Student Information
Graduate Student
Molecular and Cellular Biology
The College of Lib Arts & Sci
Research Interests
Chromatin Accessibility
Stem Cell Biology
Intestinal Stem Cells (ISCs)
Epigenetic Impact of Diet on Stem Cells
Impact of High-Fat Diet on ISCs
Bioinformatics and Data Analysis
Applications of Chromatin Dynamics in Disease Models
Publications
Saiz, D.R., Hartley-McDermott, T., Barrera-Millan, Y., Castro-Ochoa, K.F., Shukla, A., Torel, M. and Mana, M.D., 2024. PPARsing epigenetic memory in intestinal stem cells: High-fat diet and oncogenic susceptibility. Cancer Research, 84(6_Supplement), pp.1247-1247.
Mana, M.D., Hussey, A.M., Tzouanas, C.N., Imada, S., Millan, Y.B., Bahceci, D., Saiz, D.R., Webb, A.T., Lewis, C.A., Carmeliet, P. and Mihaylova, M.M., 2021. High-fat diet-activated fatty acid oxidation mediates intestinal stemness and tumorigenicity. Cell Reports, 35(10).