Lynn Pais

Lynn is a genomic variant analyst who helps interpret rare disease exomes and genomes to identify causal candidate genes and variants. She also manages and coordinates activities for certain rare disease cohorts, working closely with a set of clinical collaborators from around the world. @LynnPais […]

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Hana Snow

Hana is a software engineer working on building tools to facilitate rare disease research. She studied computer science with a minor in engineering biology. […]

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Melanie O’Leary

Melanie is a genetic counselor and the senior clinical manager for the Rare Genomes Project. Her background spans clinical care, research coordination, and clinical laboratory settings.  She is involved in multiple aspects of the project including leading the return of results to families enrolled in the study.  […]

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Liwen Xu

Liwen worked in the MacArthur lab from 2015-2016, using exome sequencing to identify a genetic diagnosis for over 180 families with late-onset limb-girdle muscle weakness. She has now returned to full-time clinical responsibilities as a medical student at Harvard Medical School. […]

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Mekdes Getaneh (Duni)

My name is Mekdes, but I go by Duni. I am originally from Ethiopia. I am currently working in the MacArthur lab more specifically in Rare Genomes Project as a Senior coordinator. I graduated from Gordon College with a B.S. in Biology in 2014. […]

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Jamie Marshall

Jamie is a research scientist leading the group’s wetlab efforts. She is particularly interested in the characterization of genes and variants implicated in muscle disease.   […]

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Eric Minikel

Eric is a computational scientist interested in using large-scale exome sequencing data to inform diagnosis and therapeutic development strategy in Mendelian disease, particularly neurodegenerative disorders. He now works part-time while completing his graduate degree in the Biomedical and Biological Sciences Program at Harvard.   […]

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