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Cristina Aguayo-Mazzucato
Principal Investigator
Dr. Aguayo-Mazzucato was born in Barcelona, Spain. She received her MD degree in General Medicine and her PhD in Biomedical Sciences from the National Autonomous University in Mexico (UNAM). In 2007 she joined the laboratory of Prof. Susan Bonner-Weir at Joslin Diabetes Center as a postdoctoral fellow studying beta-cell functional development and developed strategies to enhance functional maturity in vitro for cellular replacement therapies for diabetes.
In July 2019 she established the Beta Cell Aging Lab at Joslin Diabetes Center which aims to understand the molecular progression of senescence and identify alleviating strategies that have a positive impact in the prevention and treatment of Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes.
CURRENT MEMBERS
Christopher Cahill
Lab Manager
Idris Syed
Undergraduate Student
Harvard University
Kanako Iwasaki
Research Fellow
MD in Shiga Medical University and PhD in Kyoto University, Japan
Sandra Le
Post-Baccalaurate Program Scholar
BS. Biochemistry & Biotechnology in Tufts University, United States
Briana Cortez
Visiting Research Internship Program Intern
MD/MPH Student at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley School of Medicine
FORMER MEMBERS
Ayush Midha
Currently: MD/PhD student at UCSF
Lucia Bleichmar
Currently: PhD Student at Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina
Priscila Carapeto
Currently: PhD Student, University de Montreal, Canada
Cristian Abarca
Currently: Research Scientist II, Novartis Institutes for Biomedical Research
Stephanie Sanjines
Currently: MSc Student, Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology
Nadine Bahour
Currently: MSc Public Health student, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Francesko Hela
Currently: Postdoctoral Fellow, Joslin Diabetes Center, Harvard Medical School