Zachariah L. McLean

About me

I’m a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the lab of James Gusella at the Center for Genomic Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital & Harvard Medical School

My expertise is in using genetic technologies to understand development and diseases. I’m currently working on identifying genetic factors that affect CAG repeat instability in Huntington’s disease. This involves developing reporters for CAG length and genetic perturbations of in vitro models, including human pluripotent stem cells.

Experience

Center for Genomic Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital
Department of Neurology, Harvard Medical School
Medical and Population Genetics Program, the Broad Institute of M.I.T. and Harvard

Postdoctoral Research Fellow Sep 2020–current Boston, USA

Education

University of Auckland / AgResearch

PHD in Biological Sciences, 2015–2020 Auckland / Hamilton, New Zealand

University of Waikato

Bachelor of Science with Honours, in Biological Sciences, 2014– 2015, First class honours Hamilton, New Zealand

University of Waikato

Bachelor of Science (Technology), in Chemistry and Biological Sciences 2010–2013 Hamilton, New Zealand

Zachariah L. McLean

About me

I’m a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the lab of James Gusella at the Center for Genomic Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital & Harvard Medical School

My expertise is in using genetic technologies to understand development and diseases. I’m currently working on identifying genetic factors that affect CAG repeat instability in Huntington’s disease. This involves developing reporters for CAG length and genetic perturbations of in vitro models, including human pluripotent stem cells.

Experience

Center for Genomic Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital
Department of Neurology, Harvard Medical School
Medical and Population Genetics Program, the Broad Institute of M.I.T. and Harvard

Postdoctoral Research Fellow Sep 2020–current Boston, USA

Education

University of Auckland / AgResearch

PHD in Biological Sciences, 2015–2020 Auckland / Hamilton, New Zealand

University of Waikato

Bachelor of Science with Honours, in Biological Sciences, 2014– 2015, First class honours Hamilton, New Zealand

University of Waikato

Bachelor of Science (Technology), in Chemistry and Biological Sciences 2010–2013 Hamilton, New Zealand