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Giulio Francia

Associate Professor
Biological Sciences
Biology, Biomedicine

Office Building: Bioscience Research Building
Office Room: 5.144
Phone: (915) 747-8025
Email: gfrancia@utep.edu

Expertise: See Research Profile in Expertise Connector

Bio

Researcher Interested in studying the Biology of Metastasis

Awards and Honors

Best Poster ABRCMS (Joe Wingate) - ABRCMS (11/01/2019)
UTEP Academy Distinguished Teachers - University of Texas at El Paso (05/10/2019)
UT Academy Distinguished Teachers - UT System (05/05/2019)
2018 ROTA Award ($25,000) (08/01/2018-08/31/2018)
ROTA UTEP Nominee (08/01/2017-08/31/2017)
Best Poster ABRCMS (Student; Jonathan Prieto) (11/01/2016-11/30/2016)
ROTA Departmental Nominee (08/01/2016-08/31/2016)
Invited Speaker (SABC Breast Cancer Oncology Educational Session) - prIME Oncology (12/01/2015-12/31/2015)
Physics Departmental Award for Academic & Research Excellence (12/01/2015-12/31/2015)
Best Poster ABRCMS (Student; Diana G. Garcia) (11/01/2015-11/30/2015)
Best TA in Biology Department (05/01/2015-05/31/2015)
Invited Speaker - Haifa, Israel (05/01/2015-05/31/2015)
ROTA Departmental Nominee (12/01/2014-12/31/2014)
UTEP Nomination for ROTA teaching Award 2014 - ROTA (10/01/2014-10/31/2014)
Invited Speaker, Zurich (Switzerland) Symposium on Translational Animal Research - - Collegium Helveticum (11/20/2013)
SACNAS Travel Scholarship - SACNAS (10/11/2012)
ASCB MAC Travel Award - Minorities Affairs Committee (09/25/2012)
UTEP Summer Research Experience for Undergraduates in Molecular and Cellular Biology - UTEP Dept. of Biological Sciences (05/26/2012)
NIH Early Career Reviewer, Tumor Progression and Metastasis Study Section (02/01/2012-02/28/2012)
2012 ASCB MAC Junior Faculty and Postdoctoral Fellows Career Development Workshop Travel Award

Education

Ph D in Biology, ICRF/Kings College London (1998)
BS in Biology, University of Bristol (1994)

