Assistant Professor
Mailcode 2151
lareau@berkeley.edu
For more information, see: http://www.lareaulab.org/
Research Interests
A single genome produces the huge diversity of cells and tissues needed to make a human by regulating gene expression to turn on and off the right genes at the right times. The final, post-transcriptional steps of gene expression — RNA processing and translation — are essential to the proper outcome. Our goal is to understand how these layers of regulation are encoded in gene sequences and how disruptions to this regulation can cause disease. Our research uses machine learning and other computational methods, coupled with high-throughput experiments, to understand how post-transcriptional regulation leads to robust and flexible control of gene expression.
Education
2008 PhD, Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley
2000 SB, Mathematics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
2000 SB, Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Major Awards
2019 Shurl & Kay Curci Foundation Faculty Scholar
2009 Damon Runyon Postdoctoral Research Fellowship
Professional Experience
2019-present Assistant Professor, Department of Bioengineering, University of California, Berkeley
2013-2018 Distinguished Research Fellow, California Institute for Quantitative Biosciences, University of California, Berkeley
2009-2012 Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Biochemistry, Stanford University