Micklaus Garcia

Program: Developmental Regenerative and Stem Cell Biology

Current advisor: Mayssa H. Mokalled, PhD

Undergraduate university: University of Colorado-Boulder, 2021

Enrollment year: 2022

Research summary
I am investigating the contributions of pericytes in promoting neuroprotective and neuroregenerative injury responses after zebrafish spinal cord injury.

Graduate publications
Pohl F, Egan BM, Schneider DL, Mosley MC, Garcia MA, Hou S, Chiu CH, Kornfeld K. 2025 Environmental NaCl affects Caenorhabditis elegans development and aging. Genetics, 231(2)::iyaf139. PMCID: PMC12505297