Research Technologist
Rossano Butcher graduated from the CAS Honors Program at Suffolk University in 2015, with a Bachelors degree in Biology and a minor in Chemistry. He worked alongside Dr. Lauren Nolf-Clemets, providing evidence of the Island Rule and microevolution in white-footed mice (Peromyscusleucopus) in the harbor islands off of Boston; and was also involved in Dr. Melanie Berkmen’s novel research on fumarase deficiency, utilizing site-directed mutagenesis to make gene mutations. Most recently, Rossano has been involved in abroad volunteer programs as a medical and laboratory assistant, in places such as Vietnam and Peru.
Rossano joined the Ocular Genomics Institute in April of 2017 as research technologist for Dr. Qin Liu.
Contact Information:
Rossano_Butcher@meei.harvard.edu
Postdoctoral Fellow
Raulas joined Gene Editing team in 2022. Raulas obtained his bachelor in genetics in University of Aberdeen, 2015. In 2016 Raulas obtained master’s degree in biomedical sciences: molecular genetics from University of Glasgow. Raulas completed PhD in biology in 2021 – Lithuanian Sports University and Tartu University. Prior to joining Gene editing team, for 2 years Raulas worked as a researcher in RNA Epigenetics lab in Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Neuroscience Institute.
RKusnauskas@meei.harvard.edu