Alon Azares, BS, SCYM

Alon Azares currently manages the Flow Cytometry Core at the Texas Heart Institute and supports the research labs as well as collaborators from other institutions. Show full bio

Alon attended Del Mar College in Corpus Christi and University of Miami in Coral Gables. Member of ISAC, ICCS, and FlowTex, a local organization of experienced cytometrists here in the Texas Medical Center.

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Texas Heart Institute Positions

  • Flow Cytometry Specialist, Flow Cytometry Core

Education

  • Undergraduate:

    Del Mar College in Corpus Christi
    University of Miami (FL)

Academic & Clinical Affiliations

  • FlowTex
  • ISAC
  • ICCS

Honors, Awards and Memberships

  • ISAC
  • ICCS
  • FlowTex

Publications

Schmitz, C., Alt, C., Azares, A. R. et al. (2022). The composition of adipose-derived regenerative cells isolated from lipoaspirate using a point of care system does not depend on the subject’s individual age, sex, body mass index and ethnicity. Cells 12, 30. https://doi.org/10.3390/cells12010030.
Pogostin, B. H., Yu, M. H., Azares, A. R. et al. (2022). Multidomain peptide hydrogel adjuvants elicit strong bias towards humoral immunity. Biomater Sci. https://doi.org/10.1039/d2bm01242a.
Dawson, A., Li, Y., Li, Y. et al. (2021). Single-cell analysis of aneurysmal aortic tissue in patients with Marfan syndrome reveals dysfunctional TGF-β signaling. Genes 13, 95. https://doi.org/10.3390/genes13010095.
Lopez-Silva, T. L., Leach, D. G., Azares, A. et al. (2020). Chemical functionality of multidomain peptide hydrogels governs early host immune response. Biomaterials 231, 119667. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biomaterials.2019.119667.
Luo, W., Wang, Y., Zhang, L. et al. (2020). Critical role of cytosolic DNA and its sensing adaptor STING in aortic degeneration, dissection, and rupture. Circulation 141, 42–66. https://doi.org/10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.119.041460.
Zou, S., Ren, P., Zhang, L. et al. (2020). Activation of bone marrow-derived cells and resident aortic cells during aortic injury. J Surg Res 245, 1–12. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jss.2019.07.013.
LeMaire, S. A., Zhang, L., Luo, W. et al. (2018). Effect of ciprofloxacin on susceptibility to aortic dissection and rupture in mice. JAMA Surg 153, e181804. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamasurg.2018.1804.
Shen, X., Soibam, B., Benham, A. et al. (2016). miR-322/-503 cluster is expressed in the earliest cardiac progenitor cells and drives cardiomyocyte specification. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 113, 9551–9556. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1608256113.
Liu, Y., Chen, L., Diaz, A. D. et al. (2016). Mesp1 marked cardiac progenitor cells repair infarcted mouse hearts. Sci Rep 6, 31457. https://doi.org/10.1038/srep31457.
Kumar, V. A., Liu, Q., Wickremasinghe, N. C. et al. (2016). Treatment of hind limb ischemia using angiogenic peptide nanofibers. Biomaterials 98, 113–119. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biomaterials.2016.04.032.