Lauren grew up in Minnesota and earned her B.S. in Biology at Calvin University in Michigan. At Calvin, she studied properties of Glucose Transport Protein 1 with Dr. Larry Louters and ran cross country and track. Lauren became fascinated with neuroscience and pursued a Ph.D. at Northwestern University with Dr. Alicia Guemez Gamboa, where she used induced pluripotent stem cell-derived model systems to uncover disease mechanisms of a neurodevelopmental disorder called PACS1 syndrome. Lauren’s favorite component of her graduate work was single-cell RNA sequencing of cerebral organoid models of PACS1 syndrome, in which she discovered a passion for computational analysis and single-cell approaches. This brought her to the Adey lab where Lauren is applying our technology towards better understanding the trajectory of methylation deposition and removal guiding cortical development. In her spare time, Lauren enjoys trail running and drawing.