Email

marcus.florez@bcm.edu

Positions

Medical Scientist Training Program (MD/PhD)

Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, Texas

Education

BS from University of Kansas

05/2015 - Lawrence, Kansas

Chemistry

PhD from Baylor College of Medicine

09/2022 - Houston, Texas

Translational Biology and Molecular Medicine

Professional Interests

• Clonal hematopoesis
• Radiation oncology
• 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 Dec 22;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 Jun 2;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