Email

juancarr@bcm.edu

Positions

Medical Scientist Training Program (MD/PhD)

Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, TX US

MS3

Quantitative & Computational Biosciences
Baylor College of Medicine

Mentor - Jeffrey M. Yau, Ph.D.

Education

BS from University of West Florida

05/2017 - Pensacola, Florida United States

Biology, Psychology

MSc from Johns Hopkins University

05/2019 - Baltimore, Maryland United States

Biotechnology

PhD from Baylor College of Medicine

11/2025 - Houston

Computational Neuroscience

Selected Publications

• CITE Chan IS, Knútsdóttir H, Ramakrishnan G, Padmanaban V, Warrier M, Ramirez JC, Dunworth M, Zhang H, Jaffee EM, Bader JS, Ewald AJ "Cancer cells educate natural killer cells to a metastasis-promoting cell state." Journal of Cell Biology. 2020 Sep 7;219(9) Pubmed PMID: 32645139
• Ramirez JC, Vergara J, Lin J, Chen J, Yau JM. "A novel device for studying temperature and touch interactions." J Neurosci Methods.. 2025 Aug 5; Pubmed PMID: 40754054

Projects

Determining a Central Locus for Temperature Modulation of Touch Sensitivity

Yau Lab, Neuroscience (09/2022 - present)

Baylor College of Medicine

Funding

Determining a Central Locus for Temperature Modulation of Tactile Sensitivity - #F31NS135914

(01/08/2024 - 02/08/2027) Grant funding from NIH NINDS