{"id":223688,"date":"2025-10-20T16:11:09","date_gmt":"2025-10-20T21:11:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2025\/10\/christian-maugee-phd-candidate-university-of-florida-from-patient-to-genetics-research-pioneer"},"modified":"2025-10-20T16:11:09","modified_gmt":"2025-10-20T21:11:09","slug":"christian-maugee-phd-candidate-university-of-florida-from-patient-to-genetics-research-pioneer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2025\/10\/christian-maugee-phd-candidate-university-of-florida-from-patient-to-genetics-research-pioneer","title":{"rendered":"Christian Maugee \u2014 PhD Candidate, University Of Florida \u2014 From Patient To Genetics Research Pioneer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"display: block; margin: 0 auto; width: 100%; aspect-ratio: 4\/3; object-fit: contain;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/BDxLHMru8JI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope;\n   picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>From patient to genetics research pioneer \u2014 christian maugee \u2014 phd candidate, university of florida.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>Christian Maugee is a PhD Candidate at the University of Florida, in Genetics and Genomics (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.vulpelab.net\/graduate-and-undergrad-students.html\">http:\/\/www.vulpelab.net\/graduate-and-undergrad-students.html<\/a> where his research explores how gene expression differs in the hearts of individuals with Friedrich\u2019s Ataxia (FA), a rare, progressive neurodegenerative disease. His work could lead to new insights into the cardiac complications that can be associated with FA and how to potential treat them better.<\/p>\n<p>Christian\u2019s dissertation work is focused on identifying gene modulators of the transcriptional phenotype of FA in human induced pluripotent stem cells differentiated into cardiomyocytes (hPSC-CMs). He accomplishes this through use of a novel method: Perturb-seq \u2014 a CRISPR screen coupled with single cell RNA sequencing (scRNA-seq) readout.<\/p>\n<p>Christian is driven by much more than academic curiosity, as he brings a unique and deeply human perspective to his work as someone living with FA. He doesn\u2019t just study the challenges faced by those with disabilities; he lives them. His work is not only informed by data and theory, but by resilience, authenticity, and a commitment to making research more inclusive and impactful.<\/p>\n<p>In the lab, Christian loves mentoring, and outside of the lab he loves fundraising and raising awareness for FA, mainly through FARA (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.curefa.org\/\">https:\/\/www.curefa.org\/<\/a>) and MDA (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mda.org\/disease\/friedreic\">https:\/\/www.mda.org\/disease\/friedreic<\/a>\u2026).<\/p>\n<div class=\"more-link-wrapper\"> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2025\/10\/christian-maugee-phd-candidate-university-of-florida-from-patient-to-genetics-research-pioneer\">Continue reading \u201cChristian Maugee \u2014 PhD Candidate, University Of Florida \u2014 From Patient To Genetics Research Pioneer\u201d | &gt;<\/a><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From patient to genetics research pioneer \u2014 christian maugee \u2014 phd candidate, university of florida. Christian Maugee is a PhD Candidate at the University of Florida, in Genetics and Genomics (http:\/\/www.vulpelab.net\/graduate-and-undergrad-students.html where his research explores how gene expression differs in the hearts of individuals with Friedrich\u2019s Ataxia (FA), a rare, progressive neurodegenerative disease. 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