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Michael Parsons

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Senior Scientist at Vertex Pharmaceuticals
📍 Greater Boston, United States

Michael Parsons is a Ph. D. scientist at Vertex Pharmaceuticals with over 20 years of experience developing in vitro genetic models of disease. His expertise lies in using methodologies like CRISPR to create functional assays for small molecule screens, focusing on muscle and kidney diseases.

He earned his Ph. D. from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the Institute of Psychiatry, Kings College London.

His research identified a specific gene mutation (Zfhx3) that accelerates circadian locomotor rhythms, a key finding in the genetics of sleep.

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Experience
20 Years
Current Role
Senior Scientist
Location
Greater Boston, United States
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Genetic Disease Models
His career focuses on generating and characterizing genetic models for muscle and kidney diseases to aid in drug discovery and mechanism of action studies.
Assay Development
He has a successful track record of developing functional assays to measure disease-relevant phenotypes for small molecule screens.
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Work history

7-2021
Senior Scientist
Vertex Pharmaceuticals
8-2016 - 6-2021
Research Scientist II
Vertex Pharmaceuticals
3-2008 - 3-2016
Scientific Investigator / Post-Doctoral Researcher
MRC Harwell, Mammalian Genetics Unit
11-2004 - 2-2008
Post-Doctoral Researcher
Social, Genetic and Developmental Psychiatry Centre, Institute of Psychiatry, Kings College London
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Education
1998 - 2004
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
University of Wisconsin-Madison and Institute of Psychiatry, Kings College London
1993 - 1998
Bachelor’s Degree
University of Wisconsin-Madison
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