Assistant Development

Laurie Friesenhahn[pic]

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Education

****-****: Ph.D. Department of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of

Technology, Cambridge, MA.

Dissertation: The Role of E2F6 in Development and Neurodegeneration.

1998-2002: B.S. (Biochemistry), cum laude, Texas A&M

University, College Station, TX

1998-2002: B.S. (Genetics), cum laude, Texas A&M University,

College Station, TX

Research

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, 2008-Present

Laboratory of Dr. Terumi Kohwi-Shigematsu, LBNL

Investigating how the SATB1 protein promotes metastasis of breast cancer

cells and cancer stem cells.

Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, 2002-2008

Laboratory of Dr. Jacqueline Lees, MIT

Discovered novel roles for E2F proteins in embryonic development, cancer,

and neurodegeneration.

Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Cold Spring Harbor, NY, Summer 2001

Laboratory of Dr. Shiv Grewal, CSHL

Studied the relationship between the expression of genes and DNA

modifications in yeast.

Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, 1999-2002

Laboratory of Dr. Mike Kladde, TAMU

Worked on developing a novel biochemical technique (TAGM) that can be used

to determine the structural architecture of chromatin in cells.

Honors/Awards

2009 California Breast Cancer Research Fellowship

2007 Ludwig Fellowship

1998-2002 Terry Foundation Scholar

1998 Valedictorian Tuition Scholarship Award

Teaching Experience

Spring 2004: Teaching Assistant, Introductory Biology, MIT

Fall 2005: Teaching Assistant, Introductory Biology Lab, MIT

Laurie Friesenhahn[pic]

485 Ohlone Ave. #106 ( Albany, CA 94706 ( 617-***-**** (

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Publications

*Friesenhahn LB, *Danielian PS, Faust AM, West JC, Caron AM, Bronson RT,

Lees JA. E2f3a and E2f3b make overlapping but different contributions to

total E2f3 activity. Oncogene. 2008 Nov 20; 27(51):6561-70. *Co-First

Authorship

*Friesenhahn LB, *Courel M, Lees, JA. E2f6 and Bmi1 cooperate in axial

skeletal development. Dev Dyn. 2008 May; 237(5):1232-1242. *Co-First

Authorship

Carvin CD, Dhasarathy A, Friesenhahn LB, Jessen WJ, Kladde MP. Targeted

cytosine methylation for in vivo detection of protein-DNA interactions.

Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2003 100(13):7743-8.

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