Laura Carrel
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Academic title Assistant Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
College College of Medicine
Campuses Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center
Department Biochemistry and Molecular Biology - HMC
Graduate programs Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Genetics
Integrative Biosciences
Email Phone
  lcarrel@psu.edu
  717 531 5419
 
Educational background
  M.A., Biochemistry, University of California at Santa Barbara, 1989
Ph.D., Genetics, Stanford University, 1995
Postdoctoral Fellowship, Genetics, Case Western Reserve University, 1995-1998
Research interests
 

Chromosome structure and function; Genome organization; Long-range control of gene expression; Heterochromatin formation; Epigenetic role in human disease; Genetics and genomics of X chromosome inactivation in human and mouse.

Areas of expertise
 
X ChromosomeChromosomes, Human
RNA, UntranslatedDosage Compensation, Genetic
Transcription, GeneticGene Expression Regulation
Gene Expression Regulation, DevelopmentalChromosomes, Human, X
Chromosomes, Human, YSex Characteristics
X Chromosome InactivationGenome, Human
Evolution, MolecularGenomics
Sequence Analysis, DNAPlatypus
Y Chromosome
Publication author name
  Carrel L
Select publications
  Carrel L. Willard HF. X-inactivation profile reveals extensive variability in X-linked gene expression in females. 2005 Mar 17. Nature. 434(7031):400-4.
Carrel L. Molecular biology. "X"-rated chromosomal rendezvous. 2006 Feb 24. Science. 311(5764):1107-9.
Carrel L. Park C. Tyekucheva S. Dunn J. Chiaromonte F. Makova KD. Genomic environment predicts expression patterns on the human inactive X chromosome. 2006 Sep 29. PLoS Genet. 2(9):e151.
National Institute of General Medical Sciences
National Human Genome Research Institute
Ross MT. Grafham DV. Coffey AJ. Scherer S. McLay K. Muzny D. Platzer M. Howell GR. Burrows C. Bird CP. Frankish A. Lovell FL. Howe KL. Ashurst JL. Fulton RS. Sudbrak R. Wen G. Jones MC. Hurles ME. Andrews TD. Scott CE. Searle S. Ramser J. Whittaker A. Deadman R. Carter NP. Hunt SE. Chen R. Cree A. Gunaratne P. Havlak P. Hodgson A. Metzker ML. Richards S. Scott G. Steffen D. Sodergren E. Wheeler DA. Worley KC. Ainscough R. Ambrose KD. Ansari-Lari MA. Aradhya S. Ashwell RI. Babbage AK. Bagguley CL. Ballabio A. Banerjee R. Barker GE. Barlow KF. Barrett IP. Bates KN. Beare DM. Beasley H. Beasley O. Beck A. Bethel G. Blechschmidt K. Brady N. Bray-Allen S. Bridgeman AM. Brown AJ. Brown MJ. Bonnin D. Bruford EA. Buhay C. Burch P. Burford D. Burgess J. Burrill W. Burton J. Bye JM. Carder C. Carrel L. Chako J. Chapman JC. Chavez D. Chen E. Chen G. Chen Y. Chen Z. Chinault C. Ciccodicola A. Clark SY. Clarke G. Clee CM. Clegg S. Clerc-Blankenburg K. Clifford K. Cobley V. Cole CG. Conquer JS. Corby N. Connor RE. David R. Davies J. Davis C. Davis J. Delgado O. Deshazo D. Dhami P. Ding Y. Dinh H. Dodsworth S. Draper H. Dugan-Rocha S. Dunham A. Dunn M. Durbin KJ. Dutta I. Eades T. Ellwood M. Emery-Cohen A. Errington H. Evans KL. Faulkner L. Francis F. Frankland J. Fraser AE. Galgoczy P. Gilbert J. Gill R. Glöckner G. Gregory SG. Gribble S. Griffiths C. Grocock R. Gu Y. Gwilliam R. Hamilton C. Hart EA. Hawes A. Heath PD. Heitmann K. Hennig S. Hernandez J. Hinzmann B. Ho S. Hoffs M. Howden PJ. Huckle EJ. Hume J. Hunt PJ. Hunt AR. Isherwood J. Jacob L. Johnson D. Jones S. de Jong PJ. Joseph SS. Keenan S. Kelly S. Kershaw JK. Khan Z. Kioschis P. Klages S. Knights AJ. Kosiura A. Kovar-Smith C. Laird GK. Langford C. Lawlor S. Leversha M. Lewis L. Liu W. Lloyd C. Lloyd DM. Loulseged H. Loveland JE. Lovell JD. Lozado R. Lu J. Lyne R. Ma J. Maheshwari M. Matthews LH. McDowall J. McLaren S. McMurray A. Meidl P. Meitinger T. Milne S. Miner G. Mistry SL. Morgan M. Morris S. Müller I. Mullikin JC. Nguyen N. Nordsiek G. Nyakatura G. O'Dell CN. Okwuonu G. Palmer S. Pandian R. Parker D. Parrish J. Pasternak S. Patel D. Pearce AV. Pearson DM. Pelan SE. Perez L. Porter KM. Ramsey Y. Reichwald K. Rhodes S. Ridler KA. Schlessinger D. Schueler MG. Sehra HK. Shaw-Smith C. Shen H. Sheridan EM. Shownkeen R. Skuce CD. Smith ML. Sotheran EC. Steingruber HE. Steward CA. Storey R. Swann RM. Swarbreck D. Tabor PE. Taudien S. Taylor T. Teague B. Thomas K. Thorpe A. Timms K. Tracey A. Trevanion S. Tromans AC. d'Urso M. Verduzco D. Villasana D. Waldron L. Wall M. Wang Q. Warren J. Warry GL. Wei X. West A. Whitehead SL. Whiteley MN. Wilkinson JE. Willey DL. Williams G. Williams L. Williamson A. Williamson H. Wilming L. Woodmansey RL. Wray PW. Yen J. Zhang J. Zhou J. Zoghbi H. Zorilla S. Buck D. Reinhardt R. Poustka A. Rosenthal A. Lehrach H. Meindl A. Minx PJ. Hillier LW. Willard HF. Wilson RK. Waterston RH. Rice CM. Vaudin M. Coulson A. Nelson DL. Weinstock G. Sulston JE. Durbin R. Hubbard T. Gibbs RA. Beck S. Rogers J. Bentley DR. The DNA sequence of the human X chromosome. 2005 Mar 17. Nature. 434(7031):325-37.
Carrel L. Evolutionary biology: chromosome chain makes a link. 2004 Dec 16. Nature. 432(7019):817-8.

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