Publications

Dissecting the role of vitamin B12 metabolism in craniofacial development through analysis of clinical phenotypes and model organism discoveries Differentiation 142:100831 (2024), Briana E. Pinales, Carlos E. Palomino, German Rosas-Acosta, Giulio Francia, Anita M. Quintana.
Analysis of 81 plasma cytokine levels in a phase II trial of gastrointestinal cancer patients treated with metronomic chemotherapy; incorporation of Artificial Intelligence and mathematical modeling AACR Annual Meeting (2024), L Manca, B Pinales, J Silva Espinoza, R Steart, D Prospero, M Frias, M Montelongo, H Padilla, C Perucho, B Ortega, V Lopez, M Silva, G Allegrini, Giulio Francia.
History of metronomic chemotherapy (2024), Diana Prospero, C Perucho, V Lopez, Giulio Francia.
Melanocortin-4 receptor antagonism inhibits colorectal and anaplastic thyroid cancer in vitro and in vivo J Clin Med 2024 (In Press) (in press), Bandini A et al, , Giulio Francia, M Scarselli , G Bocci.
Blood Vessels Distribution in Mouse Tissue UTEP COURI - WINNER 2nd Best Bioscience Poster 2024 (2024), C Perucho, M Cruz, L Quijano, Giulio Francia.
LUMINEX Analysis of Gastrointestinal Cancer Patients AACR Undergraduate Poster Session, San Diego, 2024 (2024), V Lopez, R Stewart, D Prospero, H Padilla, Giulio Francia.
Melanocortin receptor 4 as a new target in melanoma therapy: Anticancer activity of the inhibitor ML00253764 alone and in association with B-raf inhibitor vemurafenib Biochem Pharmacol. 2024 219:115952. (2024), Orlandi et al., Giulio Francia, Guido Bocci.
Pharmacodynamic biomarker analysis of gastrointestinal cancer patients treated with metronomic chemotherapy in the Italian COMET Trial (Cancer Research Volume 84, Issue 6_Supplement 15 March 2024) (2023), Manca et al..., Diana Prospero , Hector Padilla, Claire Perucho, Hazel Padilla, Brianna Ortega, Ryley Stewart , Magdiel Santillan, Valeria Lopez, Robert Kirken, Guido Bocci, Giulio Francia.
A Luminex Approach to Develop an Anti-Tumor-Associated Antigen Autoantibody Panel for the Detection of Prostate Cancer in Racially/Ethnically Diverse Populations. Cancers 15 16 (2023), C Qiu, X Wang, SA Batson, CA Casiano, Giulio Francia, Jianying Zhang.
A Luminex Approach to Develop an Anti-Tumor-Associated Antigen Autoantibody Panel for the Detection of Prostate Cancer in Racially/Ethnically Diverse Populations Cancers (Basel) . 2023 Aug 11;15(16):4064. doi: 10.3390/cancers15164064. (2023), Qiu et al, Giulio Francia, Jianying Zhang.
ErbB2/Her2-dependent downregulation of a cell death-promoting protein BLNK in breast cancer cells is required for 3D breast tumor growth (2022), Liu et al, Giulio Francia, Kerbel RS, Rosen KV.
Cyclic Metronomic Chemotherapy for Pediatric Tumors: Six Case Reports and a Review of the Literature J Clin Med . 2022 May 18;11(10):2849. doi: 10.3390/jcm11102849. (2022), Carcamo, Giulio Francia.
Impact of host stroma on the anti-tumor effects of metronomic chemotherapy. SACNAS National Diversity in STEM Conference: October 2022; San Juan, PR. (2022), Ronquillo, Giulio Francia.
Impact of stromal components in tumors responding to metronomic chemotherapy. COURI Spring Symposium: April 2022; El Paso, TX (2022), Ronquillo, Giulio Francia.
Metronomic Gemcitabine for Breast Cancer Brain Metastases. UTEP COURI August 2022. (2022), Padilla, Giulio Francia.
The role of stroma on the anti-tumor effects of metronomic cyclophosphamide. COURI Summer Symposium: August 2022; El Paso, (2022), Ronquillo, Giulio Francia.
Metronomic chemotherapy and anti-angiogenic drugs: Preclinical and clinical data.Anti-angiogenic Drugs as Chemosensitizers in Cancer Therapy, Vol 19 (in Press) (2021), Bocci, Giulio Francia, Serina Batson.
Production of Monoclonal Antibodies- Tubulin, Meca32, and C44-using Cell Culture Technology ABRCMS (Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students), Virtual Conference, Nov 2021. (2021), Jazmin Corral, Giulio Francia.
BEST Poster AWARD "Continuous Low Dose Gemcitabine Chemotherapy " ABRCMS 2021 Virtual Conference Nov 10-13 (2021), Arlene Levario, Giulio Francia.
Production of Monoclonal Antibodies- Tubulin, Meca32, and C44-using Cell Culture Technology Symposium for Undergraduate Research Exploration, University of Texas at Austin, Oct 2021. (2021), Jazmin Corral, Giulio Francia.
Pharmacodynamic biomarkers in metronomic chemotherapy: Multiplex cytokine measurements in gastrointestinal cancer patients Clinical and Experimental Medicine (2021), Paloma Valenzuela, Derrick Oaxaca, Teresa Di Desidero, Karla Parra, Georgialina Rodriguez, Marian M. Manciu, Giacomo Allegrini, Alfredo Falcone, , Guido Bocci, Robert A. Kirken, , Giulio Francia.
Pharmacodynamic biomarkers in metronomic chemotherapy: multiplex cytokine measurements in gastrointestinal cancer patients Clin Exp Med. 2021 Feb;21(1):149-159. doi: 10.1007/s10238-020-00666-9. (2021), Valenzuela P et al, Oaxaca D, Parra K, Kirken RA, Giulio Francia.
Development of a VLP-Based Vaccine Displaying an xCT Extracellular Domain for the Treatment of Metastatic Breast Cancer Cancers (Basel) . 2020 Jun 8;12(6):1492. doi: 10.3390/cancers12061492. (2020), Rolih V et al, Giulio Francia, Cavallo, F.
Synergistic activity of linifanib and irinotecan increases the survival of mice bearing orthotopically implanted human anaplastic thyroid cancer Am J Cancer Res . 2020 Jul 1;10(7):2120-2127. eCollection 2020. (2020), Banchi M et al, Giulio Francia, Bocci, G.
Pre-clinical Evaluation of Gemcitabine’s efficacy in treating Breast Cancer Brain Metastases NIH Diversity Program Consortium (2020), Wingate, Giulio Francia.
Pharmacological effects of vinorelbine in combination with lenvatinib in anaplastic thyroid cancer Pharmacol Res. 2020 Aug;158:104920. doi: 10.1016/j.phrs.2020.104920. Epub 2020 May 24. (2020), Di Desidero et al, Cayme G, Giulio Francia, Bocci, G.
Overexpression of p62/IMP2 can promote cell migration in hepatocellular carcinoma via activating Wnt/β-catenin pathway. Cancers 12 1 (2020), Mengtao Xing, Xiao Wang, Jitian Li, Xiaojun Zhang, Yangcheng Ma, Giulio Francia, Jianying Zhang.

