About the Authors

Lauren N. Ayton

lnayton@unimelb.edu.au

Affiliation Centre for Eye Research Australia, University of Melbourne, Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital, East Melbourne, Australia

Peter J. Blamey

Affiliations Bionics Institute, East Melbourne, Australia, Department of Medical Bionics, University of Melbourne, East Melbourne, Australia

Robyn H. Guymer

Affiliation Centre for Eye Research Australia, University of Melbourne, Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital, East Melbourne, Australia

Chi D. Luu

Affiliation Centre for Eye Research Australia, University of Melbourne, Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital, East Melbourne, Australia

David A. X. Nayagam

Affiliations Bionics Institute, East Melbourne, Australia, Department of Pathology, University of Melbourne, St Vincent's Hospital Melbourne, Fitzroy, Australia

Nicholas C. Sinclair

Affiliation Bionics Institute, East Melbourne, Australia

Mohit N. Shivdasani

Affiliations Bionics Institute, East Melbourne, Australia, Department of Medical Bionics, University of Melbourne, East Melbourne, Australia

Jonathan Yeoh

Affiliation Centre for Eye Research Australia, University of Melbourne, Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital, East Melbourne, Australia

Mark F. McCombe

Affiliation Centre for Eye Research Australia, University of Melbourne, Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital, East Melbourne, Australia

Robert J. Briggs

Affiliation Centre for Eye Research Australia, University of Melbourne, Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital, East Melbourne, Australia

Nicholas L. Opie

Affiliation Centre for Eye Research Australia, University of Melbourne, Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital, East Melbourne, Australia

Joel Villalobos

Affiliation Bionics Institute, East Melbourne, Australia

Peter N. Dimitrov

Affiliation Centre for Eye Research Australia, University of Melbourne, Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital, East Melbourne, Australia

Mary Varsamidis

Affiliation Centre for Eye Research Australia, University of Melbourne, Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital, East Melbourne, Australia

Matthew A. Petoe

Affiliation Bionics Institute, East Melbourne, Australia

Chris D. McCarthy

Affiliations NICTA, Computer Vision Research Group, Canberra, Australia, National Institute for Mental Health Research, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia

Janine G. Walker

Affiliations NICTA, Computer Vision Research Group, Canberra, Australia, National Institute for Mental Health Research, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia

Nick Barnes

Affiliations NICTA, Computer Vision Research Group, Canberra, Australia, National Institute for Mental Health Research, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia

Anthony N. Burkitt

Affiliations Bionics Institute, East Melbourne, Australia, Centre for Neural Engineering, University of Melbourne, National Information and Communications Technology Australia (NICTA), Ltd., Melbourne, Australia

Chris E. Williams

Affiliation Bionics Institute, East Melbourne, Australia

Robert K. Shepherd

Affiliations Bionics Institute, East Melbourne, Australia, Department of Medical Bionics, University of Melbourne, East Melbourne, Australia

Penelope J. Allen

Affiliation Centre for Eye Research Australia, University of Melbourne, Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital, East Melbourne, Australia

for the Bionic Vision Australia Research Consortium

Membership of the Bionic Vision Australia Research Consortium is provided in the Acknowledgements.

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LNA PJB RHG CDL DAXN NCS MNS MAP CDM JGW NB ANB CEW RKS PJA. Performed the experiments: LNA CDL DAXN NCS MNS JY MFM RJB NLO JV PND MV MAP CDM JGW NB PJA. Analyzed the data: LNA PJB RHG CDL DAXN NCS MNS JY MFM RJB NLO JV PND MV MAP CDM JGW NB ANB CEW RKS PJA. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: PJB RHG NB ANB CEW RKS PJA. Wrote the paper: LNA PJB RHG CDL DAXN NCS MNS JY MFM RJB NLO JV PND MV MAP CDM JGW NB ANB CEW RKS PJA.