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Hire Dr. Laura P.

United States

Profile Summary

I am deeply interested in understanding the molecular mechanisms in place regulating different stages of animal development. During my PhD I focused my research on very early stages of mammalian development by studying stem cell biology. I published two first author papers describing the role of Wnt signaling and the TCF/LEF transcription factors in controlling the stem cell decision to either self-renew or differentiate. During the time I gained extensive expertise in mammalian tissue culture as well as in molecular biology techniques. Currently, as a postdoctoral fellow, I’m working on understanding how the nervous system develops post-embryonically specifically during animal sexual maturation. I have extensive experience in grant and fellowship writing, which has gotten funded by NIH and private institutions. I have written three first author papers that were published in prestigious journals and I have contributed to a number of other research articles in my field. I have served as an article reviewer in many occasions and I have edited grants and articles written by fellow members of the laboratory.

Subject Matter Expertise

• ☆ Developmental Biology
• ☆ Biochemistry
• ☆ Molecular Biology
• ☆ Stem Cell Research
• ☆ Neurochemistry
• ☆ Audio Transcription

Services

• Writing
• Consulting
• Data & AI
• Product Development

Work Experience

Postdoctoral Fellow

Columbia University

2011 - Present

Postdoctoral Fellow

Columbia University, New York

June 2011 - April 2016

Education

PhD in Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics

University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC)

August 2003 - September 2010

PhD (Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics)

University of Illinois at Chicago

2003 - 2010

BS Major in Biochemistry

Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de la Republica

March 1997 - June 2003

Certifications

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Publications

JOURNAL ARTICLE

Laura Pereira, Paschalis Kratsios, Esther Serrano-Saiz, Hila Sheftel, Avi E Mayo, David H Hall, John G White, Brigitte LeBoeuf, L Rene Garcia, Uri Alon, et al.(2015). A cellular and regulatory map of the cholinergic nervous system of C. elegans . {eLife}. 4. {eLife} Sciences Organisation, Ltd.

Laura Pereira, Fei Yi, Jackson A. Hoffman, Brian R. Shy, Courtney M. Yuen, David R. Liu, Bradley J. Merrill(2011). Opposing effects of Tcf3 and Tcf1 control Wnt stimulation of embryonic stem cell self-renewal . Nature Cell Biology. 13. (7). p. 762--770. Nature Publishing Group

Laura Pereira, Fei Yi, Bradley James Merrill(2008). Tcf3 Functions as a Steady-State Limiter of Transcriptional Programs of Mouse Embryonic Stem Cell Self-Renewal . Stem Cells. 26. (8). p. 1951--1960. Wiley-Blackwell

L. Pereira, F. Yi, B. J. Merrill(2006). Repression of Nanog Gene Transcription by Tcf3 Limits Embryonic Stem Cell Self-Renewal . Molecular and Cellular Biology. 26. (20). p. 7479--7491. American Society for Microbiology