معرفی
Lyndal Henden, PhD, is a Senior Lecturer and Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Macquarie Medical School, Macquarie University, specializing in Motor Neuron Disease (MND) and Frontotemporal Dementia (FTD) research.
Education
- PhD in Mathematics and Statistics (2017), Walter and Eliza Hall Institute
- BSc (First Class Honours, 2012), Massey University
Research Interests focus on genomic and bioinformatic approaches to uncover disease susceptibility genes in MND/FTD, leveraging cryptic relatedness analysis for mutation discovery. Her work extends to antimalarial drug resistance and neurodegenerative transcriptomics.
Publications span high-impact journals like Molecular Neurodegeneration and Brain, with recent studies on RNA alterations in ALS, UBQLN2 pathology, and somatic mosaicism.
Scientific Collaborations include roles as:
- Adjunct Fellow, University of Queensland (2022–2024)
- Visiting Scholar, University Medical Center Utrecht (2025)
Teaching encompasses Clinical Bioinformatics and Biostatistics (MEDI2201) and units like STAT1378, MEDI3200, and MEDI3401.
