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Contents 1 Laura O'Brien 2 Education 3 Biography 4 Past Research 5 Publications

Laura O'Brien

Biotechnology and Forensic Science Teacher, Castro Valley High School
IISME Summer Fellow, Stanford University

Education

1998, B.S. Biology and Chemistry, minor in Sociology, Santa Clara University

Biography

Laura has 3 daughters, and for 10 months a year, 160 teenagers, who keep her quite busy. She likes to spend her "spare" time camping.

Past Research

• DNA methylation and mapping familial prostate cancer, USC/Norris Cancer Center, 1998-2001
• effects of oxidized hemoglobins on erythrocyte membranes, Santa Clara University, 1996-1998

Publications

• [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11784849 Murine de novo methyltransferase Dnmt3a demonstrates strand asymmetry and site preference in the methylation of DNA in vitro.]
• [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11404817 A genome screen of families with multiple cases of prostate cancer: evidence of genetic heterogeneity.]

Stanford Team