Marcus
Middle Name
Alexander
Florez
Middle Name
Alexander
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Marcus
Middle Name
Alexander
Florez
Middle Name
Alexander
Medical Scientist Training Program (MD/PhD)
Positions
- Medical Scientist Training Program (MD/PhD)
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Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, TX US
- GS4
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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
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