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Alexandre (Alex) Gaspar Maia, Ph.D.

Departments

Location

  1. Rochester, Minnesota

Languages

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Existing patients

Dr. Maia leads the Functional Epigenomics Lab as part of the Centre for Individualized Medicine, Mayo Clinic.

  • Cancer stem cells
  • Ovarian cancer
  • Epigenomics
  • Tumor heterogeneity
  • Single cell RNA and ATAC-seq
  1. 2016
    Postdoctoral Fellowship - Chromatin Biology, Mentor: Dr. Emily BernsteinIcahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
  2. 2010
    Ph.D. - Molecular Biology. Mentor: Miguel Ramalho-SantosUniversity of Coimbra
  3. 2009
    Visiting Student - Molecular BiologyUniversity of California at San Francisco (UCSF)
  4. 2002
    BS - Aquatic SciencesICBAS, University of Porto

Awards and honors

  1. 2021
    DoD Ovarian Academy Junior Investigator Mayo Clinic
  2. 2020
    Regenerative Sciences Curriculum Development Award Mayo Clinic
  3. 2019
    Career Enhancement Program award Mayo Clinic NIH Ovarian Cancer SPORE Mayo Clinic
  4. 2018
    Junior Faculty Poster AwardDepartment of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology
  5. 2018
    Poster AwardEpigentics: From Mechanisms to Disease
  6. 2017
    Travel AwardChampalimaud Research Symposium
  7. 2016
    C1 Award for the Single-Cell Auto-Prep System with ATAC-seqFluidigm
  8. 2014
    Postdoc Recognition AwardISMMS
  9. 2014
    NYSCF-Druckenmiller FellowshipNew York Stem Cell Foundation
  10. 2011
    Postdoctoral FellowshipDepartment of Defense Breast Cancer Research Program (BCRP)
  11. 2003
    Ph.D. FellowshipThe Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology
  12. 2000
    Socrates ScholarshipUniversity of Porto

Professional memberships

  1. 2013 - present
    MemberAmerican Association for Cancer Research
  2. 2010 - present
    MemberNew York Academy of Sciences
  3. 2008 - present
    MemberInternational Society for Stem Cell Research

Publications

See my publications

Research activities

See a description of research activities.