Lea Baskin Monk is a Laboratory Assistant II in the Rando Lab. Prior to joining the lab full-time, she worked as an undergraduate researcher for two and a half years while pursuing a B.S. in biochemistry at UCLA. Since joining the Rando Lab in March 2022, she has studied transcriptomic changes in skeletal muscle across age and sex. She loves baking (and bringing her treats for lab members to enjoy), camping, and long-distance running.

Research Areas: Muscle stem cell aging, Skeletal muscle transcriptomics across age and sex