Marcella Martin

Vascular biologist highly experienced with human cardiovascular diseases related to innate immune response and endothelial cell dysfunction including pulmonary fibrosis, atherosclerosis, Kawasaki disease, and William's syndrome. Skilled in cell-based activity assays, immunological/histological analyses, unbiased sequencing approaches, and functional assays utilizing iPSCs and in vivo mouse models to mimic human disease. Effective in communicating among interdisciplinary and international collaborative projects as demonstrated by a multitude of high impact publications.

1. Postdoctoral Researcher – Drs. Simon P. Hoerstrup and Maximilian Y. Emmert’s Laboratory

03/2021-Present

   Institute for Regenerative Medicine (IREM), University of Zurich (UZH), Switzerland

• Research Topics: Functionalization of human tissue engineered matrices (hTEMs), cardiac organoids, and gene editing of induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs).

2. Postdoctoral Fellow – Dr. Marlene Rabinovitch’s Laboratory

01/2019-02/2021

   Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Stanford University, USA 

• Research Topics: iPSC biology, elastinopathies, and vasculopathies in rare genetic disease such as Hypoplastic Left Heart and Williams syndromes.

3. Postdoctoral Fellow – Dr. John Y-J. Shyy’s Laboratory

01/2018-12/2018

   Department of Cardiology, University of California, San Diego (UCSD), USA 

• Research Topics: Multi-omic approaches, endothelial cell biology including endothelial-to-mesenchymal transition, and pulmonary fibrosis.

 4. PhD Candidate – Dr. John Y-J. Shyy’s Laboratory

07/2012-12/2017

   Department of Cardiology, University of California, San Diego (UCSD), USA 

• PI moved from UC Riverside to UC San Diego within my first year of studies.
• Research Topics: Endothelial mechanobiology, endothelial-monocyte crosstalk, and atherosclerosis.

5. Research Associate II – Santa Cruz Biotechnology, INC.

06/2009-07/2012

   Head of Monoclonal Laboratory and Group Leader of Transfected Lysates Team

• Research Topics: Directed top-priority project resulting in over 1200 published Western blot images for new product validation. 

6. Research Assistant – Santa Cruz Biotechnology, INC.

04/2008-06/2009

   Part-time technician in the Monoclonal Laboratory 

• Research Topics: Monoclonal antibody purification and validation.

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

• University of California, Riverside; December 2017
• Supervisor: Dr. John Y-J. Shyy

Bachelor of Science (BS) in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

• University of California, Santa Cruz; June 2011