Presentations

Blood Vessels Distribution in Mouse Tissue (2024), Volume Pittsburgh, PA, Valeria Lopez, Monica Cruz, Leslie Quijano, Ryley Stewart, Sarah Galindro, Briana Ortega, Raul Pineda, Biana Pinales, Luis Lopez, Hector Padilla, Diana Prospero, Saeedeh Darvishi, Anita Quintana, German Rosas-Acosta, Jonathon E. Mohl, Eugenia Martinez, Claire Eunise Perucho, Giulio Francia.
A Luminex Approach to Develop an Anti-Tumor-Associated Antigen Autoantibody Panel for the Detection of Prostate Cancer. (2024), Volume UTEP, C Qiu, X Wang, SA Batson, CA Casiano, Giulio Francia, Jianying Zhang.
Exploring erythropoietic phenotypes in zebrafish model of cblC disorder. (2024), Volume UTEP, Michelle Solano, Briana E. Pinales, Claudia B. Gil, German Rosas-Acosta, Giulio Francia, Anita M. Quintana.
Exploring the function of the Hspg2 proteoglycan during developmental erythropoiesis. (2024), Volume UTEP, Anita Quintana, Andrea Yanez, Briana E. Pinales, Claudia B. Gil, German Rosas-Acosta, Giulio Francia.
Using Luminex approach to develop a panel of anti-TAA autoantibodies for the detection of prostate cancer. (2023), Volume Orlando, FL, C Qiu, X Wang, SA Batson, CA Casiano, Giulio Francia, Jianying Zhang.
Impact of gemcitabine chemotherapy regimens on breast cancer brain metastases (2020), Levario, Giulio Francia.
AAA12 Paclitaxel Directed Screening to identify novel anti-cancer drugs (2020), Wingate J, Diana Gonzalez et al, Giulio Francia.

Grants

Academy for Promoting Success in Biomedical Sciences at UTEP (05/05/2024 - 04/30/2027) - Texas Regents Research Excellence Award
SC1 SCORE : The role of breast cancer organ specific metastasis on the therapeutic impact of anti-cancer drugs (04/20/2020 - 04/30/2026) - NIH
Analysis of anti-tumor efficacy of immunotherapy combined with angiogenesis inhibitors (01/01/2024 - 05/30/2025) - UTEP U.S.-Mexico Faculty Collaboration Fellowship
Single cell RNA sequencing (03/01/2020 - 03/31/2025) - Research

Current/Future Courses

Term	Course	Section
Fall 2025	BIOL 1305 - General Biology	11262
Fall 2025	BIOL 6190 - Independent Research	16520
Fall 2025	BIOL 6290 - Independent Research	15262
Fall 2025	BIOL 6390 - Independent Research	18161
Fall 2025	BIOL 6690 - Independent Research	15020
Fall 2025	BIOL 4298 - Special Problems	15086
Fall 2025	BIOL 4398 - Special Problems	17711
Fall 2025	RSRC 4033 - Undergraduate Research	11689
Summer 2025	BIOL 4198 - Special Problems	33967
Summer 2025	BIOL 4198 - Special Problems	34015
Summer 2025	RSRC 4033 - Undergraduate Research	31038

Past Courses

Select Term:

