Prof. Stephen H. Tsang; Doctor of Philosophy – PhD, Leiden University, Thesis: The Retinal Crumbs Complex: From Animal Models and Retinal Organoids to Therapy. Supervisor’s: Prof. Gré P.M. Luyten and Associate Prof. Jan Wijnholds; Master of Science – MSc, Brunel University, Subject: Molecular Medicine and Cancer Research; Bachelor of Science – BSc, The University of Manchester, Subject: Biological Science.

Honors and Awards

2023: 1) Shortlisted for the 2023 Junior Mentor of the Year Award, CUIMC; 2) Travel Award for the XXth International Symposium on Retinal Degenerations (RD2023); 3) Finalists of the Eli Lilly and Company Genetic Medicine Grand Challenge. Prime Sight Team: Bruna
Lopes da Costa, Peter M.J. Quinn. – Top 6 out of ~100 teams.

2022: 1) 2nd Place in the Orange Grove Bio (OGB) and AlleyCorp Mentorship Program and Pitch Contest in Collaboration with Columbia University. Team: Bruna Lopes da Costa, Peter M.J. Quinn; 2) Shortlisted for the 2022 Junior Mentor of the Year Award, CUIMC; 3) Alnylam Prize for Scientific Excellence at Nucleate NYC pitch showcase. Awarded to Bruna Lopes da Costa, Peter M.J. Quinn; 4) Finalists in the Orange Grove Bio (OGB) and AlleyCorp Mentorship Program and Pitch Contest in Collaboration with Columbia University. Team: Bruna Lopes da Costa, Peter M.J. Quinn; 5) Finalists in Nucleate’s Activator program: Sapien Bioscience. Team: Bruna Lopes da Costa, Stephen H. Tsang, Peter M.J. Quinn.

2021: 1) Finalists in Translational Therapeutics Resource (TRx) Accelerator from Columbia University – 2021/2022. Team: Bruna Lopes da Costa, Salvatore Caruso, Jack Wu, Cahlin Pragada, Stephen H. Tsang, Peter M.J. Quinn; 2) Travel Award for the XIXth International Symposium on Retinal Degenerations (RD2021); 3) IRRF Loris and David Rich Postdoctoral Scholar; 4) B. Dobli Srinivasan Award, Shared with Bruna Lopes da Costa and Yi-Ting Tsai; 5) New York Stem Cell Foundation Druckenmiller Fellow; 6) NIH Outstanding Scholars in Neuroscience Award Program (OSNAP) Awardee; 7) Uplifting Athletes Young Investigator.

2020: B. Dobli Srinivasan Award

2019: The best Publications of the Year 2019 – Vision Research community (vision-research.eu). Quinn et al. Stem Cell Reports, 2019. PMID: 30956116

Research Funding

Current Funding: Start-up Funds from the Department of Ophthalmology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania; The Costa Family Fund; Iris Bennett Siegel Retinitis Pigmentosa Research Fund; The National Eye Institute, National Institutes of Health, through Grant Number R01EY034952; Foundation Fighting Blindness (FFB); Curing Retinal Blindness Foundation (CRBF).

Previous Funding: Rejuvitas; Translational Therapeutics Accelerator (TRx), Columbia University; New York Stem Cell Foundation; International Retinal Research Foundation (IRRF); Uplifting Athletes; Knights Templar Eye Foundation; Thesis support: Stichting Blindenhulp, Landelijke Stichting voor Blinden en Slechtzienden (LSBS), Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC).

Academic Service

Ad Hoc Grant Review: Action Medical Research and LifeArc, The Pathophysiology of Eye Disease Study Section 1 (PED1) NIH, Uitzicht, Foundation Fighting Blindness (FFB), Retina France, Fight for Sight UK.

Journal Review: Nucleic Acid Research, Science Advances, Molecular Therapy, Molecular Therapy – Nucleic Acids, Molecular Therapy – Methods & Clinical Development, Progress in Retinal and Eye Research, EMBO Molecular Medicine, Scientific Reports, Developmental Dynamics, Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy, International Journal of Molecular Sciences, Journal of Clinical Medicine, PeerJ, STAR Protocols.