Mariajose Franco

Education:  
University of Arizona
Molecular and Cellular Biology and Physiology majors, Spanish minor
B.S.(2), 2019

Mariajose is currently in the first year of Medical School training and is rotating through labs while preparing to select a thesis advisor.

Publications:

For work prior to the UMN MSTP

Vega-Sendino M, Olbrich T, Tillo D, Tran AD, Domingo CN, Franco M, FitzGerald PC, Kruhlak MJ, Ruiz S. The ETS transcription factor ERF controls the exit from the naïve pluripotent state in a MAPK-dependent manner. Sci Adv. 2021 Oct;7(40):eabg8306. PMCID: PMC10292047

Olbrich T, Vega-Sendino M, Tillo D, Wu W, Zolnerowich N, Pavani R, Tran AD, Domingo CN, Franco M, Markiewicz-Potoczny M, Pegoraro G, FitzGerald PC, Kruhlak MJ, Lazzerini-Denchi E, Nora EP, Nussenzweig A, Ruiz S. CTCF is a barrier for 2C-like reprogramming. Nat Commun. 2021 Aug 11;12(1):4856. PMCID: PMC8358036