carmina.blanco 
ucsf.edu
Assistant Specialist
Education
2015-2017
Masters in Business Administration
Notre Dame de Namur University
1995-1998
B.S., Cell and Molecular Biology
San Francisco State University
Research Interests
Optimize research processes that are relevant in cell therapy space.
Publications
Kristina Pfendler, Carmina Catuar, Juanito Menses, Roger Pedersen, “Overexpression of Nodal promotes differentiation of mouse embryonic stem cells into mesoderm and endoderm at the expense of neuroectoderm formation” Stem Cells and Development (2005)
Hai-Qing Xian, Carmina Blanco, Kristina Bonham, H. Ralph Snodgrass, “Kinase Inhibitor-Induced Cardiotoxicity Assessed in Vitro with Human Pluripotent Stem Cell-Derived Cardiomyocytes” Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology (2022)