Term	Course	Section	Syllabus
Fall 2025	BIOL 1305 - General Biology	11262
Fall 2025	BIOL 6190 - Independent Research	16520
Fall 2025	BIOL 6290 - Independent Research	15262
Fall 2025	BIOL 6390 - Independent Research	18161
Fall 2025	BIOL 6690 - Independent Research	15020
Fall 2025	BIOL 4398 - Special Problems	17711
Spring 2025	BIOL 4330 - Cancer Biology	24925	Syllabus
Spring 2025	BIOL 6190 - Independent Research	28005
Spring 2025	BIOL 6390 - Independent Research	26412
Spring 2025	BIOL 6690 - Independent Research	20228
Spring 2025	BIOL 4398 - Special Problems	20124
Spring 2025	RSRC 4033 - Undergraduate Research	22115
Fall 2024	BIOL 1305 - General Biology	10504
Fall 2024	BIOL 6290 - Independent Research	15790
Fall 2024	BIOL 6690 - Independent Research	10167
Fall 2024	BIOL 4298 - Special Problems	15874
Fall 2024	RSRC 4033 - Undergraduate Research	11861
Spring 2024	BIOL 4330 - Cancer Biology	25820	Syllabus
Spring 2024	BIOL 5330 - Cancer Biology	25016	Syllabus
Spring 2024	BIOL 6330 - Cancer Biology	25998	Syllabus
Spring 2024	BIOL 6390 - Independent Research	28135
Spring 2024	BIOL 6490 - Independent Research	21607
Spring 2024	BIOL 6690 - Independent Research	20261
Spring 2024	BIOL 4398 - Special Problems	20140
Spring 2024	RSRC 4033 - Undergraduate Research	22359
Fall 2023	BIOL 1305 - General Biology	12161	Syllabus
Fall 2023	BIOL 6190 - Independent Research	17261
Fall 2023	BIOL 6290 - Independent Research	17340
Fall 2023	BIOL 6690 - Independent Research	10257
Fall 2023	BIOL 4298 - Special Problems	17442
Fall 2023	RSRC 4033 - Undergraduate Research	12198
Spring 2023	BIOL 4330 - Cancer Biology	27318	Syllabus
Spring 2023	BIOL 5330 - Cancer Biology	26003	Syllabus
Spring 2023	BIOL 6330 - Cancer Biology	27584	Syllabus
Spring 2023	BIOL 6490 - Independent Research	21757
Spring 2023	BIOL 6690 - Independent Research	20290
Spring 2023	RSRC 4033 - Undergraduate Research	22577
Fall 2022	BIOL 1305 - General Biology	13005	Syllabus
Fall 2022	BIOL 6390 - Independent Research	10579
Fall 2022	BIOL 6690 - Independent Research	10609
Fall 2022	RSRC 4033 - Undergraduate Research	14305
Summer 2022	BIOL 6390 - Independent Research	30124
Summer 2022	RSRC 4033 - Undergraduate Research	32598
Spring 2022	BIOL 5330 - Cancer Biology	29042	Syllabus
Spring 2022	BIOL 6190 - Independent Research	22275
Spring 2022	BIOL 6390 - Independent Research	20463
Spring 2022	BIOL 6490 - Independent Research	22342
Spring 2022	RSRC 4033 - Undergraduate Research	23398
Fall 2021	BIOL 6399 - Dissertation	10598
Fall 2021	BIOL 1305 - General Biology	11050	Syllabus
Fall 2021	BIOL 6390 - Independent Research	10579
Fall 2021	BIOL 6590 - Independent Research	11049
Fall 2021	BIOL 6690 - Independent Research	10609
Fall 2021	BIOL 5398 - Thesis	10763
Fall 2021	RSRC 4033 - Undergraduate Research	14287
Summer 2021	BIOL 6590 - Independent Research	34600
Summer 2021	BIOL 4398 - Special Problems	31299
Summer 2021	RSRC 4033 - Undergraduate Research	32590
Spring 2021	BIOL 4330 - Cancer Biology	25086	Syllabus
Spring 2021	BIOL 6399 - Dissertation	20693
Spring 2021	HON 4396 - Honors Senior Thesis	21423
Spring 2021	BIOL 6390 - Independent Research	20510
Spring 2021	BIOL 4398 - Special Problems	20233
Spring 2021	BIOL 5398 - Thesis	20293
Spring 2021	RSRC 4033 - Undergraduate Research	23725
Fall 2020	BIOL 6398 - Dissertation	10728
Fall 2020	BIOL 1305 - General Biology	14444	Syllabus
Fall 2020	HON 4395 - Honors Senior Thesis	16847
Fall 2020	BIOL 5102 - Independent Research	17465
Fall 2020	BIOL 6690 - Independent Research	10650
Fall 2020	BIOL 5302 - Resrch Biological Science	10584
Fall 2020	RSRC 4033 - Undergraduate Research	14501
Summer 2020	BIOL 5302 - Resrch Biological Science	31467
Summer 2020	RSRC 4033 - Undergraduate Research	32747
Spring 2020	BIOL 4330 - Cancer Biology	25675
Spring 2020	BIOL 5330 - Cancer Biology	25683	Syllabus
Spring 2020	BIOL 6390 - Independent Research	20589
Spring 2020	BIOL 6690 - Independent Research	20539
Spring 2020	BIOL 4298 - Special Problems	20278
Spring 2020	BIOL 4398 - Special Problems	20298
Spring 2020	BIOL 5399 - Thesis	20367
Spring 2020	RSRC 4033 - Undergraduate Research	24222
Fall 2019	BIOL 1305 - General Biology	11368	Syllabus
Fall 2019	BIOL 6590 - Independent Research	11165
Fall 2019	BIOL 4298 - Special Problems	10511
Fall 2019	BIOL 4398 - Special Problems	10519
Fall 2019	BIOL 5399 - Thesis	10645
Fall 2019	RSRC 4033 - Undergraduate Research	14807
Summer 2019	BIOL 6399 - Dissertation	31874
Summer 2019	BIOL 6390 - Independent Research	30149
Summer 2019	BIOL 4198 - Special Problems	31173
Summer 2019	RSRC 4033 - Undergraduate Research	33005
Spring 2019	BIOL 4330 - Cancer Biology	26136	Syllabus
Spring 2019	BIOL 5330 - Cancer Biology	26144	Syllabus
Spring 2019	BIOL 6399 - Dissertation	20831
Spring 2019	BIOL 6290 - Independent Research	23109
Spring 2019	BIOL 6590 - Independent Research	23175
Spring 2019	BIOL 4398 - Special Problems	20301
Spring 2019	BIOL 5399 - Thesis	20368
Spring 2019	RSRC 4033 - Undergraduate Research	24557
Fall 2018	BIOL 6398 - Dissertation	12685
Fall 2018	BIOL 6399 - Dissertation	10809
Fall 2018	BIOL 6590 - Independent Research	13559
Fall 2018	BIOL 5301 - Select Adv Topics Biol Science	17487
Fall 2018	BIOL 4298 - Special Problems	11237
Fall 2018	BIOL 5399 - Thesis	10672
Fall 2018	RSRC 4033 - Undergraduate Research	15166
Summer 2018	BIOL 4198 - Special Problems	31590
Summer 2018	BIOL 4398 - Special Problems	30505
Spring 2018	BIOL 4330 - Cancer Biology	26782
Spring 2018	BIOL 5330 - Cancer Biology	26815
Spring 2018	BIOL 6398 - Dissertation	22417
Spring 2018	BIOL 6190 - Independent Research	23321
Spring 2018	BIOL 6690 - Independent Research	20569
Spring 2018	BIOL 4198 - Special Problems	20265
Spring 2018	BIOL 4398 - Special Problems	20308
Spring 2018	BIOL 5399 - Thesis	20375
Spring 2018	RSRC 4033 - Undergraduate Research	24920

