BMedSc, biomedical science (Hons) and molecular biology

Research Assistant

HEARING THERAPEUTICS

Fiona is a research assistant working with Dr Elaine Wong in the stem cell research team.

She has rejoined the Usher syndrome human disease model development project, which is working to understand the disease mechanisms and develop novel treatments for the leading causes of deafblindness. Part of this project was the subject of Fiona’s honours in Biomedical science.

Areas of research

• Stem cell culture
• Usher disease model

Top publications

McLenachan S, Wong EYM, Zhang X, Leith F, Moon SY, Zhang D, Chen SC, Thompson JA, McLaren T, Lamey T, De Roach JN, Atlas MD, Dilley RJ, Chen FK. “Generation of two induced pluripotent stem cell lines from a patient with compound heterozygous mutations in the USH2A gene.” Stem Cell Res. 2019 Apr; 36:101420. doi: 10.1016/j.scr.2019.101420. Epub 2019 Mar 16. PMID: 30904819.