Lerato Majara, Ph.D

Postdoctoral Fellow.
Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT, USA
Neuroscience Institute, University of Cape Town, SA
Research focus: Psychiatric Genetics 🧬

[PGC Africa @PGC_Africa]

🚨 PGC Africa Monthly Meeting Alert!

We are delighted to have Dr @lcmajara from the Martin Lab @broadinstitute join the 3rd virtual PGC Africa meeting of 2025

📆24th April 2025
⏲️2PM GMT | 2PM WAT | 3PM CAT | 4PM EAT
📢More details on the flyer below

#Psychosis #Africa #GWAS

[PGC Africa @PGC_Africa]

Don't miss out! Happening tomorrow live on Zoom 👇🏽

[Lerato Majara, Ph.D @lcmajara]

Today I presented preliminary findings from the Neuropsychiatric Genetics in African populations study (NeuroGAP) - the largest study of psychosis in continental Africans. 🧬 #WCPG2024 #PGCAfrica@WCPG24 #PsychGen

[PGC Africa @PGC_Africa]

Updates from the ongoing poster sessions. Endeavour to check these out 👇🏽 @ #WCPG2024 🇸🇬
#DeepGenAfrica #depression #SuicideBehavior #PRS #Pharmacogenomics
@kaluallan @jaredgmaina @MLCampbell @NigussieEthio, Dr. Azmeraw Amare

[PGC Africa @PGC_Africa]

Fantastic oral presentations by various @PGC_Africa team leads at #WCPG2024 🇸🇬
They provide insights on different aspects of psychiatric genomic research.
@lcmajara @MelekChaouch Dr. Linnet Ongeri @patkipkemoi
👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
#AfricansInWCPG2024

[HMS Black Postdoctoral Association @HMSBPA]

Excited to introduce the @HMSBPA 2024-2025 Board! Meet the leaders driving our mission of community &growth. Let's continue uplifting Black postdocs across @harvardmed & beyond.
@Cynthia_Tchio @kemardohenry @ucheogbede @JJAlston_ @lcmajara @maribelokiye @RaieBekele @adam_fiseha

[Lerato Majara, Ph.D @lcmajara]

@Cynthia_Tchio @JHypertension Wonderful. Congratulations!!!

[Cynthia Tchio, MS, PhD @Cynthia_Tchio]

🎉 💃🏽Excited to share that my latest 1st author paper, “AGTR1 🧬 variant rs2638355 is associated with increased salt 🧂sensitivity of blood pressure: a female-specific effect in individuals from the HyperPath cohort,” is out in @JHypertension.

https://t.co/3zEbrC1lEG

[HMS Black Postdoctoral Association @HMSBPA]

Some wonderful photos from our Annual Retreat and Gala held on Saturday August 17, 2024 at Harvard Club of Boston. It was fun and exciting cerebrating our individual and collective achievements for the past year!😊🎶👩‍🎤👨‍🎤💃🕺🎉
#HBPAretreat

[Tulio de Oliveira @Tuliodna]

Excellence in South Africa science globally, please met Dr. Lerato Majara (middle with the Harvard cap) at the BROAD institute of MIT/Harvard in Boston. Fantastic to see SA graduates excelling in the top organizations in the world. @MIT @Harvard @broadinstitute #Africa #Science

[HMS Black Postdoctoral Association @HMSBPA]

On Fri June 14, 2024, we took some time off from the lab to celebrate Dr Vanessa Sue Wacleche @vwacle who will be moving to @penn_state this Fall as an Assistant Professor of Immunology. Dr Wacleche has been a very active member of our @HMSBPA community. Congratulations Dr VSW🎉

[UCT Neuroscience Institute @UCT_NI]

NI researchers scooped 2 out of the 6 UCT College of Fellows Young Researcher Award for 2023. https://t.co/SGIgGM1r8s

Offered annually in recognition of outstanding scholarly work by young academics who have made significant independent contributions to research in their field.

[PGC Africa @PGC_Africa]

Thanks @cathrynlewis. Truly, it's a very common STRUGGLE and a challenge for PGC_Africa researchers, particularly those based in Africa 😪. Not just Canada visa but spans across other countries as well. Help is needed to mitigate this situation in the future.

[PGC Africa @PGC_Africa]

In case you missed this yesterday at #WCPG2023 🇨🇦. Here are highlights of the activities of PGC_Africa diversity group so far. @ISPGnet @PGCgenetics
Check our website for more insights 😊

[Dr Cathryn Lewis @cathrynlewis]

📢 Today we launch the @PGCGenomics Video Textbook!
A structured training program in psychiatric genetics, analysis methods and software tools.
Open access, do share widely. #WCPG2023
1/n

[NIMH_RDoC @NIMH_RDoC]

Today's webinar showcased research from field experts and highlighted the intersection between the #RDoC framework and global mental health research.
Recording available soon!

[Cheru Kipkemoi, PhD @patkipkemoi]

New paper alert! On behalf of the NeuroDev Project, I am delighted to share our published findings from the first year of data collection: https://t.co/vUWH4ZC0yB @eliserobinson @KirstyDonald7 @Amina Abubakar @crjnewton @NeuronCellPress @PGC_Africa (1/4)

[ASHG @GeneticsSociety]

In the latest edition of Inside @HGGAdvances, hear from Lerato Majara, PhD, about her paper, “Low and differential polygenic score generalizability among African populations due largely to genetic diversity”: https://t.co/w04Jv4sp1v

[Lerato Majara, Ph.D @lcmajara]

Just did the first of two presentations at #ICHG2023 🎉

[Human Genetics UCT 🧬🇿🇦 @HumGen_UCT]

"Africa is rising" ~Francis Collins, PhD ends off his Opening Plenary of #ICHG2023 by giving a moving tribute and reminds us of Prof Bongani Mayosi's motto:
"Lift as you Rise"