Dr. Monkol Lek

Biography

Monkol Lek is an Associate Professor in the Department of Genetics at Yale University. He received his undergraduate degree in Computer Engineering from the University of New South Wales in 2000 and worked for IBM for 3.5 years. He completed additional undergraduate degrees in Physiology and Bioinformatics at UNSW, receiving the University Medal in 2007. Monkol earned his PhD in Medicine from the University of Sydney in 2012, where his thesis focused on the functional differences between alpha-actinin-2 and alpha-actinin-3. Following his PhD, he undertook post-doctoral training at Daniel MacArthur’s lab at Massachusetts General Hospital and the Broad Institute of Harvard Medical School. Monkol served as the lead author for the Exome Aggregation Consortium project, which published findings in Nature in 2016. He is currently leading an NIH-funded initiative in Mendelian Genomics, overseeing major analysis strategies in rare disease studies. Monkol is particularly passionate about research in rare muscle diseases and has contributed significantly to the MYOSEQ project, an international cohort focused on limb girdle muscular dystrophies. His extensive academic training and experience position him as a leading researcher in the genetic analysis of neuromuscular disorders.

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