Course Evaluations

Term	Course	Section	Evaluation
Fall 2024	BIOL 1305 - General Biology	10504	Evaluation
Spring 2024	BIOL 4330 - Cancer Biology	25820	Evaluation
Spring 2024	BIOL 5330 - Cancer Biology	25016	Evaluation
Spring 2024	BIOL 6330 - Cancer Biology	25998	Evaluation
Fall 2023	BIOL 1305 - General Biology	12161	Evaluation
Spring 2023	BIOL 4330 - Cancer Biology	27318	Evaluation
Spring 2023	BIOL 5330 - Cancer Biology	26003	Evaluation
Spring 2023	BIOL 6330 - Cancer Biology	27584	Evaluation
Fall 2022	BIOL 1305 - General Biology	13005	Evaluation
Spring 2022	BIOL 5330 - Cancer Biology	29042	Evaluation
Fall 2021	BIOL 1305 - General Biology	11050	Evaluation
Spring 2021	BIOL 4330 - Cancer Biology	25086	Evaluation
Fall 2020	BIOL 1305 - General Biology	14444	Evaluation
Spring 2020	BIOL 4330 - Cancer Biology	25675	Evaluation
Spring 2020	BIOL 5330 - Cancer Biology	25683	Evaluation

Bio

Researcher Interested in studying the Biology of Metastasis

Awards and Honors

Best Poster ABRCMS (Joe Wingate) - ABRCMS (11/01/2019)
UTEP Academy Distinguished Teachers - University of Texas at El Paso (05/10/2019)
UT Academy Distinguished Teachers - UT System (05/05/2019)
2018 ROTA Award ($25,000) (08/01/2018-08/31/2018)
ROTA UTEP Nominee (08/01/2017-08/31/2017)
Best Poster ABRCMS (Student; Jonathan Prieto) (11/01/2016-11/30/2016)
ROTA Departmental Nominee (08/01/2016-08/31/2016)
Invited Speaker (SABC Breast Cancer Oncology Educational Session) - prIME Oncology (12/01/2015-12/31/2015)
Physics Departmental Award for Academic & Research Excellence (12/01/2015-12/31/2015)
Best Poster ABRCMS (Student; Diana G. Garcia) (11/01/2015-11/30/2015)
Best TA in Biology Department (05/01/2015-05/31/2015)
Invited Speaker - Haifa, Israel (05/01/2015-05/31/2015)
ROTA Departmental Nominee (12/01/2014-12/31/2014)
UTEP Nomination for ROTA teaching Award 2014 - ROTA (10/01/2014-10/31/2014)
Invited Speaker, Zurich (Switzerland) Symposium on Translational Animal Research - - Collegium Helveticum (11/20/2013)
SACNAS Travel Scholarship - SACNAS (10/11/2012)
ASCB MAC Travel Award - Minorities Affairs Committee (09/25/2012)
UTEP Summer Research Experience for Undergraduates in Molecular and Cellular Biology - UTEP Dept. of Biological Sciences (05/26/2012)
NIH Early Career Reviewer, Tumor Progression and Metastasis Study Section (02/01/2012-02/28/2012)
2012 ASCB MAC Junior Faculty and Postdoctoral Fellows Career Development Workshop Travel Award

Ph D in Biology, ICRF/Kings College London (1998)
BS in Biology, University of Bristol (1994)

