Leah Gulyas

Post-doc



Education
2015-2019 B.S. Biology with Honors; B.A. French with Honors Gettysburg College (supervisor, Jennifer R. Powell)
2019-2026 Ph.D. Microbiology University of California, Berkeley (supervisor, Britt A. Glaunsinger)
Awards and honors
2018 Goldwater Scholar
2019 Summa Cum Laude, Salutatorian (Gettysburg College)
2019 Phi Beta Kappa (Gettysburg College)
2022 Outstanding Graduate Student Instructor Award ( Molecular and Cell Biology Department, UC Berkeley)
2023 Teaching Effectiveness Award (UC Berkeley)
2025 UC Berkeley Microbiology Symposium Best Oral Presentation
Publications

Gulyas L, Lari A, Sahil SB, and Glaunsinger BA (2026). “Cleavage of the RNA polymerase II general transcription factor TFIIB tunes transcription during stress.” Accepted. Genes & Development.

Morgens DM, Gulyas L, Mao X, Rivera-Madera A, Souza AS, Glaunsinger BA (2024). “Enhancers and genome conformation provide complex transcriptional control of a herpesviral gene.” Molecular Systems Biology. 21:30-58.

Gulyas L and Glaunsinger BA (2022). “RNA Polymerase II subunit modulation during viral infection and cellular stress.” Current Opinions in Virology. 56: 101259.

Gulyas L and Powell JR (2022). “Cold shock induces a terminal investment reproductive response in C. elegans.” Scientific Reports. 12:1338.

Gulyas L and Powell JR. (2019). “Predicting the future: Parental progeny investment in response to environmental stress cues.” Front. Cell Dev. Biol. 7:115.

Hobbies

Hiking, backpacking, zentangling, going to the symphony