Rate My Professor Ricky Lareu

Dr. Ricky Lareu serves as a lecturer and unit coordinator in the School of Pharmacy at Curtin University, Faculty of Health Sciences. He is also the Course Coordinator for the Bachelor of Biomedical Sciences program within Curtin Medical School. As a molecular and cell biologist and small animal experimentalist, Dr. Lareu brings more than 26 years of experience in the biomedical field, contributing to various collaborative research groups, including those focused on vascular and metabolic disorders at the Curtin MRI facility.

Dr. Lareu's academic background includes a BSc (Hons), MMedSci, GradDipEdu, and a PhD awarded with distinction for molecular studies in reproductive tissues. His research specializations cover DNA analysis, collagen matrix formation, tissue engineering, apoptosis in reproductive tissues such as the corpus luteum, antifibrotic compounds, stem cell adhesion, macromolecular crowding in biological systems, and hepatitis C virus genotyping. Key publications include 'Unlocking the Therapeutic Potential of Ellagic Acid for Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease' (2024, Antioxidants), co-authored with Tharani Senavirathna and others; 'Divergent LIN28-mRNA associations result in translational suppression upon the initiation of differentiation' (2014, Nucleic Acids Research); a 2019 study on statins' links to increased risks of skin infections and diabetes (School of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences); 'Essential modification of the Sircol Collagen Assay for the accurate quantification of collagen content in complex protein solutions' (2010); and 'The Scar-in-a-Jar: Studying potential antifibrotic compounds from the epigenetic to extracellular level in a single well' (2009). His body of work comprises 37 publications with over 1,170 citations, influencing advancements in tissue engineering, fibrosis research, and metabolic disease interventions.