Mikail Gerard Alejandro

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Title(s)Assistant Specialist, Cellular Molecular Pharmacology
SchoolSchool of Medicine
Address499 Illinois, #30039
San Francisco CA 94158
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    I am an Assistant Specialist at the UCSF Cell Design Institute, where I contribute to the optimization of non-viral integration of therapeutic circuits to produce anti-cancer T cells. I am working towards becoming a physician-scientist that utilizes bioengineering to address fatal diseases.

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    University of San Francisco, San Francisco, CAB.S05/2022Medicinal/Synthetic Chemistry

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    1. Higher calcium levels exacerbate sickling of RBCs retaining mitochondria in pediatric patients with SCD. 2026. Yaw Ansong-Ansongton, Kenzy Mohamed, Daisy Zapet Bamac, Hart Horneman, Felicity Usac Rose, Utku Goreke, Mikail Gerard Alejandro, Eric Soupene, Petros Giannikopoulos, David N. Nguyen, Angela Rivers. View Publication.
    2. Ultra-large targeted DNA integrations in primary human cells. bioRxiv. 2026 Apr 09. Kernick C, Chow L, Alejandro M, Li K, Foisey MG, Yang X, Hilburger C, Lu J, Wu L, McClellan A, Takacsi-Nagy O, Brajenovic R, Theberath NE, Fuentes EC, Lin E, Hartman A, Truong T, Lee JHJ, Workley L, Ha AS, Ji Y, Putnam N, Andronikou N, Fatima N, Dotson M, Wong KA, Burns CH, Engelhard FAS, Stoyanova E, Vukovic M, Adie T, Lim WA, Roybal K, Santostefano K, Almeida R, Allen GM, Shy BR, Roth TL. PMID: 41993426; PMCID: PMC13081881.
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    3. Blood draw site and blood matrix influence mineral assessment. PLoS One. 2025; 20(12):e0338582. Alejandro MG, Schultz K, Killilea DW. PMID: 41359633; PMCID: PMC12685167.
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    4. Dual Assessment of the RBC Fraction Abnormally Retaining Mitochondria and of the RBC Mitochondrial Load Provides a New Clinical Parameter for Sickle Cell Disease Patients. EJHaem. 2025 Aug; 6(4):e70130. Soupene E, Horneman H, Alejandro M, Mohammed K, Nyansa Ansong-Ansongton YO, Rivers A. PMID: 40873469; PMCID: PMC12378695.
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    5. Reticulocyte mitochondrial retention increases reactive oxygen species and oxygen consumption in mouse models of sickle cell disease and phlebotomy-induced anemia. Exp Hematol. 2023 06; 122:55-62. Gallivan A, Alejandro M, Kanu A, Zekaryas N, Horneman H, Hong LK, Vinchinsky E, Lavelle D, Diamond AM, Molokie RE, Ramasamy J, Rivers A. PMID: 36934777.
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