Maria Franco is a redox biologist whose work focuses on how the oxidative environment regulates cellular processes governing growth and death in nervous system pathologies. She is a tenured associate professor at FIU Medicine.
See research publications and more on FIU Discovery.
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For information about our lab or undergraduate research opportunities, please contact us at marfranc@fiu.edu.
About the Lab
The Franco lab is an internationally recognized, highly collaborative research group uncovering how oxidative stress generated during chronic inflammation rewires molecular pathways to drive neurological disease, including neurodegeneration and cancer.
The lab focuses on a transformative concept: specific proteins, when modified by tyrosine nitration, acquire new disease-driving functions in the nervous system.
Lab equipment:
- Octet RH16 Protein Analysis System for high-throughput binding kinetics analyses using biolayer interferometry (BLI).
- Cellink Bio X6 bioprinter for development of 3D cell culture models.
- BioTek Cytation 5 multimode microscope and plate reader for comprehensive analysis of cellular parameters.
Lab Members
Nirbachita Adrita
Ph.D. in Biomedical Science Student
Pallavi Chaudhari, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Associate
Inge Claassen
Ph.D. in Biomedical Science Student
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