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
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