Eduardo C. Lau, PhD

Titles
Investigator, Children's Research Institute; assistant professor, Medical College of Wisconsin.

Division
Genetics

Research interests
Genetic diseases/genomics

Education
Doctorate, University of Louis Pasteur, Strasbourg, France, 1983; fellowship, Burnham Institute, La Jolla Cancer Research Institute, Cancer Research Center, Calif., 1983-1984; University of Southern California, Center for Craniofacial Molecular Biology, Laboratory for Developmental Biology, Los Angeles, 1984-1986.

Honors
Recipient, Chairman's Achievement Award of Scientific Excellence, Specialty Laboratories, Inc., Santa Monica, Calif., 1995-1996; member, Genomics board, Specialty Laboratories, Inc., 2000-2002; member, Cardiovascular board, Specialty Laboratories, Inc., 2001-2002; member, Oncology board, Specialty Laboratories, Inc., 2001-2002.

Representative publications

• Bick DP, Lau EC. Preimplantation Genetic diagnosis. Pediatric Clinical North American. 2006; 53(4):559-577.
• Swanson A, Strawn E. Lau E, Bick D. Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis: Technology and Clinical Applications. WMJ. 2007; 106(3): 145-151.
• Bick SL, Bick DP, Wells BE, Roesler MR, Strawn EY, Lau EC. Preimplantation HLA Haplotyping using Tri-, Tetra-, and Pentanucleotide Short Tandem Repeats for HLA Matching. Journal Assist Reprod Genetics. 2008; 25(7):323-331.
• Patnaik M, Dlott JS, Fontaine RN, Subbiah MT, Hessner MJ, Joyner KA, Ledford MR, Lau EC, Moehlenkamp C, Amos J, Zhang B, Williams TM. Detection of Genomic Polymorphisms Associated with Venous Thrombosis Using the Invader Biplex Assay. Journal of Molecular Diagnosis. 2004; 6:137-144.
• Lau EC, Li Z-Q. Protection of Mice from Teratogen-induced Cleft Palate by Exogenous Methionine. Experimental Biology and Medicine. 1995; 209:141-145.
• Simmer JP, Hu C-C, Lau EC, Sarte P, Slavkin HC, Fincham AG. Alternative Splicing of the Mouse Amelogenin Primary RNA Transcript. Calcified Tissue International. 1994; 55:302-310.
• Simmer JP, Lau EC, Hu C-C, Aoba T, Lacey M, Nelson D, Thiemann F, Zeichner-David M, Snead ML, Slavkin HC, Fincham AG. Isolation and Characterization of a Mouse Amelogenin Expressed in Escherichia coli. Calcified Tissue International. 1994; 54:312-319.
• Lau EC, Li Z-Q, Santos V, Slavkin HC. Messenger RNA Phenotyping for Semi-quantitative Comparison of Glucocorticoid Receptor Transcript Levels in the Developing Embryonic Mouse Palate. Journal of Steroid Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. 1993; 46:751-758.
• Lau EC, Simmer JP, Bringas P, Hsu DD-J, Hu C-C, Zeichner-David M, Thiemann F, Snead ML, Slavkin HC, Fincham AG. Alternative Splicing of the Mouse Amelogenin Primary RNA Transcript Contributes to Amelogenin Heterogeneity. Biochemistry and Biophyscial Research Communication. 1992; 188:1253-1260.

Contact
Children's Research Institute
8701 Watertown Plank Road
Wauwatosa, WI 53226
Phone: (414) 955-2356
Fax: (414) 805-7703
E-mail: elau@mcw.edu