Dr. Irene Cal y Major Turnbull, MD

Education and Training:

• Postdoctoral Fellow, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York City, NY, 2017
• Fellowship, Vascular Surgery, Hospital Reg. Lic. Adolfo Lopez Mateos, Mexico, 2005
• Residency, Surgery, Hospital General de Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico, 2001
• MD, Universidad de Guanajuato, León, Guanajuato, Mexico, 1996

Research Areas:

• Induced pluripotent stem cells
• Tissue Engineering
• Disease modeling
• Cardiovascular disease

Selected Publications:

1. Turnbull IC, Gaitas, A. Characterizing induced pluripotent stem cells and derived cardiomyocytes: insights from nano scale mass measurements and mechanical properties. Nanoscale Adv. 2023 Nov 28;6(4):1059-1064. Cover article.
2. Turnbull IC, Bajpai A, Jankowski KB, Gaitas, A. Single -Cell Analysis of Contractile Forces in iPSC-Derived Cardiomyocytes: Paving the Way for Precision Medicine in Cardiovascular Disease. Int J Mol Sci. 2023 Aug 30;24(17).
3. Murphy JF, Mayourian J, Stillitano F, Munawar S. Broughton KM, Sussman MA, Hajjar RJ, Costa KD, Turnbull IC. Adult Human Cardiac Stem Cell-Supplementation Effectively Increases Contractile Function and Maturation in Human Engineered Cardiac Tissues. Stem Cell Research & Therapy, 2019 Dec 4;10(1):373.
4. Turnbull IC, Eltoukhy AA, Fish KM, Nonnenmacher M, Ishikawa K, Chen J, Hajjar RJ, Anderson DG, and Costa KD. Myocardial Delivery of Lipidoid Nanoparticle Carrying modRNA Induces Rapid and Transient Expression. Molecular Therapy. 2016 Feb;24(1):66-75. Cover Article.
5. Serrao GW, Turnbull IC*, Ancukiewicz D, Hadri L, Hajjar RJ, Costa KD. Myocyte-Depleted Engineered Cardiac Tissues Support Therapeutic Potential of Mesenchymal Stem Cells. Tissue Eng Part A, 2012 Jul;18(13-14):1322-33. *Co-first author.

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