Email

marcus.florez@bcm.edu

Positions

Medical Scientist Training Program (MD/PhD)

Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, TX US

GS4

Translational Biology and Molecular Medicine
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, Texas United States
Mentor - Katherine King, MD/PhD

Education

BS from University of Kansas

05/2015 - Lawrence, Kansas

Chemistry

Professional Interests

• Clonal hematopoesis
• Role of bone marrow stomal antigen 2 (BST2) in hematopoietic stem cells
• Immuno-oncology

Websites

Selected Publications

• Marcus A. Florez, Katie A. Matatall, Youngjae Jeong, Laura Ortinau, Paul W. Shafer, Anne M. Lynch, Roman Jaksik, Marek Kimmel, Dongsu Park, Katherine Y. King "Interferon Gamma Mediates Hematopoietic Stem Cell Activation and Niche Relocalization through BST2." Cell Reports.2020/December22;33(12): Pubmed PMID: 33357430
• Marcus A. Florez, Brandon T. Tran, Trisha K. Wathan, James DeGregori, Eric M. Pietras, Katherine Y. King "Clonal hematopoiesis: Mutation-specific adaptation to environmental change." Cell Stem Cell.2022/June2;29(6):882-904. Pubmed PMID: 35659875

Funding

National Research Service Award (NRSA) Individual Predoctoral Fellowship to Promote Diversity in Health-Related Research - #1F31HL156500

$132,588.00 (06/07/2021 - 01/06/2024)

National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute

American Society of Hematology Minority Hematology Graduate Student Fellowship

$80,000.00 (07/01/2020 - 07/01/2022)

American Society of Hematology

T32 Hematology Training Program - #2T32DK060445-16

$24,816.00 (01/01/2020 - 12/31/2020)

National Institute of Health