Publications

Dissecting the role of vitamin B12 metabolism in craniofacial development through analysis of clinical phenotypes and model organism discoveries Differentiation 142:100831 (2024), Briana E. Pinales, Carlos E. Palomino, German Rosas-Acosta, Giulio Francia, Anita M. Quintana.
Analysis of 81 plasma cytokine levels in a phase II trial of gastrointestinal cancer patients treated with metronomic chemotherapy; incorporation of Artificial Intelligence and mathematical modeling AACR Annual Meeting (2024), L Manca, B Pinales, J Silva Espinoza, R Steart, D Prospero, M Frias, M Montelongo, H Padilla, C Perucho, B Ortega, V Lopez, M Silva, G Allegrini, Giulio Francia.
History of metronomic chemotherapy (2024), Diana Prospero, C Perucho, V Lopez, Giulio Francia.
Melanocortin-4 receptor antagonism inhibits colorectal and anaplastic thyroid cancer in vitro and in vivo J Clin Med 2024 (In Press) (in press), Bandini A et al, , Giulio Francia, M Scarselli , G Bocci.
Blood Vessels Distribution in Mouse Tissue UTEP COURI - WINNER 2nd Best Bioscience Poster 2024 (2024), C Perucho, M Cruz, L Quijano, Giulio Francia.

Presentations

Blood Vessels Distribution in Mouse Tissue (2024), Volume Pittsburgh, PA, Valeria Lopez, Monica Cruz, Leslie Quijano, Ryley Stewart, Sarah Galindro, Briana Ortega, Raul Pineda, Biana Pinales, Luis Lopez, Hector Padilla, Diana Prospero, Saeedeh Darvishi, Anita Quintana, German Rosas-Acosta, Jonathon E. Mohl, Eugenia Martinez, Claire Eunise Perucho, Giulio Francia.
A Luminex Approach to Develop an Anti-Tumor-Associated Antigen Autoantibody Panel for the Detection of Prostate Cancer. (2024), Volume UTEP, C Qiu, X Wang, SA Batson, CA Casiano, Giulio Francia, Jianying Zhang.
Exploring erythropoietic phenotypes in zebrafish model of cblC disorder. (2024), Volume UTEP, Michelle Solano, Briana E. Pinales, Claudia B. Gil, German Rosas-Acosta, Giulio Francia, Anita M. Quintana.
Exploring the function of the Hspg2 proteoglycan during developmental erythropoiesis. (2024), Volume UTEP, Anita Quintana, Andrea Yanez, Briana E. Pinales, Claudia B. Gil, German Rosas-Acosta, Giulio Francia.
Using Luminex approach to develop a panel of anti-TAA autoantibodies for the detection of prostate cancer. (2023), Volume Orlando, FL, C Qiu, X Wang, SA Batson, CA Casiano, Giulio Francia, Jianying Zhang.

Academy for Promoting Success in Biomedical Sciences at UTEP (05/05/2024 - 04/30/2027) Texas Regents Research Excellence Award
SC1 SCORE : The role of breast cancer organ specific metastasis on the therapeutic impact of anti-cancer drugs (04/20/2020 - 04/30/2026) NIH
Analysis of anti-tumor efficacy of immunotherapy combined with angiogenesis inhibitors (01/01/2024 - 05/30/2025) UTEP U.S.-Mexico Faculty Collaboration Fellowship
Single cell RNA sequencing (03/01/2020 - 03/31/2025) Research

Current/Future Courses

Term

Fall 2025

Course

BIOL 1305 - General Biology

Section

11262

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2025

Course

BIOL 6190 - Independent Research

Section

16520

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2025

Course

BIOL 6290 - Independent Research

Section

15262

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2025

Course

BIOL 6390 - Independent Research

Section

18161

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2025

Course

BIOL 6690 - Independent Research

Section

15020

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2025

Course

BIOL 4298 - Special Problems

Section

15086

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2025

Course

BIOL 4398 - Special Problems

Section

17711

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2025

Course

RSRC 4033 - Undergraduate Research

Section

11689

Syllabus

Term

Summer 2025

Course

BIOL 4198 - Special Problems

Section

33967

Syllabus

Term

Summer 2025

Course

BIOL 4198 - Special Problems

Section

34015

Syllabus

Term

Summer 2025

Course

RSRC 4033 - Undergraduate Research

Section

31038

Syllabus

Past Courses

Select Term:

