Email

patrizia.pessina@bcm.edu

Positions

Staff Scientist

Center for Stem Cell & Regeneration
Baylor College of Medicine

Staff Scientist

Stem Cell Program
Boston Children's Hospital
Boston, Massachusetts United States

Addresses

One Baylor Plaza (Lab)

Houston
United States

Education

Postdoctoral Fellowship at Pompeu Fabra University

12/2015 - Barcelona, Spain

PhD from University of Milano-Bicocca

11/2009 - Milan, Italy

MSc from University Milano-Bicocca

04/2005 - Milan, Italy

Selected Publications

• Gupta M, Concepcion C, Fahey C, Fillmore-Brainson C, Sanchez-Rivera F, Pessina P,...Kim CF. "BRG1 loss predisposes lung cancers to replicative stress and ATR dependency.." Cancer Res. 2020; Pubmed PMID: 32690724
• Leeman KT, Pessina P, Lee JH, Kim CF. "Mesenchymal stem cells increase alveolar differentiation in lung progenitor organoid culture.." Sci Rep. 2019; Pubmed PMID: 31015509
• Rowbotham SP, Li F, Dost AFM, Louie SM, Marsh BP, Pessina P, Anbarasu CR, Brainson CF, Tuminello SJ, Lieberman A, Ryeom S, Schlaeger TM, Aronow BJ, Watanabe H, Wong KK & Kim CF. "H3K9 methyltransferases and demethylases control lung tumor-propagating cells and lung cancer progression." Nat Comm. 2018; Pubmed PMID: 30455465
• Pessina P, Kharraz Y, Jardí M, Fukada S, Serrano AL, Perdiguero E and Muñoz-Cánoves P. "Fibrogenic cell plasticity blunts tissue regeneration and aggravates muscular dystrophy.." Stem Cell Reports. 2015; Pubmed PMID: 25981413