10 things about University of Maryland alum MariaSanta Mangione

MariaSanta Zannino Mangione is an Italian-American physician based in Dallas, Texas, United States. The city is around 1,366 miles away from Towson, Maryland, USA.

BIOGRAPHY

MariaSanta is originally from Towson. Here are 10 more things about her:

1. She was born at Greater Baltimore Medical Center in Towson.
2. She attended the University of Maryland in College Park, Prince George’s County, Maryland and the Vanderbilt University School of Medicine in Nashville.
3. She is the eldest among the three children of Louis Mangione and Kathleen “Kathy” Zannino Mangione.
4. In June 1992, her sister Lucia Mangione was born at Greater Baltimore Medical Center.
5. On May 6, 1998, her brother Luigi Mangione was born at Greater Baltimore Medical Center.
6. From 2008 to 2012, she attended the University of Maryland where she earned her bachelor’s degree in cell biology and molecular genetics.
7. From 2012 to 2020, she attended the Vanderbilt University School of Medicine where she earned her master’s degree and PhD in cell and developmental biology.
8. On March 1, 2015, G3: Genes, Genomes, The Company of Biologists  published “Identification of new players in cell division, DNA damage response, and morphogenesis through construction of Schizosaccharomyces pombe deletion strains”, an article written by her, Jun-Song Chen, Janel R. Beckley, Nathan A. McDonald, Liping Ren, Sylvia J. Jang, Zachary C. Elmore, Nicole Rachfall, Anna Feoktistova, Christine M. Jones, Alaina H. Willet, Rodrigo Guillen, Danny A. Bitton, Jürg Bähler, Michael A. Jensen, Nick Rhind and Kathleen L. Gould.
9. In 2024, her brother Luigi was arrested after allegedly killing Brian Thompson..
10. In January 2025, she turned 35.

TIMELINE

MariaSanta previously lived in Nashville, Tennessee, USA. Her grandparents are Nicholas Bernard Mangione Sr., Mary Cuba Mangione, Joseph Nickolas Zannino Jr. and Maria Santa Zannino.

2019

• On January 9, 2019, her cousin Antonino “Nino” D. Mangione became the Republican Baltimore County delegate.
• On June 15, 2019, The Company of Biologists published the article “Molecular form and function of the cytokinetic ring”, which she and Gould wrote.
• On September 1, 2019, The Company of Biologists published “The S. pombe adaptor protein Bbc1 regulates localization of Wsp1 and Vrp1 during endocytic actin patch assembly”, an article written by her, Gould, Cameron Dale MacQuarrie, Robert Carroll, Michael James and Vladimir Sirotkin.
• On October 15, 2019, The American Society for Cell Biology published “The intrinsically disordered region of the cytokinetic F-BAR protein Cdc15 performs a unique essential function in maintenance of cytokinetic ring integrity”, an article written by her, Gould and Chloe E. Snider.

2020

• On April 15, 2020, the American Society for Cell Biology published “DYRK kinase Pom1 drives F-BAR protein Cdc15 from the membrane to promote medial division”, an article written by her, Chen, McDonald, Gould, Snider, Rahul Bhattacharjee, Marcin Wos, Rachel H. Roberts-Galbraith, Libera Lo Presti and Sophie G. Martin.

2021

• On August 15, 2021, The American Society for Cell Biology published “Cdk1 phosphorylation of fission yeast paxillin inhibits its cytokinetic ring localization”, an article written by her, Chen and Gould.

2022

• On June 25, 2022, her sister Lucia married Paul Giulio in Baltimore.

2023

• On February 7, 2023, eLife Sciences Publications Limited published “Multiple polarity kinases inhibit phase separation of F-BAR protein Cdc15 and antagonize cytokinetic ring assembly in fission yeast”, an article written by her, Chen, Gould, Bhattacharjee, Roberts-Galbraith, Aaron R. Hall, Maya G. Igarashi and Dimitrios Vavylonis.
• On January 20, 2023, “Efficacy of bortezomib desensitization among heart transplant candidates”, an article written by her, D. Marshall Brinkley, Sallyanne C. Fossey, Kimberly M. Harrison, Sandip Zalawadiya, Aniket S. Rali, Hasan K. Siddiqi, JoAnn Lindenfeld and Kelly H. Schlendorf.
• On March 15, 2023, her grandmother Mary Cuba Mangione died in Cockeysville, Maryland at age 92.
• Her uncle Vincent de Paul wrote and directed the documentary film “The Genius of Gianni Versace Alive”, which was released in Russia on November 16, 2023.

2024

• On January 1, 2024, Academic Press published “Mechanistic target of rapamycin in regulating macrophage function in inflammatory cardiovascular diseases”, an article written by her, Jinhua Wen and Dian J. Cao.
• On September 22, 2024, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory published “The cGAS-STING Pathway Is Essential in Acute Ischemia-Induced Neutropoiesis and Neutrophil Priming in the Bone Marrow”, an article written by her, Cao, Jiankun Zhu, Xinjia Ruan, Pablo Parra, Xiaoping Su and Xiang Luo.
• She was employed as a physician at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas when Luigi was accused of fatally shooting UnitedHealthcare chief executive officer Brian Thompson in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA on December 4, 2024.