Term

Fall 2025

Course

BIOL 1305 - General Biology

Section

11262

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2025

Course

BIOL 6190 - Independent Research

Section

16520

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2025

Course

BIOL 6290 - Independent Research

Section

15262

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2025

Course

BIOL 6390 - Independent Research

Section

18161

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2025

Course

BIOL 6690 - Independent Research

Section

15020

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2025

Course

BIOL 4398 - Special Problems

Section

17711

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2025

Course

BIOL 4330 - Cancer Biology

Section

24925

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2025

Course

BIOL 6190 - Independent Research

Section

28005

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2025

Course

BIOL 6390 - Independent Research

Section

26412

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2025

Course

BIOL 6690 - Independent Research

Section

20228

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2025

Course

BIOL 4398 - Special Problems

Section

20124

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2025

Course

RSRC 4033 - Undergraduate Research

Section

22115

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2024

Course

BIOL 1305 - General Biology

Section

10504

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2024

Course

BIOL 6290 - Independent Research

Section

15790

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2024

Course

BIOL 6690 - Independent Research

Section

10167

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2024

Course

BIOL 4298 - Special Problems

Section

15874

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2024

Course

RSRC 4033 - Undergraduate Research

Section

11861

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2024

Course

BIOL 4330 - Cancer Biology

Section

25820

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2024

Course

BIOL 5330 - Cancer Biology

Section

25016

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2024

Course

BIOL 6330 - Cancer Biology

Section

25998

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2024

Course

BIOL 6390 - Independent Research

Section

28135

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2024

Course

BIOL 6490 - Independent Research

Section

21607

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2024

Course

BIOL 6690 - Independent Research

Section

20261

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2024

Course

BIOL 4398 - Special Problems

Section

20140

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2024

Course

RSRC 4033 - Undergraduate Research

Section

22359

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2023

Course

BIOL 1305 - General Biology

Section

12161

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2023

Course

BIOL 6190 - Independent Research

Section

17261

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2023

Course

BIOL 6290 - Independent Research

Section

17340

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2023

Course

BIOL 6690 - Independent Research

Section

10257

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2023

Course

BIOL 4298 - Special Problems

Section

17442

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2023

Course

RSRC 4033 - Undergraduate Research

Section

12198

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2023

Course

BIOL 4330 - Cancer Biology

Section

27318

Syllabus

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Spring 2023

Course

BIOL 5330 - Cancer Biology

Section

26003

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Term

Spring 2023

Course

BIOL 6330 - Cancer Biology

Section

27584

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2023

Course

BIOL 6490 - Independent Research

Section

21757

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2023

Course

BIOL 6690 - Independent Research

Section

20290

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2023

Course

RSRC 4033 - Undergraduate Research

Section

22577

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2022

Course

BIOL 1305 - General Biology

Section

13005

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2022

Course

BIOL 6390 - Independent Research

Section

10579

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2022

Course

BIOL 6690 - Independent Research

Section

10609

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2022

Course

RSRC 4033 - Undergraduate Research

Section

14305

Syllabus

Term

Summer 2022

Course

BIOL 6390 - Independent Research

Section

30124

Syllabus

Term

Summer 2022

Course

RSRC 4033 - Undergraduate Research

Section

32598

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2022

Course

BIOL 5330 - Cancer Biology

Section

29042

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2022

Course

BIOL 6190 - Independent Research

Section

22275

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2022

Course

BIOL 6390 - Independent Research

Section

20463

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2022

Course

BIOL 6490 - Independent Research

Section

22342

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2022

Course

RSRC 4033 - Undergraduate Research

Section

23398

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2021

Course

BIOL 6399 - Dissertation

Section

10598

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2021

Course

BIOL 1305 - General Biology

Section

11050

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2021

Course

BIOL 6390 - Independent Research

Section

10579

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2021

Course

BIOL 6590 - Independent Research

Section

11049

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2021

Course

BIOL 6690 - Independent Research

Section

10609

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2021

Course

BIOL 5398 - Thesis

Section

10763

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2021

Course

RSRC 4033 - Undergraduate Research

Section

14287

Syllabus

Term

Summer 2021

Course

BIOL 6590 - Independent Research

Section

34600

Syllabus

Term

Summer 2021

Course

BIOL 4398 - Special Problems

Section

31299

Syllabus

Term

Summer 2021

Course

RSRC 4033 - Undergraduate Research

Section

32590

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2021

Course

BIOL 4330 - Cancer Biology

Section

25086

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2021

Course

BIOL 6399 - Dissertation

Section

20693

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2021

Course

HON 4396 - Honors Senior Thesis

Section

21423

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2021

Course

BIOL 6390 - Independent Research

Section

20510

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2021

Course

BIOL 4398 - Special Problems

Section

20233

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2021

Course

BIOL 5398 - Thesis

Section

20293

