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Email

liam.fearnley@unimelb.edu.au

Credentials


Position
Honorary (Fellow)
Department of Medical Biology (WEHI)
Education
PhD
The University of Queensland
Bachelors Degree (Honours)
University of Auckland
Bachelors Degree
University of Auckland
Graduate Diploma
University of Auckland

Dr Liam Fearnley

Honorary (Fellow)
Department of Medical Biology (WEHI)

36 Scholarly works
0 Projects

HIGHLIGHTS

  • 2026

    Journal article

    Genetic characterisation of ATXN2 in Australian amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
    DOI: 10.1016/j.dscb.2025.100301
  • 2025

    Journal article

    Identification of expanded and interrupted ATXN2 repeat expansions in Parkinson’s disease and Lewy Body Dementia cohorts
    DOI: 10.1038/s41531-025-01188-5
  • 2025

    Journal article

    Identification of novel vertebral development factors through UK Biobank candidate gene search and body imaging analysis
    DOI: 10.1038/s42003-025-09021-8
  • 2025

    Journal article

    Comprehensive Characterisation of the RFC1 Repeat in an Australian Cohort
    DOI: 10.1007/s12311-025-01867-2
  • 2025

    Journal article

    Base editing of trinucleotide repeats that cause Huntington’s disease and Friedreich’s ataxia reduces somatic repeat expansions in patient cells and in mice
    DOI: 10.1038/s41588-025-02172-8
  • 2025

    Journal article

    Identifying individuals with rare disease variants by inferring shared ancestral haplotypes from SNP array data
    DOI: 10.1093/nargab/lqaf033
  • 2025

    Journal article

    A prospective trial comparing programmable targeted long-read sequencing and short-read genome sequencing for genetic diagnosis of cerebellar ataxia
    DOI: 10.1101/gr.279634.124
Liam Fearnley

RECENT SCHOLARLY WORKS

  • 2025

    Journal article

    Novel, complex configurations of the MARCHF6 repeat expansion associated with progressive myoclonic epilepsy and familial adult myoclonic epilepsy
    DOI: 10.1093/braincomms/fcaf433
  • 2025

    Journal article

    Drug repurposing candidates for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis using common and rare genetic variants
    DOI: 10.1093/braincomms/fcaf184
  • 2024

    Journal article

    A CCG expansion in ABCD3 causes oculopharyngodistal myopathy in individuals of European ancestry
    DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-49950-2

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