Marlie Maestas

Program: Developmental Regenerative and Stem Cell Biology

Current advisor: Jeffrey R. Millman, PhD

Undergraduate university: New Mexico State University-Las Cruces, 2019

Enrollment year: 2020

Research summary
Utilizing stem cell-derived islets to better understand pancreatic islet development and function

Graduate publications
Maestas MM, Ishahak M, Augsornworawat P, Veronese-Paniagua DA, Maxwell KG, Velazco-Cruz L, Marquez E, Sun J, Shunkarova M, Gale SE, Urano F, Millman JR. 2024 Identification of unique cell type responses in pancreatic islets to stress. Nat Commun, 15(1):5567. PMCID:

Maestas MM, Bui MH, Millman JR. 2024 Recent progress in modeling and treating diabetes using stem cell-derived islets. Stem Cells Transl Med, (): Online ahead of print. PMCID:

Augsornworawat P, Hogrebe NJ, Ishahak M, Schmidt MD, Marquez E, Maestas MM, Veronese-Paniagua DA, Gale SE, Miller JR, Velazco-Cruz L, Millman JR. 2023 Single-nucleus multi-omics of human stem cell-derived islets identifies deficiencies in lineage specification. Nat Cell Biol, 25(6):904-16. PMCID: PMC10264244