Education

Ph.D. in Pharmacology, University of Texas Medical Branch, USA, 2009

Current position

Postdoctoral fellow, Neuroscience, Georgetown University, USA

Publications

1. Lanfranco, M. F., Garate, F., Engdahl, A. J. and Maillard, R. A. (2017). Asymmetric configurations in a reengineered homodimer reveal multiple subunit communication pathways in protein allostery. J Biol Chem 292(15): 6086-6093.
2. Wang, J., Ben Hamida, S., Darcq, E., Zhu, W., Gibb, S. L., Lanfranco, M. F., Carnicella, S. and Ron, D. (2012). Ethanol-mediated facilitation of AMPA receptor function in the dorsomedial striatum: implications for alcohol drinking behavior. J Neurosci 32(43): 15124-15132.
3. Gibb, S. L., Hamida, S. B., Lanfranco, M. F. and Ron, D. (2011). Ethanol-induced increase in Fyn kinase activity in the dorsomedial striatum is associated with subcellular redistribution of protein tyrosine phosphatase alpha. J Neurochem 119(4): 879-889.
4. Wang, J., Lanfranco, M. F., Gibb, S. L. and Ron, D. (2011). Ethanol-mediated long-lasting adaptations of the NR2B-containing NMDA receptors in the dorsomedial striatum. Channels (Austin) 5(3): 205-209.
5. Lanfranco, M. F., Anastasio, N. C., Seitz, P. K. and Cunningham, K. A. (2010). Quantification of RNA editing of the serotonin 2C receptor (5-HT((2)C)R) ex vivo. Methods Enzymol 485: 311-328.
6. Wang, J., Lanfranco, M. F., Gibb, S. L., Yowell, Q. V., Carnicella, S. and Ron, D. (2010). Long-lasting adaptations of the NR2B-containing NMDA receptors in the dorsomedial striatum play a crucial role in alcohol consumption and relapse. J Neurosci 30(30): 10187-10198.
7. Anastasio, N. C., Lanfranco, M. F., Bubar, M. J., Seitz, P. K., Stutz, S. J., McGinnis, A. G., Watson, C. S. and Cunningham, K. A. (2010). Serotonin 5-HT2C receptor protein expression is enriched in synaptosomal and post-synaptic compartments of rat cortex. J Neurochem 113(6): 1504-1515.
8. Lanfranco, M. F., Seitz, P. K., Morabito, M. V., Emeson, R. B., Sanders-Bush, E. and Cunningham, K. A. (2009). An innovative real-time PCR method to measure changes in RNA editing of the serotonin 2C receptor (5-HT(2C)R) in brain. J Neurosci Methods 179(2): 247-257.
9. Lanfranco, M. F., Loayza-Muro, R., Clark, D., Nunez, R., Zavaleta, A. I., Jimenez, M., Meldal, M., Coombs, G. H., Mottram, J. C., Izidoro, M., Juliano, M. A., Juliano, L. and Arevalo, J. (2008). Expression and substrate specificity of a recombinant cysteine proteinase B of Leishmania braziliensis. Mol Biochem Parasitol 161(2): 91-100.
10. Liu, S., Bubar, M. J., Lanfranco, M. F., Hillman, G. R. and Cunningham, K. A. (2007). Serotonin2C receptor localization in GABA neurons of the rat medial prefrontal cortex: implications for understanding the neurobiology of addiction. Neuroscience 146(4): 1677-1688.