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2021

Course

RSRC 4033 - Undergraduate Research

Section

23725

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2020

Course

BIOL 6398 - Dissertation

Section

10728

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2020

Course

BIOL 1305 - General Biology

Section

14444

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2020

Course

HON 4395 - Honors Senior Thesis

Section

16847

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2020

Course

BIOL 5102 - Independent Research

Section

17465

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2020

Course

BIOL 6690 - Independent Research

Section

10650

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2020

Course

BIOL 5302 - Resrch Biological Science

Section

10584

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2020

Course

RSRC 4033 - Undergraduate Research

Section

14501

Syllabus

Term

Summer 2020

Course

BIOL 5302 - Resrch Biological Science

Section

31467

Syllabus

Term

Summer 2020

Course

RSRC 4033 - Undergraduate Research

Section

32747

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2020

Course

BIOL 4330 - Cancer Biology

Section

25675

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2020

Course

BIOL 5330 - Cancer Biology

Section

25683

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2020

Course

BIOL 6390 - Independent Research

Section

20589

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2020

Course

BIOL 6690 - Independent Research

Section

20539

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2020

Course

BIOL 4298 - Special Problems

Section

20278

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2020

Course

BIOL 4398 - Special Problems

Section

20298

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2020

Course

BIOL 5399 - Thesis

Section

20367

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2020

Course

RSRC 4033 - Undergraduate Research

Section

24222

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2019

Course

BIOL 1305 - General Biology

Section

11368

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2019

Course

BIOL 6590 - Independent Research

Section

11165

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2019

Course

BIOL 4298 - Special Problems

Section

10511

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2019

Course

BIOL 4398 - Special Problems

Section

10519

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2019

Course

BIOL 5399 - Thesis

Section

10645

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2019

Course

RSRC 4033 - Undergraduate Research

Section

14807

Syllabus

Term

Summer 2019

Course

BIOL 6399 - Dissertation

Section

31874

Syllabus

Term

Summer 2019

Course

BIOL 6390 - Independent Research

Section

30149

Syllabus

Term

Summer 2019

Course

BIOL 4198 - Special Problems

Section

31173

Syllabus

Term

Summer 2019

Course

RSRC 4033 - Undergraduate Research

Section

33005

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2019

Course

BIOL 4330 - Cancer Biology

Section

26136

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2019

Course

BIOL 5330 - Cancer Biology

Section

26144

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2019

Course

BIOL 6399 - Dissertation

Section

20831

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2019

Course

BIOL 6290 - Independent Research

Section

23109

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2019

Course

BIOL 6590 - Independent Research

Section

23175

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2019

Course

BIOL 4398 - Special Problems

Section

20301

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2019

Course

BIOL 5399 - Thesis

Section

20368

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2019

Course

RSRC 4033 - Undergraduate Research

Section

24557

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2018

Course

BIOL 6398 - Dissertation

Section

12685

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2018

Course

BIOL 6399 - Dissertation

Section

10809

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2018

Course

BIOL 6590 - Independent Research

Section

13559

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2018

Course

BIOL 5301 - Select Adv Topics Biol Science

Section

17487

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2018

Course

BIOL 4298 - Special Problems

Section

11237

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2018

Course

BIOL 5399 - Thesis

Section

10672

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2018

Course

RSRC 4033 - Undergraduate Research

Section

15166

Syllabus

Term

Summer 2018

Course

BIOL 4198 - Special Problems

Section

31590

Syllabus

Term

Summer 2018

Course

BIOL 4398 - Special Problems

Section

30505

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2018

Course

BIOL 4330 - Cancer Biology

Section

26782

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2018

Course

BIOL 5330 - Cancer Biology

Section

26815

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2018

Course

BIOL 6398 - Dissertation

Section

22417

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2018

Course

BIOL 6190 - Independent Research

Section

23321

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2018

Course

BIOL 6690 - Independent Research

Section

20569

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2018

Course

BIOL 4198 - Special Problems

Section

20265

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2018

Course

BIOL 4398 - Special Problems

Section

20308

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2018

Course

BIOL 5399 - Thesis

Section

20375

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2018

Course

RSRC 4033 - Undergraduate Research

Section

24920

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2024

Course

BIOL 1305 - General Biology

Section

10504

Evaluation

Term

Spring 2024

Course

BIOL 4330 - Cancer Biology

Section

25820

Evaluation

Term

Spring 2024

Course

BIOL 5330 - Cancer Biology

Section

25016

Evaluation

Term

Spring 2024

Course

BIOL 6330 - Cancer Biology

Section

25998

Evaluation

Term

Fall 2023

Course

BIOL 1305 - General Biology

Section

12161

Evaluation

Term

Spring 2023

Course

BIOL 4330 - Cancer Biology

Section

27318

Evaluation

Term

Spring 2023

Course

BIOL 5330 - Cancer Biology

Section

26003

Evaluation

Term

Spring 2023

Course

BIOL 6330 - Cancer Biology

Section

27584

Evaluation

Term

Fall 2022

Course

BIOL 1305 - General Biology

Section

13005

Evaluation

Term

Spring 2022

Course

BIOL 5330 - Cancer Biology

Section

29042

Evaluation

Term

Fall 2021

Course

BIOL 1305 - General Biology

Section

11050

Evaluation

Term

Spring 2021

Course

BIOL 4330 - Cancer Biology

Section

25086

Evaluation

Term

Fall 2020

Course

BIOL 1305 - General Biology

Section

14444

Evaluation

Term

Spring 2020

Course

BIOL 4330 - Cancer Biology

Section

25675

Evaluation

Term

Spring 2020

Course

BIOL 5330 - Cancer Biology

Section

25683

Evaluation

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