Laurelis Santiago

Education:

Bachelor's Degree in Biology, University of Puerto Rico

Master's Degree in Animal Biotechnology and Biomedical Sciences, University of Massachusetts, Amherst

ASCP and CTBS certified

Bio:

I currently am working on a project exploring how metabolic syndrome impacts lymphatic vessels. I perform isolation of nuclei for single nucleus RNA-Seq from human organ donor tissue, comparing individuals with diabetes and obesity versus healthy controls. I also run qPCR follow-up studies and perform tissue preparation for microscopy. I am also learning how to analyze large datasets generated by our transcriptomic studies.

Publication:

Malcuit, C., Trask, M. C., Santiago, L., Beaudoin, E., Tremblay, K. D., & Mager, J. (2009). Identification of novel oocyte and granulosa cell markers, Gene Expression Patterns, 9, 404-410.